This Week's Links

This week’s links are blissfully non-political. Enjoy:

— Angelina Jolie, who gave birth to twins in Paris on Saturday, has a Jewish obstetrician. Dr. Michel Sussmann was pleased the babies were born on a Shabbos: “The delivery was very emotional and exceptional as Ms. Jolie is a superstar, but I think that it happened on Shabbat made it that much more moving.”

— The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts, only the second professional kosher school in the world, and the only one in North America, is up and running in Flatbush, NY.

— An old Jon Stewart video has surfaced from 1999 (via Dovbear). The young (and in-need-of-a-haircut) Stewart pokes fun at a screaming match between Orthodox and Reform Jews at the Western Wall.

— Are you afraid of the decline of denim styles? Not to worry, Israeli designer Nathan Menashe (Freedom of Choice) has it under control.

— Sacha Baron Cohen (Da Ali G show, Borat) has an Oscar vote!

— Looks like you might have to put that nose job you were planning on hold. Judaism apparently frowns on cosmetic surgery.

— The Huffington Post satirizes the contentious New Yorker cover. (Oops. Did we say no politics?)

—Benjamin Schuman-Stoler