Schmaltz or schmalz is rendered chicken, goose, or pork fat used for frying or as a spread on bread, especially in German and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.

Schmaltz rendered from a chicken or goose (but not pork) is popular in Jewish cuisine; it was used by Northwestern and Eastern European Jews who were forbidden by kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) to fry their meats in butter or lard, the common forms of cooking fat in Europe (Leviticus 7:23), and who could not obtain the kinds of cooking oils, such as olive oil and sesame oil, that they had used in the Middle East and around the Mediterranean (as in Spain and Italy). (The overfeeding of geese to produce more fat per bird produced postclassical Europe's first foie gras as a side effect.)

The manufacture of schmaltz involves cutting the fatty tissues of a bird (chicken or goose) or pig into small pieces, melting the fat, and collecting the drippings. Schmaltz may be prepared by a dry process where the pieces are cooked under low heat and stirred, gradually yielding their fat. A wet process also exists whereby the fat is melted by direct steam injection. The rendered schmaltz is then filtered and clarified.

Homemade Jewish-style schmaltz is made by cutting chicken or goose fat into small pieces and melting in a pan over low-to-moderate heat, generally with onions. After the majority of the fat has been extracted, the melted fat is strained through a cheesecloth into a storage container. The remaining dark brown, crispy bits of skin and onion are known in Yiddish as ''gribenes''.

Similarly, pork fat can be enhanced with small pieces of pork skin to create Griebenschmaltz. Other recipes contain small pieces of apple or onion.

Uses

Since the rendering process removes water and proteins from the fat, schmaltz does not spoil easily. It can even be used to preserve cooked meats if stored in an airtight container in a cool, dry location. This is similar to the French confit.

Schmaltz often has a strong aroma, and therefore is often used for hearty recipes such as stews or roasts. It is also used as a bread spread, where it is sometimes also salted, and generally this is done on whole-grain breads which have a strong flavor of their own.

In Germany "Schmalzbrot" can be found on many menus, especially in grounded restaurants or brewery pubs. Schmalzbrot is often served as Griebenschmalz on rye bread accompanied with pickled gherkin.

Vegetarian schmaltz

A vegetarian (and consequently pareve) version of schmaltz was first marketed commercially in South Africa by Debra's under the slogan "Even the chicken can't tell the difference". Other vegetarian brands include Nyafat. The product claims that the taste and texture is similar to real chicken schmaltz but the saturated fat content is much lower - Debra's Schmaltz, for example, bears the South African Heart Foundation's sign of endorsement.

Etymology

Schmaltz comes from the Middle High German 'smalz' ‘grease’, ‘tallow’, ‘fat’, which is cognate with the English word "melt".

''shmalts'' is the Yiddish word for chicken fat, It was brought to American English by Yiddish-speaking Jews who used this word mostly to refer to kosher poultry fat.

Derived meanings

The expression "falling into the schmaltz pot" refers to the concept of having something good happen to you, often by sheer luck (e.g., being born into a good family). Someone who happens to have good luck is given the reputation of being a schmalz.

In American English, ''schmaltz'' (adj. ''schmaltzy'') has also an informal meaning of ''excessively sentimental or florid music or art'' or ''maudlin sentimentality''. Its earliest usage in this sense dates to the mid 1930s. In German "schmalzig" is also used in the same sense.

Schmaltz and Schmalz are common last names amongst Ashkenazi Jewish people of German and Austrian descent. Schmaltz was used as a metonymic occupational name for a chandler.

See also

Clarified butter, sometimes called butter schmaltz.

References

External links

Recipe for Schmaltz

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Bernie M. Farber (born 1951) is the former chief executive officer of the Canadian Jewish Congress and a social activist. He has testified before the Canadian courts as an expert witness on hate crime.

Farber is currently on leave from the CJC's successor, the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy while he is standing as the Ontario Liberal Party's candidate in the 2011 Ontario election in the riding of Thornhill.

Early life and education

Farber was born in Ottawa, Ontario. His father was a Polish Jew who lost his first wife, two children and other family members in the Holocaust. Farber cites his father's experience as a major motivation in his life, saying, "the pain my father endured during the war is what drove me to fight for social justice today.”

Farber received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University in Ottawa where he was involved in many social causes. He was a student leader with Ottawa's Jewish community and was also involved in the campaign to pressure the Soviet Union to allow Soviet Jews to emigrate. As the director of Ottawa's Jewish Community Centre, Farber also directed its day camp in the mid 1970s.

