This just in: Catch “Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women” to open in Miami Beach!

Graphic Details:  Confessional Comics by Jewish Women will open at at the Jewish Museum of Florida – FIU in Miami Beach in November 2013.  Stay tuned for details.

The show, which I co-curated, is inspired by a story I wrote for the Forward.  We’ve had successful runs in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington, DC, and Portland.

The Forward, America’s national Jewish newspaper, is sponsoring Graphic Details.  Read about the show in the New York Daily News.

May 8, 2013 at 12:01 am Leave a comment

Dining reviews in the New York Daily News

I’m a dining critic for the NY Daily News, where I also write feature stories.  I’ll post new restaurant reviews as they run.

Latest:  Sen (5.1.13)

Also see:   The GeneralUnion Square CafeBeatrice InnMurray’s Cheese BarTommy Bahama.  Michael’s.  Library at the Public.  Hakkasan Super Linda. Olives New York.  GaonnuriOdeon.  Rosemary’s.  KTCHNJezebel.  Joanne Trattoria.  Siro’sBalthazar.  Ken and CookOotoyaMaimonide of BrooklynBowery DinerReynards.

May 8, 2013 at 12:01 am Leave a comment

“Hugo Chavez Protege Insists He’s a Jew”, Forward.com, May 22 2013

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela vice president

“You can’t call me an anti-Semite.  My grandparents were Jewish.  That’s the message from newly elected Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro,  who rejected charges of anti-Semitism by revealing his Jewish roots in an  interview.”  More

April 11, 2013 at 2:53 pm Leave a comment

“Jewish Leaders Speak Out on Anti-Gay Murder in Greenwich Village”, Forward.com, May 21 2013

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“Jewish LGBT leaders are joining the chorus of condemnation around the West Village murder of a gay man over the weekend by a convicted felon who spouted homophobic slurs before pulling the trigger.”  More

April 9, 2013 at 1:09 pm Leave a comment

“A Sizzling Sales Pace”, NY Daily News, May 19 2013

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“Attention, hungry shoppers: In-store dining is officially hot.  Once depots of desperation, eateries inside retail establishments have become bona fide dining destinations.”  More

April 7, 2013 at 1:50 pm Leave a comment

“If You Knew Sushi”, NY Daily News, May 15 2013

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“I’ve never eaten at Sen in Sag Harbor, the go-to sushi joint for sparkly Hamptons habitués like Calvin Klein and Kelly Ripa.  But after visiting Sen’s new outpost in the Flatiron District, I know food’s not the draw.”  More

 

April 6, 2013 at 2:05 pm Leave a comment

“Chatting Cheese with the Kosher Cheese Guy”, Forward.com, May 15 2013

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“For those who keep strictly kosher, the cheese pickings have always been slim — mostly mild cheddars, mediocre mozzarellas and sometimes something that resembles parmesan. Brent Delman, aka The Cheese Guy, is trying to change that.”  More

April 5, 2013 at 2:00 pm Leave a comment

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  • We’re now on the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU exhibition schedule….. April 14, 2013
    …and we love how they present the show.  Cannot wait for this run! “Jews have had an extensive contribution to comics. But the focus has been mostly on men and superheroes. How did women contribute to the history of comics, and in particular, to autobiographical comics, a genre they helped birth? What is particularly Jewish [...]
  • Portland State “Vanguard”: “Life in the Margins” February 23, 2013
    Great story on Graphic Details in the Portland State Vanguard, a terrific student news outlet… “In the margins within the margins of Jewish comics creators lies the female Jewish comics creator, often overlooked and under-celebrated when compared to her spandex-prone brethren…” Read more.
  • Next stop, Miami Beach! December 31, 2012
    We’re thrilled to announce that Graphic Details will open at the Jewish Museum of Florida in October 2013.  Stay tuned for details.  And happy new year!
  • Graphic Details gets a shout from Portland Monthly! December 9, 2012
    Couldn’t have said it better ourselves: “Shuster, Siegel, Kane: a list of the giants of comic art reads like the guestbook of a bar mitzvah. Conspicuously missing, however, are the many Jewish women who’ve influenced the art form, especially with their autobiographical work. Seeking to redraw the map of comic art, OJM presents confessional comics [...]
  • “Women Power”! November 28, 2012
    Oregon Jewish Life magazine just gave us a great – and very thoughtful – review. Thank you, Kerry Politzer……

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