Michael Kaminer
Michael Kaminer is a recovering publicist who lives in New York and Toronto. He's a contributing editor at the Forward, and writes for The New York Times, NY Daily News, CondeNastTraveler.com, ThePointsGuy.com, the (US) Observer, and more.
Meghan’s Jewish best friend goes global
Her sons made front-page news as they held the new Duchess of Sussex's veil last weekend, but what else do we know about Meghan Markle's best friend?
Tasting Buenos Aires
Jewish food – and life - is flourishing in Argentina’s capital
From Obama's speechwriter to comedy
At 24, David Litt got a job writing speeches for the President. Now he's working for a comedy website. Michael Kaminer met him.
Quest to save a very special shul
Beth Hebrew congregation in Phoenix, Arizona was built in 1955 to serve a newly established community of Holocaust survivors who had no Orthodox congregation to welcome them. Now one man is fighting to restore the 'complicated puzzle' of a building
Travelling with an open mind
The award-winning author Andrew Solmon's travel writings from 1991 to today are collected in his new book, subtitled How Travel Can Change the World
Chicago culture: art, literature and BBQ
As Chicago's new American Writers Museum opens, we discover the US city's long Jewish cultural heritage
Matisyahu is down from the mountain
The former Chasidic reggae superstar tells Michael Kaminer why he's changed direction yet again
Anthony Russell : a future in Yiddish music
Anthony Russell first heard Jewish music at the age of 30. Today he's an in-demand Yiddish singer and the creator of a unique blend of black and Jewish musical traditions
My transgender agenda
Former Chassid Abby Stein's new life as a woman is everything she ever dreamed of and more.
The classic Jewish deli is dead? Get stuffed!
Carnegie, the famed New York diner has closed its doors.What's next?
When jazz sounds Jewish
The role of Jews as jazz pioneers is often ignored or caricatured. A professor is putting the record straight.
Is antisemitism big in Venezuela?
Letter From Venezuela
Brothers tell all from gridiron to gefilte fish
A taste for forbidden flavours
Interview: Elissa Altman
The fall and rise of a California girl
TV presenter, boutique pioneer or the woman who helped transform The Fall. We meet Brix Start-Smith.
They're not Jewish, but they Noah lot about the Torah
Noahides are gentiles with a thirst for Torah knowledge - and they are multiplying
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