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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: subway platforms are sweltering, a new season of Top Chef has begun. Foodies rejoice, and among them are multitudes of Jews longingly drooling over gourmet treif, myself included. In the first episode, aired last Wednesday night, the only thing in my apartment louder than my growling stomach…
The New York Times’ Freakonomics column reported today on a new ad campaign in Brazil being run by SOS Mata Atlantica, an environmental organization imploring Brazilians to pee in the shower in order to flush the toilet less often. The cartoon ad features a variety of animated silhouettes urinating in the shower while the voices…
For the last couple of years, I have been slowly developing a passion for honey bees, fueled by a combination of delicious varieties of local honey, a passion for sustainable agriculture, and a fascination with the inner workings of bee hives. When I returned to New York City I decided to look for a venue…
Yesterday, the Forward published this article on restitution for property confiscated from Jews by the Nazis and the Soviet Union. “In a significant gesture this week, 46 countries signed a declaration at the close of a Holocaust Era Assets Conference in Prague aimed at easing the restitution process for Jewish property taken during the Nazi…