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Heshy Fried
Heshy Fried
Born	December 28, 1981 (age 42); Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, U.S
Occupation(s)	cook, former comic, former blogger

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Heshy Fried (born December 28, 1981) is a former American stand-up comedian and blogger who now works as a caterer.

Biography

Fried was raised Orthodox on the Upper West Side of Manhattan,^[1] and he attended the Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York (TIUNY) but did not graduate.^[2] Fried moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 2009 and was employed as a line cook at The Kitchen Table, then Silicon Valley's only kosher eatery.^[1]^[3] He is owner/chef at the Epic Bites catering company in Oakland.

Frum Satire

Fried began blogging on Frum Satire in June 2006 when he lived in Albany, New York,^[4]^[3] but did not enter the spotlight until about six months later when he wrote a post outlining different categories of sects in the Orthodox and Protestants community.

Fried was named one of the most influential Jewish bloggers in 2008 and was one of seven bloggers invited to Israel to attend the first International Jewish Bloggers Conference hosted by Nefesh B'Nefesh on August 20, 2008.^[5] Fried was also invited to attend the Fourth Annual ROI Summit from June 28 through July 2, 2009, held in Tel Aviv, Israel, for influential young Jewish innovators from around the world.^[6]^[7]

In 2009, Frum Satire averaged approximately 50,000 visitors a month.^[8] However, Fried stopped updating his blog in 2014.

References

^ ^a ^b Fishkoff, Sue (2020-10-05). "From busy blogger to 'epic' kosher caterer". J. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fried, Heshy (2007-02-15). "Chumra of the Month Club: Miami is Assur". Frum Satire. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
^ ^a ^b The Jewish Star What's so funny about being frum? The world of frum satire, December 23, 2010,
^ "Q&A: Heshy Fried of Frum Satire Talks Food". The Forward. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ "Blogger Wars Over Conference". The Jewish Week. September 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-03-18.
^ "ROI Community". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29.
^ "Orthodox and Opinionated: Jewish bloggers sort issues, ideas in public 'diaries'". Jewish Federation of Rockland County. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28.
^ Tablet The Renegade: An Orthodox blogger turns heads one post at a time, June 25, 2009

External links

[Fishkoff-1] Fishkoff, Sue (2020-10-05). "From busy blogger to 'epic' kosher caterer". J. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

[2] Fried, Heshy (2007-02-15). "Chumra of the Month Club: Miami is Assur". Frum Satire. Retrieved 2017-08-25.

[Star-3] The Jewish Star What's so funny about being frum? The world of frum satire, December 23, 2010,

[qafried-4] "Q&A: Heshy Fried of Frum Satire Talks Food". The Forward. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

[5] "Blogger Wars Over Conference". The Jewish Week. September 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-03-18.

[6] "ROI Community". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29.

[7] "Orthodox and Opinionated: Jewish bloggers sort issues, ideas in public 'diaries'". Jewish Federation of Rockland County. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28.

[Tab-8] Tablet The Renegade: An Orthodox blogger turns heads one post at a time, June 25, 2009

