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Saul Perlmutter, PhD

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Can you name this year’s Jewish laureates? Meet Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, Daniel Shechtman, Ralph Steinman and Bruce Beutler—the extraordinary group of winners recognized with the prestigious Nobel Prize on December 10, 2011. By Kate Matelan From chemistry and physics to medicine and physiology, the variety of scientific fields represented by these talented Nobel Laureates [...]

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Sweet Sally’s

Sweet Sally’s

The prospect was intriguing. Bubbe’s favorites made with a contemporary spin. And we were blown away by the results. We’re talking about the delicacies from Sweet Sally’s. Sally is Sally Saltzbart Minier, a third generation baker who studied under Grama Gracie from the Lower East Side—about as authentic as you can get. Sally’s first career [...]

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Steven Spielberg and The USC Shoah Foundation To Honor Brian Roberts

Steven Spielberg and The USC Shoah Foundation To Honor Brian Roberts

Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, will present Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s highest honor—the Ambassador for Humanity Award.  Roberts will be recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic works in the areas of education and technology.  Spielberg will present the award [...]

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Can you name this year’s Jewish laureates?
Meet Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, Daniel Shechtman, Ralph Steinman and Bruce Beutler—the extraordinary group of winners recognized with the prestigious Nobel Prize on December 10, 2011.
By Kate Matelan

From chemistry and physics to medicine and physiology, the variety of scientific fields represented by these talented Nobel Laureates is astounding. Their profound achievements continue to shape the scientific world and spark great minds—including their own—to continue asking questions and uncovering new answers.

Saul Perlmutter, PhD

An astrophysicist at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) and a physics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Perlmutter, 52, was awarded half of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. He shares the full award “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae” with Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, two other scientists independently reaching the same conclusion at virtually the same time.
Much of Perlmutter’s research began with questioning what the universe is made of and how it works. Heading the international Supernova Cosmology Project, he has been greatly involved in numerous studies determining the nature of dark energy—the previously unknown energy speeding up our universe’s expansion. And this dark matter is by no means a small part of the universe—it’s projected to make up nearly three-quarters of the cosmos.
Originally expecting his research to conclude that the universe was slowing down, you can imagine Perlmutter’s surprise when finding quite the opposite was true.  Then came the Swedish shocker. Perlmutter, who grew up in Philadelphia, had no inkling that he was being awarded the Nobel. When the early morning call came from Sweden, his wife had to confirm the Prize online to make sure the award was in fact real.
Reflecting on the Nobel Prize news, Perlmutter said, “The ideas and discoveries that led to our ability to measure the expansion history of the universe have a truly international heritage, with key contributions from almost every continent and culture. And quite appropriately, our result—the acceleration of the universe—was the product of two teams of scientists from around the world. These are the kinds of discoveries that the whole world can feel a part of and celebrate, as humanity advances its knowledge of our universe.”
Adam Riess, PhD

Riess, an astronomy and physics professor at the Johns Hopkins University and an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) gratefully accepted his joint win with Schmidt and Perlmutter of the Nobel Prize in Physics. As the 41-year old laureate told Johns Hopkins University, “My involvement in the discovery of the accelerating universe and its implications for the presence of dark energy has been an incredibly exciting adventure. I have also been fortunate to work with tremendous colleagues and powerful facilities. I am deeply honored that this work has been recognized.”
Leading a study for the High-z Supernova Search Team—across 7 billion light years, no less—Riess published evidence of the universe’s acceleration and the dark energy behind it all. Similar to Perlmutter, Riess had expected to study supernovae (a specialized exploding star) and uncover that gravity had slowed the universe’s rate of expansion. When discovering contradictory results, new questions surfaced about the mysterious dark energy and universe in general.
“If you tossed a ball into the air and it kept right on going up instead of falling to the ground, you’d be pretty surprised. Well, that’s about how surprised we were to get that result,” Riess said.
The universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago, but the breakthrough that expansion is accelerating has been the most shocking discovery. If expansion continues at a faster rate, it is predicted that our universe will end in ice. But the greater impact of Riess, Schmidt and Perlmutter’s findings has physicists asking about what the unknown dark energy is all about.

Dan Shechtman, PhD

Being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasicrystals—a substance where atoms are packed together in a defined, non-repeating pattern—is Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman, a materials science professor at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, a professor at Iowa State University and a researcher at the United States Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory.
On receiving the award, Shechtman, 70, said, “The Nobel is the ultimate recognition for science…I am happy to be among the few whose work is recognized. I received the prize, but there is a large group of people who contributed to this field and our understanding of nature.”
His research helped bring to light that regular, non-repeating patterns were not impossible in atoms. When mixing aluminum and manganese and cooling it rapidly, Shechtman anticipated finding the atoms in a random arrangement. However, the electron microscope proved otherwise—the atoms were certainly not random. They even created tenfold symmetry, allowing you to rotate the pattern by 90 degrees and it still matches. In turn, Shechtman’s findings have tremendously helped other scientists conceptualize how atoms assemble themselves in solids.
And when wrangling with the worlds of religion and science, Shechtman knows where he stands. “I am not religious but a scientist, and I think that they represent divergent views of the world. In the frontiers of science, when a new science is not yet established, scientists have beliefs that are much like religion—believing something that has no concrete proof,” he said.

