Tim Boxer, at The Blogs

Nov 22, 2019, 12:43 AM

Dr. Joseph Frager and Israel Ambassador to UN Danny Danon. Photo by Tim Boxer

The non-Jewish celebrities got more acclaim than the Jewish personalities from the 1,000 guests at the Zionist Organization of America’s superstar gala on Nov. 17 at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan. There was Fox News commentator and former Westchester judge, Jeanine Pirro, signing her latest...

Nov 7, 2019, 7:31 PM

Dinner For Mutual Understanding

Stephen Schwarzman (left) and Rabbi Arthur Schneier present award to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Rabbi Arthur Schneier, founding president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith organization dedicated to religious freedom, found himself in a dilemma when he presented an award to Timotheus Hottges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, the telecommunications behemoth headquartered in Bonn and the parent company...

Oct 2, 2019, 11:51 PM

Lone Soldiers On Guard

Growing up in New Jersey, Aaron was called “dirty Jew,” saw his friend’s home firebombed, and read all about the shooting of Jews in the U.S.A. His response: move to Israel and join the IDF. He’s a Lone Soldier (one who serves without immediate family...

Sep 23, 2019, 10:40 PM

Phyllis Newman Departs

NEW YORK - JUNE 07: Actress Phyllis Newman attends the 63rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Phyllis Newman, the famous Broadway actress, was telling me how hard it was raising her two children. In an interview in 1981 at the Russian Tea Room she said, “Now that Adam and Amanda are grown up, I can be a liberated woman.” Adam had...

May 22, 2019, 10:20 PM

Herman Wouk Kept Kosher

This May 15, 2000, file photo, shows author Herman Wouk in Palm Springs, California. (AP Photo/Douglas L. Benc Jr., File)

As a sprightly 85-year-old, Herman Wouk was conflicted when he was given a lifetime achievement recognition by the National Jewish Book Awards at Y92 in Manhattan. “There’s a shadow of tombstone about it,” he cracked. “Thank you for the award but hold the gold watch.”...

May 15, 2019, 11:03 PM

Keeping New York Safe

“We did everything we could to make it safe to be a Jew in New York,” said Charles Temel, who is ending up his term as president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. He’ll pass the mantle to Cheryl Fishbein on July...

May 6, 2019, 9:08 PM

Bedouin Medic Thrives At Soroka

Rachel Heisler Sheinfeld and Dr. Shlomi Codish, right, present award to Edward Oates. Photo by Jared Siskin/Getty Images, courtesy of the American Friends of Soroka Medical Center

Yasmeen Abu Fraiha was born 30 years ago in Tel Sheva, the first Bedouin town in Israel. As a Bedouin girl, she says she had only a 20 percent chance of graduating high school. But her parents instilled in her the notion that an education...

Mar 11, 2019, 6:32 PM

Sam Domb Smiles Again

Sam Domb (right) and Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald

It was 1966. We didn’t know if the Cold War would turn hot or not. A hopeful young Marvin Hier started a new job at a congregation in Vancouver. He got a call from City Hall. “Rabbi, we’re taking a survey. In the event of...

Dec 24, 2018, 6:56 PM

YidLife Crisis In Manhattan

Jamie Elman, Gilbert Gottfried and Eli Batalion

Judy Gold was a smash at the “Let There Be Laughter” benefit for the Museum of the Jewish People which is located at Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv. At the Dec. 17 event at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan, Judy marveled that black people can...

Nov 21, 2018, 10:29 PM

Does Alan Alda Need A Mohel?

Fifteen years ago, Alan Alda found himself 8,000 feet high on a mountain in Chile. As host of Scientific American Frontiers on PBS, he came to interview the astronomers at the ALMA Observatory. Suddenly he felt a tickle in his gut. It got worse and...

About Me

Tim Boxer is a former New York Post columnist, and is longtime columnist for the New York Jewish Week. He is also editor of 15MinutesMagazine.com, is the author of Jewish Celebrity Hall of Fame, interviews of Hollywood stars about their Jewish roots.