Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

March 19, 2015

I Am 'Kimmy Schmidt' BY LEAH VINCENT Kimmy Schmidt is the star of an eponymous Netflix series who adjusts to life after escaping a doomsday cult. For Leah Vincent, the show mirrors her own journey out of ultra-Orthodoxy.

Jewish Scholar Takes Over at Met BY MICHAEL KAMINER The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new president Daniel Weiss is an MBA-toting medieval art historian who links his relentless curiosity and academic passions to his Jewish background. Zombies, Jews and Aliens BY BETH KISSILEF Forget Iran and anti-Semitism. Lavie Tidhar’s newly released short-story anthologies ‘Jews Versus Aliens’ and ‘Jews Versus Zombies,’ have Jews literally taking on a whole new world of challenges. Making Marriage Glamorous BY ANNE JOSEPH A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum London celebrates the story of the Jewish wedding in Britain’s Jewish community, featuring stunning dresses and Hollywood-style photos.

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