For Olivia Michel, matzo is the consummate snack. A theater props artisan and social worker who grew up in Harlem, Michel is not Jewish—yet her love of the infamous unleavened bread of Passover is still firmly rooted in nostalgia. During afternoons spent watching TV with her close friend Talia, whose family are Reform Jews, Michel would snack on plain, unsalted matzo spread with peanut butter and honey. “It could be like the week after Passover or something, or any random Wednesday afternoon,...
HaGoan Harav Moshe Sthernbuch delivered an early Shabbos HaGadol drasha on Thursday night at the Dushinsky Beis Medrash in Jerusalem. After a pilpul on bittul and biur chometz, HaRav Shtenbuch addressed various topics, including the Chareidi draft law and Iran’s attack on Israel. Speaking about the draft law, HaRav Shtenrbuch said that “according to the […]
Robert Durst is a good murderer and a shit criminal. “I think he would be free today if he had just kept his trap shut,” New York Times reporter Charles Bagli explains in the premiere of The Jinx – Part Two, the followup to the 2015 HBO series chronicling Durst’s history of murder allegations. Bagli isn’t covering new territory for returning Jinx viewers; anyone who glanced at the news in March 2015 knows what Durst unhinged his trap to say. “There it is, you’re caught,” Durst mumbled to...
Just in time for tax season, seniors attending Marvin E. Robinson School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center have become certified tax preparers. “I’m big on building community in my classroom because if we understand people come from all walks of life and that everybody’s situation is different, we can understand [] The post Serving the community – one tax filing at a time first appeared on The Hub.
Women and children are being forced to choose between sleeping in a car or returning to a dangerous home because of a lack of social housing in NSW, a peak body says. New analysis of Australia’s largest social housing system illustrates a stubbornly high applicant list and growing wait times since June last year. The […]
Have you ever witnessed your credit score drop despite making timely credit card and loan repayments? Your credit score is determined by several factors apart from your repayment history.Your FICO credit score ranges from 300 to 850 and is checked by lenders when you apply for a loan, credit card, or mortgage. A score above 670 is considered "decent," meaning you have a better-than-average chance of securing a loan. A higher score improves your creditworthiness and helps ensure better interest...
The new Netflix reboot of “Good Times” is, for good reason, being roundly criticized for trafficking in Black stereotypes and serving as more of a spoof of the classic 1970s TV series than a tribute to the original show, which was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and produced by Norman Lear. There were certainly tricky issues around the representation of Black characters in the original series, which premiered in 1974, especially around the elder Evans son, J.J. (played by comedian Jimmie...
Relatives of some of the hostages in Gaza visited HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch on Wednesday and asked for a bracha. The relatives also wrote down the names of their relatives so HaRav Shternbuch can daven for them. In response to the question of what the family members can be mechazeik in, HaRav Shternbuch responded: “Emunah. […]
It all starts with leaning on your values. Tensions between workers and their bosses are as old as the idea of a workplace itself. It’s nothing new on the whole. But when it’s taking place in one of the most famous newspapers in the world, it tends to put the audience at attention. The paper […]
Despite having a reputation for being very difficult, many immigrants to Finland find their own path to learning the Finnish language.
New Bears receiver Rome Odunze was surprised Friday when he learned a fact about franchise history. He then promptly set a new goal for himself.