As the sun sets on summer and the crowds stream into New York, many new boutiques, stores, restaurants and even hotels are opening. Yes, hotels. The Four Seasons may still be closed for major renovations with some never to open again (Hôtel Plaza Athénée … sigh), but the brand new Aman hotel and residences has opened […]
Steve LipmanIn the months after Russian tanks rolled into her country last February, the music largely stopped for Elizaveta Sherstuk.The founder of a Jewish choral ensemble called Aviv in her hometown of Sumy, in the northeastern flank of Ukraine, Sherstuk had to put singing aside in favor of her day job and personal mission: delivering […]
Update: This story has been updated with final results. The Smash World Tour continues this week with its second installment, this time taking place in Oceania.Notable players set to compete include Kanga|Ben Gold, Kanga|Jdizzle, GZ|DD, Kanga|Ghost, Kanga|Shadrew, GZ|SebPro101, Extra, FURY|RaZe, GG|Sriks and more.The Smash World Tour, which was originally planned for last year, had to […]
HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (WECT) – The North Carolina Spot Festival will make its return this weekend in Hampstead to raise money for local schools.Per the announcement, the event is scheduled to occur from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 6. The festival will be held […]
Philissa CramerAn American Jewish group that has provided aid to Jewish communities in crisis for more than a century has become the target of one of Israel’s newly empowered far-right ministers.Itamar Ben-Gvir, who serves as national security minister, said on Wednesday that he was shutting down a program dedicated to reducing violence in Arab Israeli […]
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Alix WallFor the third of their three weddings, Hallie Applebaum and Elan Raffel set up a chuppah in Oaxaca, the Mexican city where they first confessed their love for each other.Oaxaca is a vibrant hub of Mexican folk art and incredible food, but Jewish life? Not so much. Nonetheless the couple chose there to wed […]
By Cnaan LiphshizJERUSALEM — In a supermarket here, Ohad David made a beeline for the most expensive olive oil in the store.He took three bottles of the award-winning Midnight Coratina brand, which goes for about $3 per ounce. It has “medium potency, green fruitiness and a green-leaf, grassy bouquet,” according to its description on the […]
Amy SpitalnickLast month, as the jury in Pittsburgh handed down the verdict in the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history, I found myself walking into Shabbat services at a Berlin synagogue that had been destroyed on Kristallnacht.Despite the odds, the Fraenkelufer Synagogue reopened in time for the High Holidays in September 1945, […]
“Alvin,” by Jonas Eika The New Yorkersource