Social work

He graduated in 1975 and found a job with the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) and the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton. While working for the Children's Aid Society in the early 1980s, Farber served as president of Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 454, representing over 300 social and child-care workers.

Canadian Jewish Congress

Farber was been employed by the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) from 1984 until 2011. He was appointed chief executive officer in 2005 and had previously been executive director of the CJC's Ontario section and CJC's National Community Relations Director. He is currently on leave from the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy which absorbed the CJC on July 1, 2011.

Farber was appointed by the Ontario government to serve as a member of the Hate Crimes Community Working Group. He also serves on the city of Vaughan, Ontario's Mayor’s Task Force on Community Safety & Security. Farber is also an associate member of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.

Farber has contributed articles on the Jewish political scene, human rights issues, the Holocaust, hate crime and white supremacy to newspapers including ''The Globe and Mail'', the ''National Post'', the ''Toronto Star'', and others. He has expressed his own or the CJC's views in newspapers such as ''The Washington Post'' and ''The New York Times.'' In 1997, Farber was the editor of and wrote portions of ''From Marches to Modems: A Report on Organized Hate in Metropolitan Toronto'', commissioned by the Access and Equity Centre of the municipality of metro Toronto.

Farber appears in the 1994 educational video ''Who is Peter Iswolsky?'', conducting an anti-racism workshop for high school students. The film was co-sponsored by the CJC and the National Congress of Italian Canadians.

Regarding the proposed beatification of Pope Pius XII, Farber has said it is improper to move the process forward until the Holy See's archives from the Second World War are fully released.

Farber, who is apparently non-gay, was criticized in 2009 for marching in Toronto's Pride parade wearing a "Nobody knows I'm gay" t-shirt and then having CJC file a complaint against the ''Toronto Star'' for "outing" Farber after columnist Antonia Zerbisias sardonically commented "I didn't know he was gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that." Farber had joined the parade in order to oppose the inclusion of the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid in the event.

Alleged Heritage Front plot

In December 1994, Canada's Security Intelligence Review Committee reported that the white supremacist group Heritage Front had developed a "hit list" targeting 22 Canadians for murder, most of them Metropolitan Toronto Jews. One member had allegedly planned an attack on the CJC offices to "take some people out", with Farber believed to be the primary target.

Over the preceding years, Heritage Front had been infiltrated by, and become largely directed by, Grant Bristow, an undercover agent of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). In August 1994, a report by the ''Toronto Sun'' exposed CSIS domestic spying including Bristow's undercover role in Heritage Front, effectively putting an end to any plot.

Awards

In 1992, Farber was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal. The commemorative medal was awarded to 40,000 Canadians for their contributions to community and country.

References

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Coordinates	23°22′0.0006″N93°40′0.0012″N
name	Michael Coren
influences	Thomas More, C. S. Lewis, Ronald Knox
birth name	Michael Coren
birth date	January 15, 1959
birth place	| occupation Author, journalist
nationality	United Kingdom, Canada
alma mater	University of Nottingham
religion	Christian, Roman Catholic
movement	Traditionalist conservatism
notableworks	''As I See It'', ''C.S. Lewis: The Man Who Created Narnia'', ''Why Catholics Are Right'', ''J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Rings''
website	http://www.michaelcoren.com/}}

Michael Coren (born January 15, 1959) is an English-Canadian columnist, author, public speaker, radio host and television talk show host. He hosted the television talk show ''The Michael Coren Show'' on the Crossroads Television System from 1999 to 2011 when he moved to the Sun News Network to host an evening talk show, ''The Arena with Michael Coren''. He has also been a long-time radio personality, particularly on CFRB radio.

He has written more than ten books, including biographies of G.K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, and C. S. Lewis. His latest book, ''Why Catholics are Right'', was published in 2011.

Life and career

Coren was born in Essex, England. After obtaining a degree in politics from Nottingham University, he moved from the UK to Canada in 1987. For several years, he was a columnist for ''Frank'' and then ''The Globe and Mail'', before he began syndicated columns for the ''Financial Post'' and Sun Media in 1995. Following his departure from ''Frank'', he became a favourite target of that publication, culminating in a spoof ad contest to "deflower" Michael Coren (a nod to ''Frank'''s notorious "Deflower Caroline Mulroney" contest, and a satirical jab at Coren's conservative leanings.) Coren had also been a favorite target of ''Frank'' back in the days before he began writing for them. Coren took exception to being labelled a "literary prostitute" during a 1994 interview.

