‘Jewish hustler’—potty mouth and pervert—means no offense

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on June 3, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 26-May 2

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin
Published on April 24, 2008

Winner of the Camera d'Or prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, "Jellyfish" is another example of the remarkable cinematic explosion of Israeli films garnering

Get ready to sing . . . Hatikvah!

By Shoshana Lewin Fischer
Published on April 24, 2008

In 1886, Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia, wrote the words to Israel's national anthem, "Hatikvah." Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia, wrote the melody

‘Fashion gets religion’

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 8, 2008

Recycling on the fashion runway

By Meredith Price Levitt
Published on April 4, 2008

Woody Allen sues American Apparel for rabbi ad

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 31, 2008

Floating fashions are totally tubular

By Meredith Price Levitt
Published on December 13, 2007

Forget cotton, Lycra and leather. Israeli balloon twister Ori Livney has a new material that could put a real bounce in your gown: rubber.

"The air is the expensive part," says Ori Livney, grinning from behind a pile of colorful rubber balloons. "But it's not as complicated as it sounds. I can make just about any regular dress out of balloons. The challenge is to make it a perfect custom fit."

Kosher clothing

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 20, 2007

Former Pepperdine ballplayer the face of ‘Crazy Robertson’

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 14, 2007

The ‘Jewish hustler’ gets some real green

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 8, 2007

Bratz : They’re cool, hot and controversial

By Lisa Keys
Published on November 1, 2007

Depending on whom you ask, Bratz are odd-looking multiethnic dolls with big eyes and skimpy clothes - or they're, like, the coolest things ever.

Whose rebbe is Woody Allen?

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 10, 2007

Rainbow-haired couturier takes fashion fun seriously

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 2, 2006

"I'm a colorful person," Tochterman said. "I like color; I like texture; I like mixing things together. I think my customer is a sophisticated, ageless, confident woman."

Which came first: the building or the dress?

By Morris Newman
Published on September 14, 2006

"Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture," opening Nov. 19 at the Museum of Contemporary Art downtown, proposes that building design and haute couture have increasingly begun to overlap and borrow ideas from one another.

Adding Personal Touch Puts Your Stamp on Celebration

By Pearl Salkin
Published on July 13, 2006

Whether a Jewish wedding is white tie and tails at a five-star hotel, blue jeans and bare feet on a beach or something in between, today's betrothed couples are choosing to custom mix and match the components that come together to form a unique and perfect union.

Spectator - ‘Devil’ Is in the Details

By Melanie Herschorn
Published on June 29, 2006

An enjoyable chick-lit book, "The Devil Wears Prada," in movie form follows the novel's storyline, with slight modifications to the plot that only enhance our understanding of Andy's dilemma. And for the fashion buff, the insider's view of the inner workings of a haute couture, albeit fictional, fashion magazine are amusing.