Devra Ferst
By Devra Ferst
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Israel News Israeli Gelato Makes New York Debut
Israel may be a pious land, but its cuisine is full of luscious guilty pleasures, some of which are traversing the Atlantic to corrupt New Yorkers. Screme, the soon-to-be American name for Aldo, Israel’s largest gelato company, will open its first store in North America at the end of June, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side….
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Life Rabbi Organizes Jailhouse Bar Mitzvah
Themed Bar Mitzvahs are nothing new, but a jailhouse rocks theme? Perhaps, only in New York. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered an investigation into a rather unusual coming of age ceremony, the New York Post reported. Late last year, Tuvia Stern, an orthodox fraudster who was busted in 1989 for a scam…
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Israel News Beer Company’s Bar Mitvah Photo Contest
Shoulder pads, big hair, embarrassing relatives and boys in badly fitted suits… ah, the photos of bar and bat mitzvahs past. Embrace the awkwardness and celebrate your inner 13-year-old self with Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah, the Shmaltz Brewing Company’s forthcoming seasonal anniversary ale. The company, known as the maker of He’brew — The Chosen Beer, is…
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Life Israeli Coffee Chain Expands Into Borat’s Homeland
Aroma Espresso Bar, the rapidly expanding Israeli coffee chain — so popular on its home turf that it is credited with putting Starbucks in Israel out of business — announced that it will bring its aromatic coffee, pastries and sandwiches to Borat’s homeland: Kazakhstan. The chain, which has already spent $7 million expanding to the…
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Israel News Israeli Consulate Launches Christian ‘Holy Land’ Quiz
How many Stations of the Cross are there? Where was Jesus arrested? Facebook users can test their knowledge of Christian religious sites in Israel by taking the new quiz “Holy Land Trivia: From Creation to Creativity.” The Consulate General of Israel in New York launched the application early this month, just prior to Pope Benedict…
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Israel News Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Honors Andre Tippett
The image of a 6-foot-3-inch, 250-pound African-American football player doesn’t typically bring to mind “Great Jewish Athlete.” Andre Tippett, five-time All-Pro linebacker for the New England Patriots and National Football League Hall of Famer, is changing that. Tippet, who converted to Judaism nearly 12 years ago, was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of…
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Opinion For Students, A Spiritual Journey Through the Wilderness
Nearly two dozen teenagers looked out over the ravine at Bear Mountain in New York, pausing from their hike to take in the vista of treetops spreading out in front of them. Their guide and group leader, Jordan Rosenberg, quieted the eighth graders so that they could say the traveler’s prayer*, t’filat haderech*, asking for…
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Israel News Stephen Colbert Misses The Sunrise
‘You know, I have been waiting my entire life to witness an event of biblical proportions,” Stephen Colbert said on the April 8 episode of his Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” referring to the recitation of Birkat Hachamah, the Blessing of the Sun. The event, which occurs every 28 years, was observed this year…
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