Short Takes

OU Internal Struggles Leading To Showdown

01/15/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor And Publisher

Who’s running the show at the Orthodox Union these days?

Kipot That Play By The Rules

01/09/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor/Online Editor

For some people, sports is a religion.

Others like to combine their love of both, which has led to the proliferation of team emblems on kipot, mostly worn by kids and teens and sold at many Judaica stores — in spite of the fact that unauthorized emblems violate copyright law.

For Ping-Pong Star, Shabbat Comes First

01/08/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Estee Ackerman, a sixth-grader at Hebrew Academy of Nassau County and a rising star in competitive Ping-Pong, looked at the schedule of the recent U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Las Vegas and figured she’d be done in plenty of time for Shabbat.

GIMME MOE! Montreal Egg Rolls, That Is

01/04/2013 | George Medovy | Special To The Jewish Week

The big red food truck with a maple leaf emblazoned on the back gets ready for employees who will shortly spill out of their office buildings for lunch.

Hold The Egg Rolls: A Kosher Chinese Classic Closes

01/02/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor/Online Editor

After nearly four decades of stuffing kosher diners with spare ribs,

Survivors’ Reunion Featured On New Oprah Network Show

01/02/2013 | Sandee Brawarsky | Book Critic

There are no happy endings to the Holocaust, but this story comes close.

Thanks to the efforts of a group of Midwestern eighth graders, a pair of best friends—both 87—who escaped Germany together and hadn’t seen or heard from each other in 73 years have been reunited. Their lives are the lead story on a new show on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), “Lost & Found,” that premieres next week.