Ralph M. Steinman, MD

Passing away before the actual ceremony, Montreal-born Steinman, 68, was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.” The October Nobel award announcement preceded the Foundation’s knowledge of Steinman’s death, leaving him eligible to be awarded it posthumously, which is not typically allowed with the Nobel.
Steinman, who shares the other half of the award with Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann, brought revolutionizing discoveries to the forefront of the medical field and new means of developing therapies to fight infection, cancer and infectious diseases.
Steinman was a Henry G. Kunkel professor at Rockefeller University and a senior physician at Rockefeller University Hospital. As a cell biologist, he helped discover and name the immune system’s dendritic cells, as well as how they could be used to control infections and infectious diseases. It is these very dendritic cells that activate T-cells, which ultimately help fight off infections getting through the first line of defense. By using Steinman’s discovery of dendritic cells and their correlation to T-cells, cures for cancer and infectious diseases like HIV could be found.
Making an impact on immunology was an extraordinary achievement for Steinman. Yet, his findings had an even more personal meaning to his own health. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four years ago and, according to a statement from Rockefeller University, “his life was extended using a dendritic cell-based immunotherapy of his own design.”

Bruce Beutler, MD

Jointly receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jules Hoffman “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity,” Beutler has uncovered information to help expand the prevention of and therapy against cancer and infectious diseases. Beutler began the use of a technique called “forward genetics” and has identified the key receptors that let your body know when an infection is looming. It is these receptors that cause inflammation or shock when an infection becomes widespread. Understanding these crucial components allows him and other members of the medical community to work toward new methods of prevention and treatment. Methods to improve vaccines and greater insight into why the immune system can attack our tissues will only advance the health of our society.
Beutler, 53, who served as the genetics department chair at The Scripps Research Institute, is now taking the role of founding director of the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

A Historical Perspective
While five Jewish laureates in one year is a dramatic number, Jewish recipients of the prize have always been greatly out of proportion to our overall population. Though we number less than 3 percent of Americans, over 30 percent of American-born laureates have been Jews. Worldwide, Jews represent only about 0.2 percent of the population, yet have been honored with over 20 percent of all the Nobels awarded in its 110-year history.

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Can you name this year’s Jewish laureates?
Meet Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, Daniel Shechtman, Ralph Steinman and Bruce Beutler—the extraordinary group of winners recognized with the prestigious Nobel Prize on December 10, 2011.
By Kate Matelan

From chemistry and physics to medicine and physiology, the variety of scientific fields represented by these talented Nobel Laureates is astounding. Their profound achievements continue to shape the scientific world and spark great minds—including their own—to continue asking questions and uncovering new answers.

Saul Perlmutter, PhD

An astrophysicist at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) and a physics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Perlmutter, 52, was awarded half of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. He shares the full award “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae” with Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, two other scientists independently reaching the same conclusion at virtually the same time.
Much of Perlmutter’s research began with questioning what the universe is made of and how it works. Heading the international Supernova Cosmology Project, he has been greatly involved in numerous studies determining the nature of dark energy—the previously unknown energy speeding up our universe’s expansion. And this dark matter is by no means a small part of the universe—it’s projected to make up nearly three-quarters of the cosmos.
Originally expecting his research to conclude that the universe was slowing down, you can imagine Perlmutter’s surprise when finding quite the opposite was true.  Then came the Swedish shocker. Perlmutter, who grew up in Philadelphia, had no inkling that he was being awarded the Nobel. When the early morning call came from Sweden, his wife had to confirm the Prize online to make sure the award was in fact real.
Reflecting on the Nobel Prize news, Perlmutter said, “The ideas and discoveries that led to our ability to measure the expansion history of the universe have a truly international heritage, with key contributions from almost every continent and culture. And quite appropriately, our result—the acceleration of the universe—was the product of two teams of scientists from around the world. These are the kinds of discoveries that the whole world can feel a part of and celebrate, as humanity advances its knowledge of our universe.”
Adam Riess, PhD

Riess, an astronomy and physics professor at the Johns Hopkins University and an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) gratefully accepted his joint win with Schmidt and Perlmutter of the Nobel Prize in Physics. As the 41-year old laureate told Johns Hopkins University, “My involvement in the discovery of the accelerating universe and its implications for the presence of dark energy has been an incredibly exciting adventure. I have also been fortunate to work with tremendous colleagues and powerful facilities. I am deeply honored that this work has been recognized.”
Leading a study for the High-z Supernova Search Team—across 7 billion light years, no less—Riess published evidence of the universe’s acceleration and the dark energy behind it all. Similar to Perlmutter, Riess had expected to study supernovae (a specialized exploding star) and uncover that gravity had slowed the universe’s rate of expansion. When discovering contradictory results, new questions surfaced about the mysterious dark energy and universe in general.
“If you tossed a ball into the air and it kept right on going up instead of falling to the ground, you’d be pretty surprised. Well, that’s about how surprised we were to get that result,” Riess said.
The universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago, but the breakthrough that expansion is accelerating has been the most shocking discovery. If expansion continues at a faster rate, it is predicted that our universe will end in ice. But the greater impact of Riess, Schmidt and Perlmutter’s findings has physicists asking about what the unknown dark energy is all about.

Dan Shechtman, PhD

Being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasicrystals—a substance where atoms are packed together in a defined, non-repeating pattern—is Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman, a materials science professor at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, a professor at Iowa State University and a researcher at the United States Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory.
On receiving the award, Shechtman, 70, said, “The Nobel is the ultimate recognition for science…I am happy to be among the few whose work is recognized. I received the prize, but there is a large group of people who contributed to this field and our understanding of nature.”
His research helped bring to light that regular, non-repeating patterns were not impossible in atoms. When mixing aluminum and manganese and cooling it rapidly, Shechtman anticipated finding the atoms in a random arrangement. However, the electron microscope proved otherwise—the atoms were certainly not random. They even created tenfold symmetry, allowing you to rotate the pattern by 90 degrees and it still matches. In turn, Shechtman’s findings have tremendously helped other scientists conceptualize how atoms assemble themselves in solids.
And when wrangling with the worlds of religion and science, Shechtman knows where he stands. “I am not religious but a scientist, and I think that they represent divergent views of the world. In the frontiers of science, when a new science is not yet established, scientists have beliefs that are much like religion—believing something that has no concrete proof,” he said.

