A talent agent turns yogurt maven

Published on May 22, 2013

Amy Salko Robertson — producer of such films as “The Oh in Ohio,” “Lab Rats” and “When Do We Eat?” a comedy set at a Passover seder —realized that she couldn’t continue to rely on the speculative indie film world for income after her husband, John, was injured in a freak accident in 2010, leaving him unable to work. She responded the only way she knew how: Salko Robertson started a frozen yogurt shop.

Uproar over Netanyahu’s ice cream is welcome in one parlor

Published on February 19, 2013

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands accused of dipping into state coffers for an ice cream budget of $2,700 a year.

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder fights money in politics

By Ryan Torok
Published on October 17, 2012

Wearing a T-shirt that read “Stamp Money Out of Politics,” Ben Cohen, co-founder of ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, unveiled a grass-roots campaign in North Hollywood on Oct. 11 denouncing the influence of money in politics.

Ice cream entrepreneur taps into the ‘spiritual aspect’ of business

Published on March 15, 2012

After Ben Cohen and business partner Jerry Greenfield completed a course on ice cream making, they established their first ice cream shop in 1978 and went on to build Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream ­-- a $300 million empire and one of the largest ice cream businesses in America.

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder explains how to do well by doing good

Published on November 22, 2011

A scoop of Ben & Jerry’s may taste like heaven, and for company co-founder Jerry Greenfield, the business of making ice cream has a spiritual side as well.

Stop the Scoops

By Dikla Kadosh
Published on October 28, 2011

Religious zealots attack “immodest” Jerusalem shops

Published on October 19, 2011

A sign at the ice cream parlor may caution men and women not to lick cones in public, but the warning didn't stop Jewish zealots vandalizing the shop in Jerusalem's main ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.

The spiritual practice of ice cream

Published on May 19, 2011

Of Time, and a Father’s First Century

Published on February 2, 2011

My father understands unwinnable conflicts. He has been fighting a personal war against time since 1911. "Where does the time go?" he is likely even now to be wondering out loud to a stack of magazines and mail he has yet to get to, but will.

Pick your redemption

By David Suissa
Published on May 10, 2007

In the spiritual realm, they tell you there are no coincidences -- everything that happens to us holds a divine message. What could be the message in this unusual sequence of events: a little barbecue party for two young girls who were caught in a Jerusalem bombing, followed by a masterful presentation on the final days of global redemption?

A sweet 31-cent adventure

By Julie G Fax
Published on May 10, 2007

What can you get for 31 cents? It turns out a whole lot more than a bargain scoop of ice cream.

Letters to the Editor

Published on August 24, 2006

Letters to the Editor.

Carvel Ice Cream Sprinkling More Outlets in Southland

By Melissa Maroff
Published on August 10, 2006

After a downswing in recent years, East Coast icon Carvel ice cream, the first in the ice cream industry to develop a full line of all-kosher products, is expanding in the West, with stores in Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles, Granada Hills and Santa Clarita, with more planned from Simi Valley to Orange County.

The Real Scoop Behind Ice Cream

By Gaby Wenig
Published on July 29, 2004

"Ice cream was something my husband and I were hooked on," said Vicki Grossman, talking from New York Scoop in Woodland Hills, her newly opened modern reincarnation of an old-fashioned ice parlor. "It was something of a ritual -- we would take the family to Carvel at least once a week."

That ritual, and others like it -- such as serving ice cream for desert or eating it straight out of the carton with a spoon -- have made ice cream one of the most popular foodstuffs in America today. No better time to celebrate that fact now, with July being National Ice Cream Month, designated by former President Ronald Reagan in 1984.