For an animator, a job at Disney is the ultimate achievement, and for Saul Blinkoff it was no different. He landed his dream job in his twenties, after years of working towards that goal, made a few movies, and then at a moment when he literally had “the whole package” – he did something unexpected. […]
Millions of Bravo viewers first met Barbie Pascual on Below Deck, where she made an unexpected confession: “I know my soul is Jewish.” At the time, she hadn’t yet formally begun converting to Orthodox Judaism. By the time Pascual returned to the franchise most recently on Below Deck Down Under, that journey had become a […]
Looking back on my life, I am grateful to Hashem for being blessed with a beautiful family, wife, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. I am comfortable and happy. But it wasn’t always like this. Everyone experiences ups and downs in life. However, it was my father, Rabbi Aryeh Leibish Gottesman, of blessed memory, who helped me […]
For generations of New Yorkers, Century 21 NYC has been synonymous with the city itself. It is a downtown Manhattan institution where shoppers line up to score designer labels at unbeatable prices. But many who walked through its famous doors never knew that behind the iconic retailer were two observant Syrian Jewish families whose Torah […]
When Sruly Meyer got a message asking whether he would be interested in appearing on Food Network’s new competition show 100 Cooks, he assumed it wasn’t real. The South Florida food creator and marketing company owner had built a social media following by sharing recipes online on his Instagram @SrulyCooks, but national television felt like […]
When Australian journalist Nikki Goldstein was placed into a medically induced coma in September 2022, doctors warned her family to prepare for the worst. Goldstein, who had long struggled with chronic lung disease, had entered the hospital believing she had another chest infection. Instead, her condition deteriorated rapidly. By her second day in the ICU, […]