Ralph M. Steinman, MD

Passing away before the actual ceremony, Montreal-born Steinman, 68, was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.” The October Nobel award announcement preceded the Foundation’s knowledge of Steinman’s death, leaving him eligible to be awarded it posthumously, which is not typically allowed with the Nobel.
Steinman, who shares the other half of the award with Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann, brought revolutionizing discoveries to the forefront of the medical field and new means of developing therapies to fight infection, cancer and infectious diseases.
Steinman was a Henry G. Kunkel professor at Rockefeller University and a senior physician at Rockefeller University Hospital. As a cell biologist, he helped discover and name the immune system’s dendritic cells, as well as how they could be used to control infections and infectious diseases. It is these very dendritic cells that activate T-cells, which ultimately help fight off infections getting through the first line of defense. By using Steinman’s discovery of dendritic cells and their correlation to T-cells, cures for cancer and infectious diseases like HIV could be found.
Making an impact on immunology was an extraordinary achievement for Steinman. Yet, his findings had an even more personal meaning to his own health. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four years ago and, according to a statement from Rockefeller University, “his life was extended using a dendritic cell-based immunotherapy of his own design.”

Bruce Beutler, MD

Jointly receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jules Hoffman “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity,” Beutler has uncovered information to help expand the prevention of and therapy against cancer and infectious diseases. Beutler began the use of a technique called “forward genetics” and has identified the key receptors that let your body know when an infection is looming. It is these receptors that cause inflammation or shock when an infection becomes widespread. Understanding these crucial components allows him and other members of the medical community to work toward new methods of prevention and treatment. Methods to improve vaccines and greater insight into why the immune system can attack our tissues will only advance the health of our society.
Beutler, 53, who served as the genetics department chair at The Scripps Research Institute, is now taking the role of founding director of the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

A Historical Perspective
While five Jewish laureates in one year is a dramatic number, Jewish recipients of the prize have always been greatly out of proportion to our overall population. Though we number less than 3 percent of Americans, over 30 percent of American-born laureates have been Jews. Worldwide, Jews represent only about 0.2 percent of the population, yet have been honored with over 20 percent of all the Nobels awarded in its 110-year history.

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Can you name this year’s Jewish laureates? Meet Saul Perlmutter, Adam Riess, Daniel Shechtman, Ralph Steinman and Bruce Beutler—the extraordinary group of winners recognized with the prestigious Nobel Prize on December 10, 2011. By Kate Matelan From chemistry and physics to medicine and physiology, the variety of scientific fields represented by these talented Nobel Laureates [...]

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Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, will present Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s highest honor—the Ambassador for Humanity Award.  Roberts will be recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic works in the areas of education and technology.  Spielberg will present the award at the Institute’s annual gala, taking place this year in Roberts’ hometown of Philadelphia on May 9. Jon Bon Jovi, a longtime supporter of the Institute and of Comcast and Roberts’ philanthropic work, will lend his considerable talents as special musical guest for the evening. Serving as gala Co-Chairs are Stephen A. Cozen, Founder and Chairman of Cozen O’Connor, and longstanding member of the Institute’s Board of Councilors, along with his wife, Sandy.

In 1994, after completing the film Schindler’s List, Spielberg established the Shoah Foundation to collect and preserve the video testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust. He envisioned that these eyewitness accounts could have a profound effect on education, and that the survivors could become teachers of humanity for generations to come. Today, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s Visual History Archive is one of the largest video digital libraries in the world, with nearly 52,000 testimonies in 32 languages and from 56 countries. The Shoah Foundation Institute is part of the University of Southern California’s College of Letters, Arts & Sciences; its mission is to overcome prejudice, intolerance and bigotry—and the suffering they cause—through the educational use of its visual history testimonies.
Working within the University and with partners around the world to advance education, research and scholarship, the Institute provides unique and essential content through the dissemination of its testimonies. Through innovative online tools, resources and groundbreaking programs developed for educators and students, the Institute is playing a global role in transforming education. In addition, the Institute is working to preserve its testimonies in perpetuity, and to expand the archive with accounts of survivors and witnesses of other genocides.

The Ambassadors for Humanity Award honors individuals who embody the Institute’s values and mission to promote tolerance and mutual respect through the educational use of the testimonies in its Visual History Archive.
  “Brian Roberts has been a longtime advocate of finding and developing innovative avenues to reach and educate young people,” said Spielberg. “Working with Brian and Comcast to further explore ways to bring digital literacy to education gives me great hope that together we can effect significant change.  Brian’s vision and commitment to enhancing digital literacy in schools and communities across America make him a great Ambassador for learning, and I am proud to recognize him for his efforts and for supporting the Institute’s educational work.”

The organization has a long history in Philadelphia, where its regional office helped coordinate the collection of more than 1,100 testimonies in Pennsylvania and 16 surrounding states by local residents trained as interviewers and videographers. Additionally, more than 900 teachers across Pennsylvania and over 12,000 nationally have been trained to date on Echoes and Reflections, a multimedia curriculum developed by the Institute and partners, the Anti-Defamation League and Yad Vashem.
The May gala will provide the opportunity to raise awareness of the Institute’s core work and groundbreaking programs, as well as highlight the joint efforts between Comcast and the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, who have partnered on a variety of educational initiatives to help advance the organization’s mission.

Gala presenting sponsor TNT is a longstanding partner for this event and once again joins in support of the Institute. “The USC Shoah Foundation Institute works globally to fight hatred and racism,” said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. “We’re proud to support this great organization’s unique and important mission.”

