Sarah Kricheff
By Sarah Kricheff
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Israel News O.U. Cooks Up New Show
The Orthodox Union’s stamp of approval makes its way onto thousands of products on grocery store shelves, and now the ubiquitous kosher certifier is testing the waters in the entertainment industry. The organization is launching a kosher cooking show on its Web site (www.ou.org), and it hopes to eventually air the show on major television…
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Israel News Matisyahu Makes a Break
Hasidic reggae superstar Matisyahu told the Miami New Times last month that he no longer identifies with the Lubavitch sect. He said that “the more I’m learning about other types of Jews, I don’t want to exclude myself. I felt boxed in.” His admission sparked discussion in the Chabad-Lubavitch community. And in comments on various…
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Israel News Make Me a Match
Shmuley Boteach is sick of the dating scene. In an article published last week in the Jewish Press, “America’s Rabbi” ranted that Jewish singles place utmost importance on superficial values — such as looks and money — when seeking a lifelong mate. Boteach complains that singles are “immune to love” and go on endless dates,…
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News Alternative Jewelry
Some Jewish kids secretly long for sparkling Christmas trees and candy-filled Easter baskets, but Carlen Altman was always drawn to another, more pious Christian symbol: the rosary. So the 23-year-old stand-up comedian took matters into her own hands and started making Jewish rosaries. “I wanted to create something funny and stylish,” said the New York…
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Israel News Legal Eagle
What’s a nice Jewish boy from Toronto doing working for an Italian Catholic, staunchly conservative, notoriously confrontational judge in Washington? That’s a question for Yaakov Roth, the Harvard Law School grad who was recently hired by Justice Antonin Scalia to work as a Supreme Court law clerk, beginning in July 2008. The 22-year-old graduated summa…
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Israel News Jewish Stars on Ice
Israeli sports fanatics go crazy for soccer and basketball, but ice hockey? It’s not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when conjuring up images of athletics in a country known for long, hot summers and short, rainy winters. That, however, is not deterring the Israeli Ice Hockey Federation from hosting the country’s first-ever…
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Israel News Catskills Are Alive With the Sound of Music
Singers and choral aficionados from across North America and Israel are warming up their vocal cords and practicing scales in anticipation of a summer pilgrimage to the Catskills. This year marks the 18th annual North American Jewish Choral Festival, an event beginning July 8, held by the Zamir Choral Foundation. Some 500 participants will attend…
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News Brooklyn Bums — A Candid Lens
Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Duke Snider: legendary Brooklyn Dodgers whose images appear in hundreds of iconic photos that now symbolize a lost era, a simpler time. There are action shots, team photos, frozen moments of victory and defeat. And now, to add to the trove, there is what can be…
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