Scion of prominent rabbinic family has been lobbied by ultra-Orthodox New 'Nation' article argues program has turned rightward Out of love with version 1.0, 'Commentary' finds Michele Bachmann Doctrinal disputes impede progress yet again Friends and family claim Ilan Grapel is no spy; authorities say otherwise Owner Mark Cuban, victorious at last, leaves it all on the court  | |  Rabbi Marc Schneier's Hampton Synagogue caters to New York's wealthiest at their summer playground. As his personal life spun out of control and into the tabloids, they returned the favor by closing ranks around him. January 2009 was not a time for extravagance, and no one knew it better than New York's wealthiest Jews. The scope of Bernie Madoff's vast Ponzi scheme was just becoming clear, and the world's financial markets were reeling. Wall Street bigwigs were voluntarily canceling their bonuses. Upper East Side doyennes were concealing their luxury purchases behind plain white bags. So, it raised some eyebrows when Marc Schneier, the so-called "rabbi to the stars," publicized the 50th birthday present he'd received from his wife, Tobi: a 400-pound endangered Asian lion, resident at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, which was dubbed "Rabbi Marc" in exchange for an undisclosed donation to fund its care. The Schneiers—she looking svelte and blonde in a leopard-print Michael Kors sheath, he smiling in a dark suit and one of his customary Hermès ties—were pictured in press photos posed next to the cat, which clawed at the glass walls of its enclosure. More  | Observing Shabbat doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing affair: Going offline and saying the blessing over the wine—and the occasional martini—can help mark a relaxing weekly 'cathedral in time' More |  | As the oil-poor Arab states of Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Yemen face food and fuel shortages in the aftermath of upheaval there, Israel stands to emerge with an even stronger position in the region More |  | Zero Mostel, Emma Goldman, and George Gershwin all worked on the stretch of Manhattan's West 28th Street once known as Tin Pan Alley. Now it's Tablet Magazine's home, too, so let's explore the neighborhood. More | |
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