Italian Kosher Cooking with Alessandra Rovati
We had the opportunity to meet Alessandra Rovati and discuss the art of cooking Italian Kosher food.Alessandra was born and raised in Italy, has had a passion for food since a very young age. Cooking doesn’t have to be difficult. We got a hands -on education on the art of cooking healthy meatloaf and green […]
Jewish Weeks Comedy Competition
We had the opportunity to attend the Jewish Week NY comedy competition at the Broadway Comedy club. It was a wonderful evening full of comedy and laughter. Jewish jokes are a staple in our society. The winner of the Jewish Week Comedy competition was Aaron Friedman. Aaron’s jokes on Jewish holidays and Catholics were truly […]
Interview with Director Justin Lerner and Evan Sneider of Girlfriend
We had the opportunity to sit down with the Director/writer of Girlfriend Justin Lerner and actor Evan Sneider. This is truly a remarkable and heartwarming movie. Girlfriend shows love in its purest form and captivates audiences. Evan is a young man with Down Syndrome who lives with his mother in a poor, working-class town hit […]
Interview with John Donnelly FDNY and Rabbi Haskel Lookstein on Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Fire
The NY Jewish community was rocked on Monday when a 4 alarm fire erupted on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The fire that severely damaged Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun and sent ripples of distress across the Modern Orthodox community of Manhattan’s East Side and among Jews around New York familiar with Ramaz, its affiliated school. […]
35 Years Later, A Firsthand Account Of Entebbe
This year we celebrate the 35 anniversary of the Raid on Entebbe. Whie voluntering on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip we had the oppertunity to hear a first hand account by Maxi Katzir a commando on the Raid on Entebbe.Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport […]
Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish Interview with Director Eve Annenberg
We had the opportunity to sit down with Eve Annenberg director of Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish. The play Romeo and Juliet has been translated around the world. Now this gritty, funny new feature film retells William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” in Yiddish. A middle-aged ER nurse, Ava, in graduate school—and bitterly lapsed observant Jew—undertakes […]