Max Gross
By Max Gross
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Israel News Doctor Takes Recreational Activities to the Extreme
At a certain martial arts studio in Canarsie, Brooklyn, Tuesdays are known as “Beat Up the Jew Night.” At least, that’s what the Jew in question calls it. Every Tuesday at around 8 p.m., Dr. Barry Grossman sheds his yarmulke and ritual fringes, puts a bite plate in his mouth and takes his place with…
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News Matchmaker, Matchmaker… Hoping To Stave Off the Valentine’s Day Blues, the Hapless Jewish Writer Seeks Professional Help
Valentine’s Day can summon terrible sadness in Hapless Jews. Last Valentine’s Day, the Hapless Jewish Writer spent the day despairing over his ex. The Hapless Jewish Writer’s girlfriend ended their relationship at an Indian restaurant December 7 — a date that will live in infamy. “I love you,” his treacherous blonde-haired vixen declared. “I’m just…
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News Send in the Clowns
When Gershon Resnik visits Israel, he feels a little bit like a rock star. A car is sent for him, and he is met by important Israeli community leaders and mobbed by adoring fans who scream with delight the moment he strides onstage. Such is the life of a Jewish clown. Resnik — aka Buffo…
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Israel News Meet the Man Who Gave Film Audiences ‘The Fockers’
Screenwriter John Hamburg has a thing for nebbishes. Anyone who has ever seen any of Hamburg’s movies — “Meet the Parents,” “Meet the Fockers” or “Along Came Polly” — will suspect a deep and abiding love for the little guy; the helpless, Woody Allen-ish character who is flung into a world of gorgeous, athletic WASPs….
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Culture Fewer Orthodox Teaching in Public Schools
‘As long as there are final exams, there will always be prayer in school!” So reads the store-bought sign that hangs behind Leonard Stahl, president of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers, in the organization’s modest offices in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. But the situation facing Stahl isn’t a joke: The number of Orthodox…
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Israel News Pen in Hand, Political Cartoonist Fights for ‘Freedom’
Steve Brodner really likes Oliver North. Anyone familiar with Brodner’s political cartoons might find this difficult to believe. Brodner is a fierce, uncompromising liberal and his new book, “Freedom Fries” — a collection of his drawings — savages the American right. “My politics are much closer to Dennis Kucinich,” Brodner said. But when he met…
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Culture Coping With the Cost of College: Grandpa Can Help
First, the bad news: If you have a child born after the year 2000, his or her total tuition bill for college could run in excess of a quarter-million dollars. Now, the good news: Harold Simansky can help you. His new workbook — “College Costs How Much?!” — contains all the sober facts about the…
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Israel News Hotelier Planning Downtown Inn With Tenement Chic
Sure, it’s on Orchard Street and there will be a bowl of borscht waiting for you when you come in, but at the Blue Moon Hotel — a new boutique inn inspired by tenement life at the turn of the century — there’s also Internet access, whirlpools and a chi-chi lounge in the basement. The…
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