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Fair warning: This post is not about the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, dancing the hora — though it's very possible she may have done just that at her Jewish wedding to her first… husband. Nay, this is about Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall — the second wife of Prince Charles — but don't stop here! This is well worth a read. You see, it's rare to catch a glimpse of anyone in the royal family dancing, let alone dancing the hora to the tune of "Hava Nagila." And yet,… >> Read More

work-life balance

This Jewish Actor Shows What It’s Really Like to Work From Home When You Have Kids

Lior Zaltzman

If you don't know actor Adam Goldberg by name — and you really should — it's highly likely that you'd recognize him nonetheless. For starters, the very talented and prolific actor starred in the… cult classic The Hebrew Hammer. He's also had roles in blockbusters like Saving Private Ryan and A Beautiful Mind, as well as and a bunch of parts in what he calls "doomed series." The Jewish dad of two also posts the most wonderful threads on Twitter. This Sunday, he posted one that totally nails how frustrating, impossible, and endlessly… >> Read More

fashion

An Inside Peek at Stuart Weitzman’s Incredible Shoe Collection

Arielle Kaplan

Would you buy a pair of $500 heels for your husband? Jane Weitzman would. In fact, she purchased more than 100 pairs of elegant shoes for her husband — who is none other than Stuart Weitzman, one… of the most prolific and successful shoe designers in recent decades. (He has adorned the feet of a host of celebrities, from Aretha Franklin to Gigi Hadid.) In April, the New York Historical Society opened the "Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historical Shoes" — a drool-worthy collection of contemporary and… >> Read More

Orthodox

These Persian Jewish Ladies Are Making Modesty Fashionable in LA

Lior Zaltzman

What do you do when you can never find the right clothes to wear to a wedding? Start your own modest fashion line, of course! This is exactly what the two Persian Jewish women behind the LA-based… brand, RaJu, did. Now, Rachelle Yadegar and Judith Illulian have a pretty diverse clientele: “They’re Mormons, they’re Muslims, they’re lawyers, they’re professional, it’s not only the Jewish community.” Walking around the streets of LA, these glamorous ladies tell us how they made their “passion for fashion” into a career, and why looking your best is… >> Read More

infertility

This Israeli Lawmaker Opens Up About Choosing to Be a Single Mom

Lior Zaltzman

Merav Ben Ari, 42, has one of the hardest jobs in Israel: she’s a politician! But the most important thing in her life is being a mother. She made history by becoming the first member of the… Knesset (the Israeli parliament) to ever have a baby using in-vitro fertilization, or IVF. Ben Ari, who has been very public about her journey to motherhood, says she wants to “be a model to other women, to know that they can do it and keep their career” and look for love, but be more relaxed… >> Read More

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