debra nussbaum cohen Archives

AZM Event Loses Touch With Jewish Youth

Debra Nussbaum Cohen March 19, 2019

Letters to the editor: No Iran Deal; NIF and Torossian battle; David Stern

Jewish Journal September 8, 2015

First, let me commend Rob Eshman for his courageous stand (“What If There’s No Deal?” Aug. 7) and for being willing to open himself to all kinds of vicious attacks.

Lower East Side candy king holds firm against changing neighborhood

Jewish Journal March 24, 2015

Walking into Economy Candy on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, it’s hard to know where to look first. To the foil-clad chocolate rabbits standing sentinel atop sacks of chocolate eggs? The stacks of kosher-for-Passover jelly rings and chocolate pops across the narrow aisle? The facing bins spilling over with peanut butter chews and saltwater taffy?\n

Ritualized Equality

Debra Nussbaum Cohen April 12, 2001

Woven into many Jews\’ seders when they sit down to celebrate Passover this year will be a spate of new traditions.

New Coalition Opposes Intermarriage

Debra Nussbaum Cohen March 8, 2001

In the face of widespread popular Jewish acceptance of intermarriage and a sense that the Jewish community\’s leaders have given up any effort to oppose it, a group of 25 Jewish rabbis, intellectuals, lay leaders and communal affairs professionals is galvanizing to fight for change.