{"id":9256,"date":"2013-09-11T01:25:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T07:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=9256"},"modified":"2013-09-17T08:09:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T14:09:10","slug":"celebrity-rosh-hashanah-roundup-gwyneth-paltrow-woody-allen-zach-braff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/celebrity-rosh-hashanah-roundup-gwyneth-paltrow-woody-allen-zach-braff\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Rosh Hashanah roundup: Gwyneth Paltrow, Woody Allen, Zach Braff"},"content":{"rendered":"

By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (6NoBacon Staff) — From Shanah Tovah shoutouts to on-set shofar blowing, here\u2019s how some of the more famous and attractive among us recognized the new year.<\/p>\n

1. What to do when filming your Kickstarter-funded project<\/span><\/a><\/span> gets in the way of Rosh Hashanah? Celebrate at work, of course!<\/p>\n

At least that\u2019s what Zach Braff<\/strong> did on Friday: According to Popsugar<\/span><\/a><\/span>, he put together a New Year\u2019s gathering for the heavily Jewish cast of \u201cWish I Was Here.\u201d Braff celebrated along with co-stars Kate Hudson<\/strong>,\u00a0Josh Gad<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/strong>and Joey King<\/strong>. Bonus: Mandy Patinkin<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, who is playing Braff\u2019s father in the film, blew the shofar.<\/p>\n

2. Over at Goop<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Gwyneth Paltrow<\/strong>\u2019s online lifestyle publication, the glamorous Jewess launched the site\u2019s \u201cback to school mag\u201d with a \u201cShana Tova my people\u201d and a New Year-themed piece from writer Jill Kargman<\/strong>.
\nKargman, a self-described \u201cJewy Jewstein,\u201d writes about how she prefers the Jewish New Year to the secular one, mainly because she\u2019s psyched to say goodbye to summer. In this humorous ode to fall, Kargman coins the term \u201cSpinagogue\u201d (what she calls her beloved Soulcycle class) and vows to \u201cparty like it\u2019s 5774.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. Newly engaged<\/span><\/a><\/span> Katie Couric, who has Jewish roots, spread her New Years\u2019 cheer with this sweet tweet: L’shana tova, happy healthy new year to all my friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah!! Katie Couric (@katiecouric) September 5, 2013.<\/p>\n

4. Rosh Hashanah brought about some serious decision-making in the fashion world this year \u2014 and we\u2019re not talking about what to wear to temple. The holiday collided<\/span><\/a><\/span>with New York Fashion Week, forcing style makers to choose between work and celebration.<\/p>\n

Many big names, including Max Azria<\/strong>, Rebecca Minkoff<\/strong>, and Ari <\/strong>and David Goldberg<\/strong>, the brothers who co-founded the fashion media site StyleCaster as well as the Soho synagogue, let the (fashion) show go on.<\/p>\n

Ari Goldberg told the New York Post<\/span><\/a><\/span>, \u201cThat synagogue turns their lights on with our money. It\u2019s about your own relationship with God. You do everything you can to honor your tradition, but we\u2019re capitalists \u2014 and want to make money because we like to give back money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others, though, chose to sit this one out. Observers include designer Yigal Azrouel<\/strong>, who moved his Friday show to Sunday, and Leandra Medine<\/strong>, the Ramaz alumna behind the fashion blog Man Repeller.<\/p>\n

5. Perhaps our favorite Rosh Hashanah greeting was this one from The New Yorker<\/span><\/a><\/span>. In honor of the new year, editor David Remnick <\/strong>dug deep into the archives for some vintage Woody Allen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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