For more information about the Gala or to purchase tickets, call the Philadelphia Benefit Office at 610-664-0358 or the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Benefit Office at 818-777-7876. All proceeds benefit the USC Shoah Foundation Institute. Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
To help support the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, go to http://college.usc.edu/vhi.

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Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, will present Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s highest honor—the Ambassador for Humanity Award.  Roberts will be recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic works in the areas of education and technology.  Spielberg will present the award at the Institute’s annual gala, taking place this year in Roberts’ hometown of Philadelphia on May 9. Jon Bon Jovi, a longtime supporter of the Institute and of Comcast and Roberts’ philanthropic work, will lend his considerable talents as special musical guest for the evening. Serving as gala Co-Chairs are Stephen A. Cozen, Founder and Chairman of Cozen O’Connor, and longstanding member of the Institute’s Board of Councilors, along with his wife, Sandy.

In 1994, after completing the film Schindler’s List, Spielberg established the Shoah Foundation to collect and preserve the video testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust. He envisioned that these eyewitness accounts could have a profound effect on education, and that the survivors could become teachers of humanity for generations to come. Today, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s Visual History Archive is one of the largest video digital libraries in the world, with nearly 52,000 testimonies in 32 languages and from 56 countries. The Shoah Foundation Institute is part of the University of Southern California’s College of Letters, Arts & Sciences; its mission is to overcome prejudice, intolerance and bigotry—and the suffering they cause—through the educational use of its visual history testimonies.
Working within the University and with partners around the world to advance education, research and scholarship, the Institute provides unique and essential content through the dissemination of its testimonies. Through innovative online tools, resources and groundbreaking programs developed for educators and students, the Institute is playing a global role in transforming education. In addition, the Institute is working to preserve its testimonies in perpetuity, and to expand the archive with accounts of survivors and witnesses of other genocides.

The Ambassadors for Humanity Award honors individuals who embody the Institute’s values and mission to promote tolerance and mutual respect through the educational use of the testimonies in its Visual History Archive.
  “Brian Roberts has been a longtime advocate of finding and developing innovative avenues to reach and educate young people,” said Spielberg. “Working with Brian and Comcast to further explore ways to bring digital literacy to education gives me great hope that together we can effect significant change.  Brian’s vision and commitment to enhancing digital literacy in schools and communities across America make him a great Ambassador for learning, and I am proud to recognize him for his efforts and for supporting the Institute’s educational work.”

The organization has a long history in Philadelphia, where its regional office helped coordinate the collection of more than 1,100 testimonies in Pennsylvania and 16 surrounding states by local residents trained as interviewers and videographers. Additionally, more than 900 teachers across Pennsylvania and over 12,000 nationally have been trained to date on Echoes and Reflections, a multimedia curriculum developed by the Institute and partners, the Anti-Defamation League and Yad Vashem.
The May gala will provide the opportunity to raise awareness of the Institute’s core work and groundbreaking programs, as well as highlight the joint efforts between Comcast and the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, who have partnered on a variety of educational initiatives to help advance the organization’s mission.

Gala presenting sponsor TNT is a longstanding partner for this event and once again joins in support of the Institute. “The USC Shoah Foundation Institute works globally to fight hatred and racism,” said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. “We’re proud to support this great organization’s unique and important mission.”

For more information about the Gala or to purchase tickets, call the Philadelphia Benefit Office at 610-664-0358 or the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Benefit Office at 818-777-7876. All proceeds benefit the USC Shoah Foundation Institute. Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
To help support the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, go to http://college.usc.edu/vhi.

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Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, will present Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s highest honor—the Ambassador for Humanity Award.  Roberts will be recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic works in the areas of education and technology.  Spielberg will present the award [...]

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Steven Spielberg, Founder of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, will present Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s highest honor—the Ambassador for Humanity Award.  Roberts will be recognized for his visionary leadership and philanthropic works in the areas of education and technology.  Spielberg will present the award [...]

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August 15, 2011

I watched the eight Republican candidates debate among themselves last week.  Many of the opinion-makers of our country, early on decided to attack many of these candidates, most of whom either are themselves card-carrying members or adherents of the Tea Party as well as members of the Republican Party.  All are seeking Republican Party support while advocating Tea Party positions on major issues, e.g., reducing or eliminating entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and slashing federal government expenditures.

Candidates like Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) have been described by some observers of the political scene as wackos or crazies.  I think those views are now changing.  I must admit here that I have used those words in describing the views of some candidates, but I won’t anymore.  The eight participants in the debate handled themselves extremely well.  While I was not persuaded by their arguments and views and remain a Democrat supporting many Democratic programs, I can well understand why they and their supporters demand changes in federal programs along the lines advocated by Tea Party philosophy.  Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll, coming in one percentage point ahead of Ron Paul.  Tim Pawlenty came in third and has withdrawn from the race.

Liberal philosophy has adopted the Keynesian position that in times of recession and depression, government must prime the pump and spend its way out to achieve better times.  The Tea Party view and that of the Conservative government of David Cameron in Great Britain adheres to the old-fashioned view that my mom often expressed:  “You don’t spend money you don’t have.”  That was my view when I was mayor of New York City and in my personal life.  I have two credit cards.  I have never paid charges on either of them over and above my actual purchases.  I am one of those customers the credit card companies hate and may lose money on, if they are dependent on the usurious rates of interest they receive from those using their credit cards as access to bank loans.

When I was Mayor, I supported then and do now a GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) balanced budget imposed by the state legislature requiring New York City to limit its operating budget to what was reasonable to expect the City to receive the year of the adopted budget.  The Tea Party believes in a balanced budget for the U.S. and wants to enact it into law by the adoption of a constitutional amendment.  Liberals are horrified with the idea.  My mother would have loved it.  It seems to me to make sense, provided there is an exception when the U.S. is at war.

