Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Life An Upper West Side Iconic Barbershop Just Became A Museum
It turns out mohels aren’t the only Jews good at cutting. Fourth-generation barber Arthur Rubinoff just opened the NYC Barber Shop Museum on a busy Upper West Side block, in a 670-square-foot storefront that doubles as a haircuttery. The story behind the museum – where Rubinoff exhibits rarities from his 1,000-piece collection – sounds as…
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Food Jonathan Gold Made Food Writing Into An Art — Like No One Before
Though I never met Jonathan Gold, he and I shared a few experiences. In 2012, we both became restaurant critics at major metropolitan daily newspapers — he at the Los Angeles Times, myself at the NY Daily News. Except he, of course, arrived at his job with a Pulitzer Prize – the first for a…
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Food Midtown NYC Gets Yet Another High-End Kosher Restaurant
After a tough few years, is high-end kosher hot again? Last week, we reported on the opening of London’s Tish, with its big-name chef and grand-sounding room. Now, it’s New York’s turn. Former Gramercy Tavern chef Joshua Kessler has opened Barnea Bistro, an ambitious Midtown modern-kosher spot whose goal is no less than to offer…
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Food Why Sabich Is The New Falafel
The title of a new essay collection telegraphs you’re in for a bumpy ride. And Unholy Land: An Unconventional Guide to Israel (Repeater Books) delivers, with punchy, unfiltered writing from young Israeli scribes like actor Rana Werbin, novelist Reuven Miran, and social critic David Sorotzkin. On the menu: Sex, drugs, and – since this is…
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Music Meet Seymour Steinbigle Who Discovered Madonna and The Ramones
Calling Seymour Stein one of the most influential figures in American pop music barely does justice to a 60-year career whose highlights include discovering Madonna, the Ramones, the Smiths, and Talking Heads. Now, in his autobiography “Siren Song’” Stein tells all — and we mean all — about his unbelievable life, with seemingly every instance…
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Food London Ups Its Kosher Game With New High-End Restaurant
London’s a leading light for Israeli cuisine – think Ottolenghi, Honey & Co., and Bala Baya, for starters. But kosher food? Not so much. “We get the restaurants we deserve,” kvetched Jenni Frazer in the UK Jewish Chronicle recently. “Ugly areas, rude staff, a lack of attention to detail and a customer base which often…
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Food Their Mom Died Of Cancer; They Published A Cookbook In Her Memory
Joanne Godel-Blatt was “an outstanding cook”, her son Oliver remembers. So when the mother of two died of cancer last July, Oliver and his sister Georgia turned to food to celebrate her memory. The result is DoDo’s Delights: Joanne Godel-Blatt’s Recipes for Cooking and Living with Soul, a self-published cookbook the Toronto siblings released in…
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Food This Jewish Chiropractor Is Cooking For The Food Network
A Jewish chiropractor who can cook? Sounds like the perfect husband. But Jason Goldstein’s taken. And his culinary skills have landed him a spot as a finalist on this season’s Food Network Star, the cook-off competition where emerging chefs strive to impress kitchen royalty like Bobby Flay and Giada DeLaurentiis. “It’s been amazing,” said Goldstein,…
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