Crimes of Passion
*Direction by Nancy Schwartzman Photography by Tai Power Seeff Production Design by Amanda Ford* _(excerpted from original article)_ Nearly two thousand years ago, a benevolent preacher was executed in...
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_(excerpted from original article)_ Matisyahu is a 24-year-old reggae phenom out of Crown Heights. When I meet him coming back from a Hanukkah get-together with his family, it’s a quarter to midnight...
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BY ALLEN SALKIN It’s not until after the game that Gabe Kapler’s tattoos can be seen. The Boston Red Sox outfielder stands in front of his locker in the guts of Fenway Park, peeled down to his shorts....
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Urban Kvetch
Public Nail Clipping There can’t be anything more emblematic of the erosion of civic virtue in this nation than the disturbing development of public nail clipping. It’s so acceptable to do your nails...
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Urban Kvetch: Fur Coats
Fur Coats Fur coats are really sexy to furry animals like bears, Sasquatch, and middle-aged Israeli men. Lady, if you’re trying to be attractive in that thing, you’re only attracting foxes, rodents and...
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Urban Kvetch: Aleph-Bet Yoga
Aleph-Bet Yoga The latest mishigas from New Age Jews prescribes embodying individual Hebrew letters in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment. According to its creators, bending over backwards into a...
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Urban Kvetch: “The Rebbe’s Court”
The Rebbe’s Court The world’s first ultra-orthodox soap opera, The Rebbe’s Court, which premiered on Jerusalem TV this past fall, offers a new twist on the traditional daytime drama. According to cast...
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Urban Kvetch: Shelley Goldberg
Shelley Goldberg Cable station NY1’s “parenting consultant” begins each of her insufferable segments by condescending to her audience. “I’m sort of like a helper for mom and dad,” she says in a tone...
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Urban Kvetch: Madeleine
Madeleine Would everybody please shut up about Marcel Proust’s madeleine? Honestly, you’d think his entire kaleidoscopic epic was about baked goods. The cookie passage takes up less than one page of...
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Urban Kvetch: “Un-PC”
“Un-PC” Invoking this phrase somehow lends a veneer of heroism to even the most un-heroic of expressions. Say, “Maybe this is un-PC, but the problem with this country is too many immigrants,” and your...
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