by Laura Brown After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, it became clear that the companies that survived had something in common: websites that were more interactive, collaborative and dynamic than the ones that had collapsed. This survival of the fittest was dubbed Web 2.0. Meet two local Jews, part of the 2.0 explosion, who are finding better ways to work the web. More Oy! |  |
by Chai Wolfman Joey Garfield says he thinks in pictures. And lucky for us, he makes a living sharing those images with the world through his documentary films. After directing a documentary on graffiti art, Garfield realized he could make films about more stuff he liked. Like beatboxing. |
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by Sarah Follmer Growing up on the east coast, Cindy Levine always dreamed of having a shop. And when she saw old-fashioned bakeries popping up in other cities, but not in Chicago, she knew it was time to trade in her social worker’s hat for a baker’s apron. Six years later, Sweet Mandy B’s—named for her children, Mandy and Brian—is a city-wide favorite. |
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by Libby Ellis My sometimes-combative relationship with food started during The Great Squash-Off of 1985. I was eight, my friend Bevin was over for dinner, and we were told we had to try to the squash. This was the first time in my life my dad insisted I eat something I didn’t want. |
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by Libby Ellis Meet Danielle Schultz, a woman out to help modest ladies stay fashionable and Josh Eisenberg, a freelance web designer and writer making the internet a more interesting place.
Putting the Mod in Modest When Danielle Schultz decided to drop her skimpy tops and jeans to start dressing more modestly, she was confronted with racks and racks of a harsh reality—ugly, matronly clothes that looked nothing like what other girls her age were wearing.
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by Lisa Pevtzow It is 3:45a.m., and after what seems like 54 feedings in the last 24 hours, we are both wide-awake. At three weeks old, he is a funny little thing, very new and tender with a Mohawk of spiky dark hair. |
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by Erin Jones Emil Sher’s adaptation of Karen Levine’s book records the real life experiences of a Czechoslovakian family’s life under Nazi occupation, a history that might have been lost were it not for the efforts of Japanese school children sixty years later, and half a world away. |
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by Raleigh Golden Allyson Holleb’s obsession with nabbing that perfect accessory helped her transition from shopper to shop owner. Today, Holleb stocks her own store, Bess & Loie, with hip bags and accessories for men and women.
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by Libby Ellis Chaviva Edwards is a super-blogger with a really long commute. The Buena Park dweller takes the CTA down to the University of Chicago where she works as an assistant to Nobel Prize winners and other big thinkers in the economics department. |
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We're holding off on the usual hot topic this week to let you know about one way you can help the victims of this week's devastating cyclone in Myanmar.
Tens of thousands of people have lost their lives in Myanmar and many are left without any basic nesessities. The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago has opened an emergency mailbox to funnel humanitarian aid to the country.
100% of collected funds will go directly to aid the victims; the Jewish Federation will not deduct any administrative costs.
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An Israeli meditation on Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance Day)
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