Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Food On the Move: Prime Grill Heads West
The Prime Grill, the fine dining kosher steakhouse New York Magazine calls “the go-to spot for the city’s kosher-observant movers and groovers,” is pulling up stakes on East 49th St. and moving to the west side of Midtown Manhattan. Owner Joey Allaham promises that the new space, which will seat 360, boasts a wood burning…
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The Schmooze Jerry Seinfeld’s Festivus
Jerry Seinfeld and family celebrated Festivus by putting up a Christmas tree with a “menorahment” on top. It looks like predictions of a break up between Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy were on the money. Frankel has announced that she is divorcing her husband of two years. Have you ever wanted to sit down for…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman, Lucrative Star for Studios
While you were ringing in the New Year… Forbes announced that Natalie Portman is the actress who provides the greatest return on investment, making the studios about $42.70 for every dollar she earns. Olympics gymnastics champion Aly Raisman was named among the 2012 Bostonians of the Year by the Boston Globe. Jake Gyllenhaal hung out…
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Life Memorializing a Friend in ‘The Lives They Lived’
I’ve always loved “The Lives They Lived,” the year-end issue of The New York Times Magazine profiling famous and not-so-famous people who made an impact on the world and died during the previous 12 months. No, let me correct that. I should say that I’ve loved the issue until now. This difference is not attributable…
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Life How Russia’s Adoption Ban Hurts Jews
On December 28, Russia legally banned the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens. President Vladimir Putin signed the controversial legislation (which takes effect on January 1, 2012) following its approval by the upper house of the Russian parliament earlier last week. The ban is part of a package of retaliatory measures against the Magnitsky…
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Opinion Too Sexy for Limmud?
Limmud is supposed to be a big tent. But it apparently isn’t expansive enough to accommodate one author’s broad backside. The rear end in question belongs to provocative author and spoken word artist Vanessa Hidary on the cover of her memoir, “The Last Kaiser Roll in the Bodega.” A drawing of Hidary, known at The…
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The Schmooze Setting ‘Yellow Ticket’ to Music
Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals has experience scoring documentary and feature films. But earlier this year she faced an unusual challenge when she was approached by the Washington Jewish Music Festival to score a 1918 feature-length silent film called “The Yellow Ticket.” Unlike other scoring jobs, where her focus was mainly on heightening viewers’ experience of…
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The Schmooze Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish Wedding ‘Cover Up’
Marilyn Monroe has been dead 50 years, but she continues to fascinate. Classified files released by the FBI in response to a request by the Associated Press reveal claims that the actress’s Jewish marriage ceremony was “a cover up.” Monroe married Jewish playwright Arthur Miller in June 1956, but a redacted FBI document quotes an…
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