Max Gross
By Max Gross
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Israel News Groupies Gearing Up for Louisville ‘Lebowski Fest’
As every “Big Lebowski” devotee knows, you don’t roll on Shabbes. So when Will Russell and Scott Shuffitt announced plans to have the Second Annual Lebowski Fest on a Friday night, fans of the 1998 comedy were aghast. “We kept getting e-mails saying, ‘You can’t have this on Shabbes,’” Russell told the Forward. Thankfully, the…
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News Survivor of Concentration Camp Revolt, 87, Dies
Chaim Engel, who took part in one of the most successful escapes from a Nazi concentration camp, died of heart failure on July 4, following a stroke and pneumonia. He was 87. Engel lived a life as dramatic as any book or action film — and his story became material for both. The son of…
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News Rikers Island Inmates Seek Different Menu Behind Bars
Three Jewish prisoners in the New York City jail on Rikers Island are suing the commissioner of the Department of Corrections demanding a change in the menu. No, these prisoners are not campaigning for kosher cuisine. They want their jailers to provide them with a vegan diet that excludes not only meat but also eggs,…
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News Rolling Stone Reporter Gets Inside Peek at West Point
David Lipsky can’t stop calling his boss “sir.” The 37-year-old writer didn’t have a problem calling his boss Peter Travers, the editor at Rolling Stone magazine, “Peter” when he was dispatched in 1998 to write an article about the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Lipsky wound up spending an entire year on the West…
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News Tourists Trek to Tuscany To Shop, Chop and Bake
Yes, the pumpkin ravioli is delicious; yes, the veal scaloppini is succulent, and yes, the tiramisu is divine — but are they kosher? No one who takes a vacation with La Cucina Kasher in Toscana (Kosher Cooking in Tuscany) ever need worry about that. Cucina Kasher is a weeklong “cooking holiday.” For the uninitiated, cooking…
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News Orthodox Rabbis Strut Their Stuff at Fashion Show Benefit
GREAT NECK, N.Y. — In many ways it resembled the typical fashion show: The lights were blinding, the music was loud, the cameras were flashing. And Steve Moskowitz, the model sashaying down the runway in a charcoal-colored wool crewneck and crepe flat-front pants, looked the part, too. Yes, the rabbi was a hottie. A few…
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News Evangelicals Adopt Settlers
A prominent Evangelical Christian organization is urging its members to pour money into West Bank settlements in its newest fundraising drive, “Adopt-a-Settler.” The Jerusalem Prayer Team, a Christian Zionist organization that opposes Israel giving up land in exchange for peace, conceived of the idea in mid-May after a meeting with Israeli Tourism Minister Benny Elon….
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News A Weighty Matter Strains a Father and Son’s Close Ties
About a year ago an Israeli friend of mine called my parents’ house looking for me. “So what are you Israelis doing about the settlements?” demanded my father, a fervent believer in complete Israeli withdrawal from every last corner of the West Bank and Gaza. “I’m not doing anything,” my friend said. “Well, you should!”…
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