Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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The Schmooze When Getting Girl Means Pretending To Be Transgender
Photo: Chloe Aftel Call it a boy-meets-girl-who-thinks-boy-was-born-a-girl story. In “Adam,” the debut novel from cult graphic memoirist Ariel Schrag, an awkward California teenager named Adam Freedman parachutes into an alien landscape of subcultures and identities when he joins his lesbian sister in Brooklyn for the summer. (Full disclosure: Schrag was featured in “Graphic Details: Confessional…
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Food The Great Brisket Crisis of 2014
Arby’s Smokehouse Brisket Sandwich has launched a brisket crisis. Credit: Arby’s. Guard your briskets! Brisket prices are skyrocketing nationwide as voracious demand for a “limited edition” Arby’s brisket sandwich eats into supply for the prized cut of meat. Fueled by a hugely successful online marketing campaign, the fast-food giant is consuming more than a half-million…
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Opinion Can Washington D.C. Save This Rare Synagogue Mural?
Washington’s Synagogue Mural / Jewish Historical Society Stephanie Slewka was peeling layers of paint and plaster from her just-purchased house in downtown Washington, D.C. when she spied a blue patch — unusual in the mildewy mess of browns and beiges. Removing a few more gunky strata revealed a Star of David. And tearing off even…
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Food Toronto’s Fat Pasha Serves Up Jewish Food — With Attitude
It was the Tweet that sparked a virtual feeding frenzy: “For good Jew food, call 647-340-6142.” That’s the phone number for Fat Pasha, the new 50-seat restaurant from bad-boy Toronto restaurateur Anthony Rose. And with its down-and-dirty takes on old-school Semitic staples — and a healthy dose of humor — it’s become the city’s hottest…
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Food Kosher Meets Sichuan at Boston’s Black Trumpet
Boston’s becoming the hotbed of adventurous Jewish cuisine served in pop-up quarters. Last month, the Forward reported on Kitchen Kibitz, a roving supper club that mashes up Mexican and Asian foods with traditional Jewish staples — think latkes with mole poblano or challah with nori. Now, a pair of “social entrepreneurs” is launching a monthly…
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Food Why Are We Obsessed With Cupcakes? David Sax Knows
It was the humble cupcake that set David Sax on a years-long quest to explore how food trends emerge, evolve, and explode — often at warp speed. “The cupcake was the food trend that kicked off the 21st century,” he told the Forward. “It was the first food trend to grow up on the internet,…
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The Schmooze Canadian Jewish Book Awards Present Diverse Honor Roll
A chronicle of Nazi persecution of gay people, a study of Jews and obscenity, and a haunting artistic collaboration are among the wide-ranging winners of this year’s Canadian Jewish Book Awards. After an announcement last week, the awards will be presented at a May 27 ceremony in Toronto. With its other accolades for a Holocaust…
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Food Toronto’s First Hummus Joint Is Stellar
In a market in Acco years ago, Ezra Braves told me he had “one of the greatest food experiences of my life:” A lush bowl of hummus, topped with hot chickpeas, and serves with peppers and olive oil. “It was perfect, simple, and interesting,” he says. “When a chef makes something delicious out of so…
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