Pop culture is crazy religious. Lilit Marcus is on the case.
Local leaders in the heavily Hasidic Jewish neighborhood of south Williamsburg, Brooklyn (full disclosure: I lived there until about two months ago) are not happy about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 filming in their ‘hood. But they’re not complaining about the movie or its stars. Their problem is that the shoot, which would involve closing off [...]
Although I didn’t agree with all the choices on the recent season of Project Runway: All-Stars (Jerell overstaying the hell out of his welcome, Angela Lindvall being a robot), I have loved Austin Scarlett ever since his season and was thrilled when he made it to the finale. His collection was inspired by “a vampire [...]
Oprah Winfrey recently paid a visit to two Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn. According to Chabad.org, the blog for the Lubavitch sect of Orthodox Jews, Oprah took part in a ritual meal (I’m going to guess a Shabbat dinner?), interviewed women from the community, and toured a mikveh (although she didn’t actually get in one, [...]
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