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Orli Santo

Israeli actress Gal Gadot at a screening of the film 'Keeping Up With The Joneses' at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, California, October 20, 2016. (Araya Diaz/WireImage/Getty Images via JTA)
From the WebJune 22, 2017, 12:44 pm
Israeli-Americans bask in the Gal Gadot effect
NY Jewish Week: ‘Wonder Woman’ star makes having an Israeli accent ‘sexy’ — a ‘liberating’ experience for expats
By Orli Santo
March 17, 2014, 9:36 am
Shake your noisemaker
‘Lil singer Michelle Citrin partied hearty for her latest YouTube single, this one dedicated to Purim
By Orli Santo
Shabbat dinner in Tel Aviv's secular yeshiva. (photo credit: courtesy)
November 12, 2013, 10:20 am
Are Jewish outliers the only hope for rejuvenation?
A new documentary explores three groups of very different Jews living alternative, but joyously meaningful lives
By Orli Santo
From left: married chefs Sawako Okochi and Aaron Israel, with manager Micaela Grossman, in front of Brooklyn's Shalom Japan. (photo credit: courtesy)
October 18, 2013, 5:10 pm
Shalom Japan, where dishes sound like punchlines
Check out the Matzo Ball Ramen and the Oy Vey Iz Kir cocktail at Brooklyn’s newest hybrid eatery, where you’ll find intermarriage at its finest
By Orli Santo
Yair Lapid speaks to Charlie Rose in New York, Monday, October 7, 2013 (photo credit: Joyce Culver)
October 8, 2013, 11:07 pm
Lapid charms the lefties at NY’s 92nd Street Y
Centrist finance minister cites the US government shutdown as an example of the importance of reaching out beyond party lines
By Orli Santo
Paul Kagame, president of the Republic of Rwanda, addresses the 68th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mary Altaffer)
October 1, 2013, 1:49 pm
NY panel looks at Syrian killing through Rwandan and Jewish lenses
Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and America’s Rabbi Shmuley Boteach deliberate the crime of hesitation
By Orli Santo
Rabbi Elliot Kukla. (photo credit: Nic Coury)
September 25, 2013, 12:59 am
Transgender? Judaism’s got a blessing for you
Two Israeli men who are officially a child’s biological fathers, a male rabbi born a woman, and a genderqueer rocker talk about life as they know it
By Orli Santo
Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. (AP/Joe Kohen)
September 13, 2013, 8:31 pm
Brooklyn Hasidim face accusations of voter fraud
One Williamsburg polling station has allegedly been the longtime battleground for rival Satmar factions vying for political clout
By Orli Santo
Illustrative photo of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man participating in a kapparot ritual, in which a chicken is swung over one's head in the belief that one transfers the sins from the past year into the chicken. (Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)
September 12, 2013, 2:40 pm
Brooklyn’s ‘crazy chicken lady’ takes on kapparot
Rabbis are increasingly endorsing Rina Deych’s 20-year contention that the controversial pre-Yom Kippur ritual is inhumane
By Orli Santo
Getting a groove on for Tu B'Av. (illustrative photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 22, 2013, 12:40 pm
It’s ‘Jewentine’s Day,’ break out the handcuffs and whips
In New York, some Modern Orthodox kinksters are marking Tu B’Av a little less traditionally this year — with love slaves and genital clamps
By Orli Santo
'Duplicity' (photo credit: courtesy)
July 19, 2013, 6:38 pm
Israeli couple an explosive force on the international art scene
Tal and Omer Golan would rather be known merely for their art, but its catalyst, survival of a suicide bombing, is a powerful conversation starter
By Orli Santo
The problem of 'agunot,' or chained women, is international (illustrative photo: Serge Attal/Flash 90)
June 26, 2013, 6:03 pm
The bonds — and shackles — of Jewish marriage
A high-powered summit in New York City this week examines the aguna plight, and comes up with more anger than answers
By Orli Santo
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