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Shulamith performing at a Seder in Rome, Italy, 1971. Left to Right: Rachel Neiman, Rina Neiman, Shulamith Dubno Neiman, Becky Neiman, David Neiman. (Courtesy Rina Neiman)
Posted inFashion

Her dresses, now archived, tell Israeli and Arab fashion history

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 13, 2026April 14, 2026

For Shulamith Dubno Neiman, every special occasion called for a new dress — but not just any dress.  She started her collection as a teenager in the 1940s, living in […]

Fashion designer and cabaret signer Isaac Mizrahi will perform in the Bay Area in April. (David Andrako Photo)
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‘I Know Everybody’: Isaac Mizrahi brings his flair for the dramatic to the Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 16, 2025April 16, 2025
Vi poses in Battery Park in New York City, dressed as her great-great-grandmother Carolina in 1881. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Watch this Oakland YouTuber recreate her great-great-grandmother’s Shabbat dress

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 19, 2023June 21, 2023
Fashion in "The Gilded Age"
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Talking ‘Gilded Age’ Jewish clothes with YouTube’s favorite fashion historian

Erin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz by The Bagels June 13, 2023
a middle aged woman, an old woman, and a young woman in a wedding dress stand together smiling in a bridal store.
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Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, Holocaust survivor and bridal empire builder, dies at 99

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA April 17, 2023
Steph Curry wearing a hoodie adorned with Hebrew prior to Game 4 of the NBA Finals, June 10, 2022. (Photo/Twitter-@2974Collection)
Posted inSports

The scoop on Steph Curry’s Hebrew hoodie at Game 4

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2022June 17, 2022
Sophia Zohar AKA Maimonides Nutz wearing some of her own line of apparel. (Photo/Ryan Boyd)
Posted inFashion

Artist ‘Maimonides Nutz’ spins Talmud into social media gold

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 7, 2022April 12, 2022
André Leon Talley at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inAct Two

André Leon Talley, Oprah and me

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 7, 2022February 7, 2022
A note to Pandemic Panties wearers: "Put on one leg at a time."
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How these women turned a cheeky joke into ‘Pandemic Panties’

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 19, 2021April 19, 2021
A view of signage during the Barneys New York celebration of its new downtown flagship in New York City, March 17, 2016. /JTA-Dimitrios Kambouris-Getty Images for Barneys New York
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Barneys was a fashion tastemaker — but its success came with a dark cost

Michelle Honig by Michelle Honig and JTA November 5, 2019November 6, 2019

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