Urban Herman-Reboot’s Sukkah City
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JOWKpkntH8 We had the opportunity to check out Sukkah city in Union Square. A sukkah is a hut Jewish families build in observance of the current holiday Sukkot (Tabernacles). It celebrates the new harvest and the exodus from Egypt — a reminder of the transient life and the need to keep an eye on your […]
Urban Herman- Ahead of Time Ruth Gruber
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2BtaFoJyhI We had the opportunity to attend a screening of the movie Ahead of Time. This movie is a documentary of the life of Ruth Gruber. AHEAD OF TIME, the directorial debut of award-winning cinematographer Bob Richman (An Inconvenient Truth, The September Issue, My Architect) tells the remarkable journey of American writer and journalist Ruth […]
Urban Herman- Dmitry Salita Interview
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnIDMxIvuy8&feature=player_embedded We had the opportunity to meet with Dmitry Salita and talk about what it means to be a Jewish Boxer and his prepartion for his next fight on September 1 in Brooklyn. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Dmitriy moved with his family to Brooklyn at the age of nine; he said, “Basically, we came to […]