The Real Reason Rachel Zoe Waited 3 Years To Cut Her Son’s Hair For the curious, there is a reason that stylist Rachel Zoe chose to keep her three-year-old son Kaius’ hair long: She and her husband, Rodger Berman, are Jewish, and they chose to honor the ceremonial custom of upsherin. Popular in certain Orthodox […]
Maccabeats’ Sounds of Silence Cover Turns Classic Into Call to Unplug The Times of Israel’s New Jersey newspaper partner was proud to share our new video. The call the Maccabeats’ Collaboration with ‘Jew in the City’ [a] masterpiece.” Maccabeats’ ‘Sound of Silence’ A-Capella Cover Is Actually Amazing The song and video, made in collaboration with […]
Image by David Zimand Last month, Josh Massin, executive chef of Nobo Wine and Grill in Teaneck, New Jersey, caused a bit of a viral stir when he demonstrated his kosher “oyster” online. Massin, who grew up eating actual oysters in nearby Fort Lee, eventually came home to both his Judaism and his neighborhood and […]
When my father was almost 50 years old, he became an Orthodox Jew. My mother, two years his junior, did too, but she always had a positive association with religious Jews and Judaism. Her “Bubbe” and “Zeide” were frum, spoke only Yiddish, learned Torah, and had long seders. Her love of the alter heim, its food […]
Comey’s Case for Obstruction of Justice Orthodox Jewish All Star Norman Eisen, chief White House ethics lawyer for President Barack Obama, is a co-founder and the chairman of CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. In this article for NY Times, he and Noah Bookbinder discuss the background behind obstruction of justice and how […]
Why This Chic Bodysuit Is a Hit Among Orthodox Jews and Corporate Warriors Tamar Daniel, a former designer for Topshop, built her entire new label Tuxe around the bodysuit, reforming the polarizing garment into a chicly engineered item. Along with office professionals, the label has also found a niche among religious communities that follow […]