We were a lower-middle class family when I grew up in Brooklyn.  Perhaps even poorer than we thought.  My father made $65 a week.  Our rent in Flatbush in 1941 was $65 a month – the then accepted ratio – and my parents were able to lead a reasonably decent lifestyle, bringing up three children and sending them to college.  I believe my parents values would be described as politically liberal.  Early on in my political career, I referred to myself as a liberal with sanity.

Mr. President, the country we all love is hurting enormously, with huge unemployment.  Isn’t it possible to create work programs like the WPA (Works Progress Administration) and spend monies on infrastructure for bullet trains, repairing roads and bridges that are falling down and other truly needed capital programs by creating what we don’t have now – a separate capital budget (which states and cities have) that would permit borrowing and pay the cost of a capital item over its expected life, instead of maintaining the single unified budget which the U.S. currently has?  I am not an economist, but shouldn’t that be considered?  The need for jobs with our unemployment rate in excess of 9 percent is universally accepted.

People everywhere are asking why don’t you call the Congress back from their unearned vacations to address the huge problems now facing the nation.  You can still win back the support of the public by publicly setting forth in detail your plan to address these enormous problems.  It should be a plan fashioned not on consensus, but your plan and if your political adversaries oppose it, so be it.  Then you must go over their heads to the vast public, appealing to its common sense, asking them to support you.  Take your plan into the next election and make your proposed programs the referendum on which the public will be voting in the presidential election of 2012.

Remember what Harry Truman did in 1948 with the do nothing Congress?  While Harry Truman is my political hero, you are far more eloquent than he was.  You can bring the nation to your side if you convince people that what you are asking them to do is to join hands in self-sacrifice, sharing the nation’s burden proportionately to their economic status.  We are a generous nation, a patriotic nation, a nation like no other in our diversity.  Today, we are so divided and feel leaderless.  You can bring us together and lead us to the promised land.

Mr. President, doesn’t it appear strange to you that the war in Afghanistan has been going on for ten years and this month of August, we have already sustained 51 deaths there?  We spend billions annually on the military budget.  Indeed, our military budget is equal in the aggregate to the military budgets of the next 17 nations.  I suspect the Taliban spends less than $10 million on its military, maybe $50 million annually, and yet, they have fought us to a standstill.  Shouldn’t we be getting out this year, instead of waiting for 2014, or as appears to be the case, staying permanently in a land where the people hate us?

Mr. President, we have been in Iraq for eight years.  We have spent hundreds of billions fighting the insurgents in Iraq.  Probably over a trillion dollars for the two wars – Afghanistan and Iraq – that are bleeding us, killing and injuring our young soldiers, ripping off the billions we send to rebuild their country, while our people are suffering in an economic crisis.  Within the past week, Iraq’s premier aligned Iraq with Syria and Iran, our declared enemies.  Syria is now engaged in killing its own citizens, shooting them down in the streets of Hama and other cities.  Does it make sense that you criticize Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, and now our supposed ally, the new Iraq, is supporting the butcher of Syria?  While he is doing that, The Times reports we are negotiating with Iraq to stay past the end of this year with no date set for our leaving.

We are told Iraq needs our soldiers to protect it until Iraqi soldiers become able to do so.  Mr. President, what happened to the Iraqi soldiers’ ability?  That army eight years ago was the terror of the region.  Mr. President, our country is hurting.  Please take the actions needed to assure us someone is in charge.

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August 15, 2011

I watched the eight Republican candidates debate among themselves last week.  Many of the opinion-makers of our country, early on decided to attack many of these candidates, most of whom either are themselves card-carrying members or adherents of the Tea Party as well as members of the Republican Party.  All are seeking Republican Party support while advocating Tea Party positions on major issues, e.g., reducing or eliminating entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and slashing federal government expenditures.

Candidates like Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) have been described by some observers of the political scene as wackos or crazies.  I think those views are now changing.  I must admit here that I have used those words in describing the views of some candidates, but I won’t anymore.  The eight participants in the debate handled themselves extremely well.  While I was not persuaded by their arguments and views and remain a Democrat supporting many Democratic programs, I can well understand why they and their supporters demand changes in federal programs along the lines advocated by Tea Party philosophy.  Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll, coming in one percentage point ahead of Ron Paul.  Tim Pawlenty came in third and has withdrawn from the race.

Liberal philosophy has adopted the Keynesian position that in times of recession and depression, government must prime the pump and spend its way out to achieve better times.  The Tea Party view and that of the Conservative government of David Cameron in Great Britain adheres to the old-fashioned view that my mom often expressed:  “You don’t spend money you don’t have.”  That was my view when I was mayor of New York City and in my personal life.  I have two credit cards.  I have never paid charges on either of them over and above my actual purchases.  I am one of those customers the credit card companies hate and may lose money on, if they are dependent on the usurious rates of interest they receive from those using their credit cards as access to bank loans.

When I was Mayor, I supported then and do now a GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) balanced budget imposed by the state legislature requiring New York City to limit its operating budget to what was reasonable to expect the City to receive the year of the adopted budget.  The Tea Party believes in a balanced budget for the U.S. and wants to enact it into law by the adoption of a constitutional amendment.  Liberals are horrified with the idea.  My mother would have loved it.  It seems to me to make sense, provided there is an exception when the U.S. is at war.

We were a lower-middle class family when I grew up in Brooklyn.  Perhaps even poorer than we thought.  My father made $65 a week.  Our rent in Flatbush in 1941 was $65 a month – the then accepted ratio – and my parents were able to lead a reasonably decent lifestyle, bringing up three children and sending them to college.  I believe my parents values would be described as politically liberal.  Early on in my political career, I referred to myself as a liberal with sanity.

