Articles by Abigail Bachrach

Your Front-row Invite to Fashion Week Awaits

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: March 13, 2015 • Comment ()

For the fashion insider, or for anyone reading this, it’s a lesser-known fact that the “Fashion Week” New Yorkers just love to call their own is really a month-long hoopla. After Lincoln Center’s parade dies down, and with it the groupies who throng outside, the billion-dollar industry’s elite travel to London, Milan and conclude in […]

Wondering Where Your Caf Money Went? We Have An Answer

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: December 18, 2014 • Comment ()

When the acid green numbers appeared on the screen, Leora Litwin (SCW ‘16) thought her caf card’s remaining balance was impossible. “I was shocked that two-hundred plus of my dollars had disappeared,” she says. With over two weeks left before the semester completes, her balance was suddenly under $50. Where did Litwin’s dwindled funds go? […]

A Night at Cinema Village: The Green Prince

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: November 13, 2014 • Comment ()

When the movie you’re seeing is at Cinema Village, you know it’s not going to be the blockbuster, Oscar-winning, Disney-approved type. The Greenwich Village locale is known for its choice of foreign and indie films, the Sundance winners, and the odd ones you’re just not gonna get at the AMC down the block. When a […]

Rumor Has It: ISIS at Yeshiva University

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: October 1, 2014 • Comment ()
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When Yeshiva University informed its students of heightened security over the holiday break, a rumor circulated that this was in part the result of a threat the school received from ISIS. Security declined to say much on the matter, but a member of security stated, “Especially with what’s going on in the world we’re gonna […]

Yeshiva Students Find Their Way During Ongoing Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: August 19, 2014 • Comment ()
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When the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) launched its offensive, Operation Protection Edge, their country filled with a constant stream of sirens only lulled by temporary ceasefires from a fusillade of rockets. The mission, whose aim is to neutralize terror threats from Hamas and prevent the barrage of rockets coming from the Gaza Strip, began a […]

What You Need to Know About This Year’s State of the Union

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: February 17, 2014 • Comment ()

On January 28, 2014, President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress that was broadcasted to the nation. The annual speech was accessible in more ways than ever before, including a live stream available online and on the White House mobile application. The State of the […]

Film Talk: Don Jon

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: December 16, 2013 • Comment ()

Don Jon is a Joseph Gordon-Levitt trifecta of a film – the actor directs, writes and stars. The effort works – his directorial debut is mostly good, sometimes even great. Sweet, funny, and a moral rollercoaster, Don Jon disarms its viewer with the story of an Italian-American whose dedication to his favorite things leads to […]

Desperate and Disgraced: Designer John Galliano’s Comeback

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: May 20, 2013 • Comment ()

Who is John Galliano? Called “one of the greatest design talents of contemporary fashion” by famous fashion critic Eric Wilson, his extraordinary talent made him a visionary and key player in the high fashion world. As the head designer of world-renowned French fashion house Christian Dior from 1996 to 2011, he had everything going from […]

Redefining Williamsburg

By Abigail Bachrach • Published: April 29, 2013 • Comment ()

Williamsburg is the neighborhood notorious for its extreme Hasidic community, a sea of black and white that can intimidate the uninitiated. But there is another group of residents who have taken over the neighborhood, bringing with them a change that makes Brooklyn the new destination for the twenty-somethings of New York, and now you. These […]