Gabe Friedman, JTA, Author at JMORE

Legendary NY Jewish Restaurant Sammy’s Roumanian Closes but Vows to Reopen after COVID Era

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Jan 8, 2021 | Arts & Life, Food, Restaurants

(JTA) — Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse, the Lower East Side restaurant known for serving huge pieces of meat alongside jars of schmaltz and bowls of chopped liver, has closed — for now. The eatery’s owner, David Zimmerman, confirmed the closure to Gothamist on Jan. 3...

Could this Takeout Brand Named for an Arabic Israeli TV Show Be the Restaurant of the Future?

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Jul 22, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic

(JTA) — As a child in Israel, Amir Nathan dined at Sami VeSusu, an innovative restaurant in Beersheba named after a popular children’s television show from the 1960s and ’70s. So when it came time for Nathan, now a restaurateur in New York City, to name his latest...

Lil Dicky is Becoming the Larry David of Rap (and a TV Star to Boot)

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Jun 2, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Film & TV, Fun, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts

If you haven’t heard of the comic rapper Lil Dicky, and you are at least tangentially interested in rap or comedy, you should familiarize yourself with him. Of course, you’ll need to be OK dealing with a good amount of blatant vulgarity. You read his name...

Jewish Bandleader Makes Musical Statement about Dating his Muslim Girlfriend

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Feb 12, 2020 | Arts & Life, Music

Sammy Miller and his girlfriend, Misha, grew up in vastly different cultures. Miller was raised Jewish in suburban Los Angeles, while Misha was raised Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan, and moved to the United States when she was 12. Miller also happens to be a musician, a...

Jazz Guitarist Releases Album of Jewish-Penned X-Mas Tunes

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Dec 24, 2019 | Arts & Life, Music

A few years ago, jazz guitarist Peter Curtis was rehearsing for a Christmas concert that involved a choir, but he needed to find a song to play for a solo interlude. Curtis, who is Jewish and based in Southern California, was far from a Christmas song connoisseur, so...