Mr. President, the country we all love is hurting enormously, with huge unemployment.  Isn’t it possible to create work programs like the WPA (Works Progress Administration) and spend monies on infrastructure for bullet trains, repairing roads and bridges that are falling down and other truly needed capital programs by creating what we don’t have now – a separate capital budget (which states and cities have) that would permit borrowing and pay the cost of a capital item over its expected life, instead of maintaining the single unified budget which the U.S. currently has?  I am not an economist, but shouldn’t that be considered?  The need for jobs with our unemployment rate in excess of 9 percent is universally accepted.

People everywhere are asking why don’t you call the Congress back from their unearned vacations to address the huge problems now facing the nation.  You can still win back the support of the public by publicly setting forth in detail your plan to address these enormous problems.  It should be a plan fashioned not on consensus, but your plan and if your political adversaries oppose it, so be it.  Then you must go over their heads to the vast public, appealing to its common sense, asking them to support you.  Take your plan into the next election and make your proposed programs the referendum on which the public will be voting in the presidential election of 2012.

Remember what Harry Truman did in 1948 with the do nothing Congress?  While Harry Truman is my political hero, you are far more eloquent than he was.  You can bring the nation to your side if you convince people that what you are asking them to do is to join hands in self-sacrifice, sharing the nation’s burden proportionately to their economic status.  We are a generous nation, a patriotic nation, a nation like no other in our diversity.  Today, we are so divided and feel leaderless.  You can bring us together and lead us to the promised land.

Mr. President, doesn’t it appear strange to you that the war in Afghanistan has been going on for ten years and this month of August, we have already sustained 51 deaths there?  We spend billions annually on the military budget.  Indeed, our military budget is equal in the aggregate to the military budgets of the next 17 nations.  I suspect the Taliban spends less than $10 million on its military, maybe $50 million annually, and yet, they have fought us to a standstill.  Shouldn’t we be getting out this year, instead of waiting for 2014, or as appears to be the case, staying permanently in a land where the people hate us?

Mr. President, we have been in Iraq for eight years.  We have spent hundreds of billions fighting the insurgents in Iraq.  Probably over a trillion dollars for the two wars – Afghanistan and Iraq – that are bleeding us, killing and injuring our young soldiers, ripping off the billions we send to rebuild their country, while our people are suffering in an economic crisis.  Within the past week, Iraq’s premier aligned Iraq with Syria and Iran, our declared enemies.  Syria is now engaged in killing its own citizens, shooting them down in the streets of Hama and other cities.  Does it make sense that you criticize Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, and now our supposed ally, the new Iraq, is supporting the butcher of Syria?  While he is doing that, The Times reports we are negotiating with Iraq to stay past the end of this year with no date set for our leaving.

We are told Iraq needs our soldiers to protect it until Iraqi soldiers become able to do so.  Mr. President, what happened to the Iraqi soldiers’ ability?  That army eight years ago was the terror of the region.  Mr. President, our country is hurting.  Please take the actions needed to assure us someone is in charge.

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August 15, 2011 I watched the eight Republican candidates debate among themselves last week.  Many of the opinion-makers of our country, early on decided to attack many of these candidates, most of whom either are themselves card-carrying members or adherents of the Tea Party as well as members of the Republican Party.  All are seeking [...]

