Nicole Krauss, 45, is a novelist and short-story writer. Her novels Man Walks Into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017), have been translated into 35 languages. Short-fiction works by Krauss have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire magazines. Quote: “While their coworkers had…
Nicole Krauss, 45, is a novelist and short-story writer. Her novels Man Walks Into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017), have been translated into 35 languages. Short-fiction works by Krauss have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire magazines. Quote: “It is not enough…
Azi Schwartz, Senior Cantor at the Conservative Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City, is a renowned vocal performer and recording artist whose music reaches both Jewish and interfaith audiences internationally. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, Madison Square Garden, the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, and the Israeli Knesset. Cantor Schwartz has debuted…
Attorney Elie Honig, 45, is a legal scholar and an analyst on the law for CNN, where he has his own show called Cross Exam with Elie Honig. Previously, he was the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey. Honig successfully prosecuted numerous mobsters and…
The massive destruction and terrible injuries and loss of life in Beirut have touched the entire world — and Israel is no exception. Right after the horrific event, the Israeli government offered humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Tel Aviv’s city hall was lit up to resemble the Lebanese flag as a sign of solidarity. Ordinary Israelis…
Journalist Jonathan Swan, 35, was born and raised in Australia. In 2016, after relocating to the U.S., he became a national political reporter for the news website Axios. Swan has been widely praised for his one-on-one interview with President Donald Trump earlier this month, during which he assertively questioned the veracity of a number of…
The four-part original Netfleix miniseries Unorthodox became an international hit and has now received eight Emmy Award nominations. The story revolves around Esther “Esty” Shapiro, a young Orthodox woman who eventually leaves her life in the strict Satmar Hasidic sect in which she grew up. The series — much of it in Yiddish with English…
Bill Ackman, 54, is a novelist and short-story writer. Her novels Man Walks Into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017), have been translated into 35 languages. Short-fiction works by Krauss have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire magazines. Quotes: “Everyone told me it…
Andy Kaufman (Jan. 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an innovative entertainer, actor, and performance artist…
Physician Gary Slutkin is an American epidemiologist who has battled outbreaks of…
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