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-'''Heshy Fried''' (born December 28, 1981) is a former American [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]] and [[blog]]ger.
+'''Heshy Fried''' (born December 28, 1981) is a former American [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]] and [[blog]]ger who now works as a caterer.
 ==Biography==
-Fried was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and he attended the [[Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York|Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York (TIUNY)]] but did not graduate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frumsatire.net/2007/02/15/chumra-of-the-month-club-miami-is-assur/|title=Chumra of the Month Club: Miami is Assur|last=Fried|first=Heshy|date=2007-02-15|website=Frum Satire|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>
+Fried was raised Orthodox on the Upper West Side of Manhattan,<ref name="Fishkoff">{{Cite news |last=Fishkoff |first=Sue |date=2020-10-05 |title=From busy blogger to 'epic' kosher caterer |url=https://jweekly.com/2020/10/05/from-busy-blogger-to-epic-kosher-caterer/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=J. |language=en-US}}</ref> and he attended the [[Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York|Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York (TIUNY)]] but did not graduate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frumsatire.net/2007/02/15/chumra-of-the-month-club-miami-is-assur/|title=Chumra of the Month Club: Miami is Assur|last=Fried|first=Heshy|date=2007-02-15|website=Frum Satire|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>
+Fried moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 2009 and was employed as a [[line cook]] at ''The Kitchen Table'', then [[Silicon Valley]]'s only kosher eatery.<ref name="Fishkoff"/><ref name="Star"/> He is owner/chef at the Epic Bites catering company in Oakland.
-While in college, Fried became an avid [[outdoorsman]] and cyclist. He raced mountain bikes, skied frequently, and went on extended backpacking trips throughout the United States northeast,<ref>''NJ Jewish News Online'' [http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/041207/njTakeItOutside.html Take it outside Orthodox Jews with a hankering for nature are organizing strictly kosher adventure trips], April 12, 2007,</ref> as well as [[Montana]], [[Alaska]], and [[Utah]]. In June 2006, while working as an intern during the budget season for the [[New York State Assembly]], he began writing down his thoughts about the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] community and posting them on [[Craigslist]] New York's "Rant and Raves" section. Around this time he attended a wedding in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] and was introduced to blogging by his friend Sarah Zeldman, a life coach and professional blogger.
-Fried moved to the San Francisco Bay area in early 2010 and was employed as a [[line cook]] at ''The Kitchen Table'', then [[Silicon Valley]]'s only kosher eatery.<ref name="Star"/> He is owner/chef at the Epic Bites catering company in Oakland<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jweekly.com/2020/10/05/from-busy-blogger-to-epic-kosher-caterer/|title=From busy blogger to 'epic' kosher caterer|website=Jweekly|language=en|access-date=2020-10-07}}</ref>
-Fried became engaged in January 2012. He married his wife on June 17, 2012, at the Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, California. They currently live in the Bay Area.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
 ==Frum Satire==
-Fried began blogging on ''Frum Satire'' in June 2006 when he lived in [[Albany, New York]],<ref name="Star">''The Jewish Star'' [http://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/Whats-so-funny-about-being-frum,2129 What's so funny about being [[frum]]? The world of frum satire], December 23, 2010,</ref> but did not enter the spotlight until about six months later when he wrote a post outlining different categories of sects in the Orthodox and Protestants community. Several more notable bloggers linked to the post, and Fried's work began to attract more attention. In November 2008, Fried performed stand-up satirizing the Orthodox community on stage for the first time when Israeli comedian [[David Kilimnick]] asked Fried to open for him in [[New York City|New York]]. Rave reviews pushed him to start posting stand-up comedy videos of himself and others on [[YouTube]], where he gained a large following of thousands of viewers.
+Fried began blogging on ''Frum Satire'' in June 2006 when he lived in [[Albany, New York]],<ref name="qafried">{{Cite web |date=2010-12-15 |title=Q&A: Heshy Fried of Frum Satire Talks Food |url=https://forward.com/food/133945/q-and-a-heshy-fried-of-frum-satire-talks-food/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Star">''The Jewish Star'' [http://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/Whats-so-funny-about-being-frum,2129 What's so funny about being frum? The world of frum satire], December 23, 2010,</ref> but did not enter the spotlight until about six months later when he wrote a post outlining different categories of sects in the Orthodox and Protestants community.
-Blog posts received as many as 250 comments, and the website provided a forum for all types of readers, Jews, and gentiles alike, to discuss varying issues in an open, uncensored forum.<ref name="Tab" /> <!-- It is Fried's edgy and offbeat coverage of things not otherwise stated out loud that has pushed him into such a position of prominence among Judaism-oriented websites.<ref>Kelman, AY. ''The Reality of the Virtual: Looking for Jewish Leadership Online''. UC David Press, 2010. p53.</ref> -->
 Fried was named one of the most influential [[J-Blogosphere|Jewish blogger]]s in 2008 and was one of seven bloggers invited to Israel to attend the first International Jewish Bloggers Conference hosted by [[Nefesh B'Nefesh]] on August 20, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[The Jewish Week]] |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c41_a13342/News/Short_Takes.html |title=Blogger Wars Over Conference |date=September 3, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318053943/http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c41_a13342/News/Short_Takes.html |archivedate=2010-03-18}}</ref> Fried was also invited to attend the Fourth Annual ROI Summit from June 28 through July 2, 2009, held in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], for influential young Jewish innovators from around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roicommunity.org/2009pax |title=ROI Community |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529235846/http://www.roicommunity.org/2009pax |archivedate=2009-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Jewish Federation of Rockland County |url=http://www.jewishrockland.org/page.aspx?id=210865&page=1 |title=Orthodox and Opinionated: Jewish bloggers sort issues, ideas in public 'diaries' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228234455/http://www.jewishrockland.org/page.aspx?id=210865&page=1 |archivedate=2012-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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