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The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by a minister, James Naismith, who believed that it would promote “muscular Christianity.” That game would be unrecognizable today with its peach baskets, players passing the ball but never dribbling (a minor adjustment never envisioned by Naismith) and final scores like 5-4. It wasn’t until Jewish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century adopted the “ultimate city game”—and over the course of a few decades, from the ’20s to the ’50s, added innovations in play and strategy—that it went from one requiring brute strength to one that stressed skill and strategy. In their hands, basketball, first conceived as a simple, easy to play (but hard to master) game, became the crossover dribbling, three-point bombing sport that it is today.
Contrary to cultural stereotypes, early in the 20th century, most Jewish kids played basketball and played it well. The old schoolyard cliché that “any Jew great at sports was probably adopted” didn’t hold water. Those of us compelled to debunk the notion of Jews “without game” need look no further than the game of the ghettos during that golden era, when the sport was indeed considered the “Jewish game.” Because basketball requires very little in equipment at its bare root level, ghetto kids could improvise with makeshift paper balls shot through the lowest rung of the fire escape (backboards were unheard of). Leagues sponsored by YMHAs, yeshivas and synagogues flourished—in addition to the benefit of keeping kids off the corner and out of trouble, rabbis also realized that these teams served a greater purpose by ensuring that kids kept willingly coming back to shul.
Almost all Jewish neighborhoods had their own teams, rivalries were in fact fierce, and there was no question that the best ball in the era was played in New York and Philadelphia, the cities with the largest Jewish populations. For the chosen few, proficiency in shooting the rock could land one a college scholarship (often the only way a poor Jew could hope to attend) and provide a portal into middle class America. College basketball was one area of life where Jews were rarely denied the right to participate, certainly not the case in many other sports. Not surprisingly, many players stayed local, creating an era of elite college teams like City College of New York (CCNY), Long Island University (LIU), New York University and Temple. After a good college career, Jewish players on early semi-pro fives could earn as much as $5 a game, a veritable fortune back then.
During this era, so-called “Jew Ball” evolved—what was first used as a slur or, at best, a backhanded compliment, the term came to define the style of play that was later lauded as the “thinking man’s” game. Incorporating defense and constant motion with the aim of hitting the open man, it was the antithesis of the foul-plagued “football style” offense that prevailed in the early days. Indeed it was a style crucial to the later success of the college and pro game, and one that seminal coaches like Nat Holman and later his protégé Red Holzman, and later on his protégé Phil Jackson, would refine to perfection. Why, if that guy Naismith hadn’t come up with a few now-antiquated rules himself, you could almost say Jews invented modern basketball.
Just as stereotypes unfairly label today’s black players, many were foisted on the Jewish players in the ’20s and ’30s. Jew Ball provided an easy mark for journalists like Paul Gallico, the eminent sports editor of the NY Daily News who expressed the goy “excuse” in a 1930s column, stating that “the reason that basketball appeals to Hebrews is that the game places a premium on an alert scheming mind, flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smart-aleckness.” Players who lost to all-Jewish teams whined that the shorter Jews had “God-given better balance and speed.” Genetic advantage or not, the fact is that in 1930, in the biggest college game of the year, with NYU facing CCNY (both teams were undefeated), 9 of the 10 starters were Jewish. How cool is that?
After the second World War, in an era when the hoopla of March Madness was as yet inconceivable and pro ball was still a curiosity, a handful of mostly eastern teams would battle in the once prestigious National Invitational Tournament (NIT) at Madison Square Garden in college basketball’s showcase event. NIT championship games, up until the ’50s, often included CCNY, LIU or St. John’s, schools that perennially produced some of the best and most innovative basketball in the nation and whose Jewish-laden rosters were the toast of the town. And when local Jewish fans checked their morning papers to find out how the rest of the best had fared, most looked first to see how the “Mighty Mites” of Yeshiva University had done against the other beasts of the east.
Those were the glory days for Jewish basketball, when players were still referred to as cagers (courts used to be ringed with wire or rope mesh to keep play continuous and protect players from abusive fans), when they shot and passed with two hands and when dunks were reserved for doughnuts—under the old rules, touching the rim was illegal. Sixty years before Air Jordans, $3 could get you a pair of black high-top Chuck Taylor All-Stars (and a hamburger and Coke for lunch), shorts were, well, short, and cheerleaders wore letter sweaters and ankle socks. Fans waved pennants, not Styrofoam fingers. Yes, it was a time when stars with names like Heyman, Schectman and Schayes pounded the hardwood, and the Jewish players were truly kings of the court.
By the late 1940s the heyday of the Jewish basketball star had diminished for a variety of cultural and demographic reasons, including a mass migration of middle-class Jews to the suburbs. The crushing blow was probably the point shaving scandal that rocked college basketball after the 1950 season. That many of the culprits were players from CCNY and NYU (who accepted money from gamblers to lose games on purpose or win games but by less than the point spread) proved to be a death knell for New York City college ball. But for what the game is now, we pay homage to its past with Chutzpah’s guide to Jewish basketball, A to Z.

By Len Canter

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The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by a minister, James Naismith, who believed that it would promote “muscular Christianity.” That game would be unrecognizable today with its peach baskets, players passing the ball but never dribbling (a minor adjustment never envisioned by Naismith) and final scores like 5-4. It wasn’t until Jewish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century adopted the “ultimate city game”—and over the course of a few decades, from the ’20s to the ’50s, added innovations in play and strategy—that it went from one requiring brute strength to one that stressed skill and strategy. In their hands, basketball, first conceived as a simple, easy to play (but hard to master) game, became the crossover dribbling, three-point bombing sport that it is today.
Contrary to cultural stereotypes, early in the 20th century, most Jewish kids played basketball and played it well. The old schoolyard cliché that “any Jew great at sports was probably adopted” didn’t hold water. Those of us compelled to debunk the notion of Jews “without game” need look no further than the game of the ghettos during that golden era, when the sport was indeed considered the “Jewish game.” Because basketball requires very little in equipment at its bare root level, ghetto kids could improvise with makeshift paper balls shot through the lowest rung of the fire escape (backboards were unheard of). Leagues sponsored by YMHAs, yeshivas and synagogues flourished—in addition to the benefit of keeping kids off the corner and out of trouble, rabbis also realized that these teams served a greater purpose by ensuring that kids kept willingly coming back to shul.
Almost all Jewish neighborhoods had their own teams, rivalries were in fact fierce, and there was no question that the best ball in the era was played in New York and Philadelphia, the cities with the largest Jewish populations. For the chosen few, proficiency in shooting the rock could land one a college scholarship (often the only way a poor Jew could hope to attend) and provide a portal into middle class America. College basketball was one area of life where Jews were rarely denied the right to participate, certainly not the case in many other sports. Not surprisingly, many players stayed local, creating an era of elite college teams like City College of New York (CCNY), Long Island University (LIU), New York University and Temple. After a good college career, Jewish players on early semi-pro fives could earn as much as $5 a game, a veritable fortune back then.
During this era, so-called “Jew Ball” evolved—what was first used as a slur or, at best, a backhanded compliment, the term came to define the style of play that was later lauded as the “thinking man’s” game. Incorporating defense and constant motion with the aim of hitting the open man, it was the antithesis of the foul-plagued “football style” offense that prevailed in the early days. Indeed it was a style crucial to the later success of the college and pro game, and one that seminal coaches like Nat Holman and later his protégé Red Holzman, and later on his protégé Phil Jackson, would refine to perfection. Why, if that guy Naismith hadn’t come up with a few now-antiquated rules himself, you could almost say Jews invented modern basketball.
Just as stereotypes unfairly label today’s black players, many were foisted on the Jewish players in the ’20s and ’30s. Jew Ball provided an easy mark for journalists like Paul Gallico, the eminent sports editor of the NY Daily News who expressed the goy “excuse” in a 1930s column, stating that “the reason that basketball appeals to Hebrews is that the game places a premium on an alert scheming mind, flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smart-aleckness.” Players who lost to all-Jewish teams whined that the shorter Jews had “God-given better balance and speed.” Genetic advantage or not, the fact is that in 1930, in the biggest college game of the year, with NYU facing CCNY (both teams were undefeated), 9 of the 10 starters were Jewish. How cool is that?
After the second World War, in an era when the hoopla of March Madness was as yet inconceivable and pro ball was still a curiosity, a handful of mostly eastern teams would battle in the once prestigious National Invitational Tournament (NIT) at Madison Square Garden in college basketball’s showcase event. NIT championship games, up until the ’50s, often included CCNY, LIU or St. John’s, schools that perennially produced some of the best and most innovative basketball in the nation and whose Jewish-laden rosters were the toast of the town. And when local Jewish fans checked their morning papers to find out how the rest of the best had fared, most looked first to see how the “Mighty Mites” of Yeshiva University had done against the other beasts of the east.
Those were the glory days for Jewish basketball, when players were still referred to as cagers (courts used to be ringed with wire or rope mesh to keep play continuous and protect players from abusive fans), when they shot and passed with two hands and when dunks were reserved for doughnuts—under the old rules, touching the rim was illegal. Sixty years before Air Jordans, $3 could get you a pair of black high-top Chuck Taylor All-Stars (and a hamburger and Coke for lunch), shorts were, well, short, and cheerleaders wore letter sweaters and ankle socks. Fans waved pennants, not Styrofoam fingers. Yes, it was a time when stars with names like Heyman, Schectman and Schayes pounded the hardwood, and the Jewish players were truly kings of the court.
By the late 1940s the heyday of the Jewish basketball star had diminished for a variety of cultural and demographic reasons, including a mass migration of middle-class Jews to the suburbs. The crushing blow was probably the point shaving scandal that rocked college basketball after the 1950 season. That many of the culprits were players from CCNY and NYU (who accepted money from gamblers to lose games on purpose or win games but by less than the point spread) proved to be a death knell for New York City college ball. But for what the game is now, we pay homage to its past with Chutzpah’s guide to Jewish basketball, A to Z.

By Len Canter

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If you live in NYC you had the opportunity to taste a French macaron (as they say it) free on French Macaron Day, initiated here on Sunday March 20 by Francois Payard, one of the foremost émigré chocolatiers from the motherland. In a world where a single one of these cookies costs between $2 and $5 (and they are nowhere more overpriced than at Maison du Chocolat, albeit a bastion of silken ganache and other treats, but still…), it seemed almost worth the drive in from my hinterlands in CT…until I remembered that gas is $4 a gallon and a round trip is about 7 gallons, best case scenario.

Just to show you how reality can never keep pace with trendy, macarons are already considered passé in some dessert circles. But still many people haven’t heard of, much less tasted a macaron, so it’s understandable that the New York Times would announce the freebie in the food section last Wednesday and then report on the events in today’s paper. The reporter even took the time to explain that a macaron is not a macaroon as in Passover coconut cookie macaroon. HOWEVER, I have two salient points to make. 1. One “o” or two, these are perfect for Passover because almonds substitute for flour the same way coconut does and 2. We are privileged to include Joan Nathan’s recipes for a variety of flavors here and in the new issue of Chutzpah.

Like the chocolate-covered ganache Chanukah gelt we brought you in our last issue, you can make this on your own. Don’t worry about the cracks the Times warns of. Having had the original at Laduree in Paris and those at Pierre Herme and other Jean-come lately’s, I can assure you that yours will melt in your mouth as easily as theirs. Of course, you haven’t really lived until you’ve sat down and eaten an entire box (as I typically do after begging any family member and friend who visits Paris to bring them back to me).  If you’ve got the money for shipping, you can now get them from Florian Bellanger’s madmacnyc.com, he of Fauchon in Paris, Le Bernardin in NYC and most recently Cupcake Wars. And they’re reasonably priced. Don’t scoff at the rose flavor until you try it. Sublime!

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If you live in NYC you had the opportunity to taste a French macaron (as they say it) free on French Macaron Day, initiated here on Sunday March 20 by Francois Payard, one of the foremost émigré chocolatiers from the motherland. In a world where a single one of these cookies costs between $2 and $5 (and they are nowhere more overpriced than at Maison du Chocolat, albeit a bastion of silken ganache and other treats, but still…), it seemed almost worth the drive in from my hinterlands in CT…until I remembered that gas is $4 a gallon and a round trip is about 7 gallons, best case scenario.

Just to show you how reality can never keep pace with trendy, macarons are already considered passé in some dessert circles. But still many people haven’t heard of, much less tasted a macaron, so it’s understandable that the New York Times would announce the freebie in the food section last Wednesday and then report on the events in today’s paper. The reporter even took the time to explain that a macaron is not a macaroon as in Passover coconut cookie macaroon. HOWEVER, I have two salient points to make. 1. One “o” or two, these are perfect for Passover because almonds substitute for flour the same way coconut does and 2. We are privileged to include Joan Nathan’s recipes for a variety of flavors here and in the new issue of Chutzpah.

Like the chocolate-covered ganache Chanukah gelt we brought you in our last issue, you can make this on your own. Don’t worry about the cracks the Times warns of. Having had the original at Laduree in Paris and those at Pierre Herme and other Jean-come lately’s, I can assure you that yours will melt in your mouth as easily as theirs. Of course, you haven’t really lived until you’ve sat down and eaten an entire box (as I typically do after begging any family member and friend who visits Paris to bring them back to me).  If you’ve got the money for shipping, you can now get them from Florian Bellanger’s madmacnyc.com, he of Fauchon in Paris, Le Bernardin in NYC and most recently Cupcake Wars. And they’re reasonably priced. Don’t scoff at the rose flavor until you try it. Sublime!

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