His career as a broadcaster began in the early 1990s when he co-hosted a political debate segment with Irshad Manji on TVOntario's ''Studio 2''. In 1995, he began an evening talk show on CFRB. In 1999, Coren briefly moved to Talk 640 for a short stint as its morning man. He returned to CFRB, where he hosted a show from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. weekday nights, and regularly filled in for other hosts until November 2005. Coren was dismissed by CFRB as a result of complaints arising from comments ridiculing the weight of an apparent guest. In fact, the guest was an actor and the segment was scripted. According to CFRB's Operations Manager, Steve Kowch, "Pat Holiday, our general manager and myself went through the tape of Monday night's show and were shocked....it was totally out of bounds." Coren argues that it was a satire comparing in his mind public attitude to third world starvation with North America's obsession with slimming and self-indulgence. After moving to North America Coren gained one hundred pounds.

Despite this acrimonious termination, Coren made regular talk show appearances on CFRB in July 2006, at the start of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, as he happened to be in Israel at the time. After receiving 60% approval from CFRB listeners in an August 2006 poll, Coren returned to the CFRB airwaves in September 2006 with a Sunday evening show. As of the 22nd of April 2007, the show expanded from its usual 1 hour 7-8pm to 7-9 pm. Coren celebrated by giving away double the prizes usually given out. In the fall of 2007 he and former Liberal Party of Canada president Stephen LeDrew launched a daily hour-long afternoon show on CFRB called ''Two Bald Guys With Strong Opinions'' in which the two argue about the issues of the day. After the departure of LeDrew, Coren was joined by Tarek Fatah after several on air auditions by potential replacement co-hosts. Coren was again let go by CFRB along with 12 other staff of the Toronto radio station on 27 August 2009.

On television, Coren hosted the ''Michael Coren Show'' on the Crossroads Television System until June 2011 when he left to join the Sun News Network where he hosts ''The Arena with Michael Coren'' weeknights on beginning August 30, 2011. Coren also has a newspaper column published every Saturday in the Sun newspaper chain. He has been a columnist for the ''Western Standard'', ''Catholic Insight'' and ''The Women's Post'' and has contributed to ''National Post'', ''Reader's Digest'' and several other publications. A self-professed Tottenham Hotspur fan, he has appeared as a guest host on The Score's ''The Footy Show''. Coren is also a public speaker, particularly at religious gatherings.

Political controversies

In his earlier, satirical ''Aesthete'' column in ''Frank'' magazine Coren was by his own admission deliberately provocative. In response to a 1994 interview question about AIDS he responded:

:"Look, people are dying all over. When it was blacks in Africa dying of AIDS, no one gave a toss. Nobody gave a toss. Suddenly, it's middleclass men in California and everyone goes crazy about it. It's a double standard. I'm trying to provoke people into rethinking comfortable points of view."

In September 2006, Coren published an article in the ''Toronto Sun'', supporting the use of tactical nuclear strikes against Iran. This position was later retracted.

On the subject of AIDS Michael Coren wrote a column in 2006 titled "Why is AIDS so special?" in which he said "At its most simple, stop fornicating." "AIDS in the West is still overwhelmingly a threat to male homosexuals and intravenous drug users."

In an article which appeared in ''Sun Media'' in 2007, Coren said "As for Jesus not condemning homosexuality, nor did He condemn bestiality and necrophilia."

Religious Views

His articles and speeches often include stories of his own personal spiritual journey. Coren's father was Jewish as was his maternal grandfather, while his maternal grandmother came from a family of Welsh coalminers and converted to Judaism. Coren's father and uncle were cab drivers. Coren has said that his father's family left Poland a few decades before the Holocaust. He has also said that his father's family emigrated from Poland in the 1890s. He said "People have called me an anti-Semite. I thought it quite rich since my father's family was massacred in the Holocaust". Michael Coren was profiled on Credo, on Vision TV, and said that his father told him he could not attend his son's wedding in a Catholic Church without becoming "physically sick."

He converted to Roman Catholicism in his early twenties while still living in England, but that didn't last long. He said that he "converted to an institution." He eventually converted to Evangelical Christianity in the 1990s, after a conversion experience as an adult, greatly influenced by Canadian televangelist Terry Winter.

In 1991 Michael Coren said in a column for a humour magazine: "The evangelical Christians may be intolerant, small-minded, and repellent, but at least they hold a consistent set of beliefs".

In a 1993 book review he said "Can anyone imagine a detective priest? Regrettably, it is easier to conjure up the image of a priest being questioned by secular detectives over abuse charges." Also in 1993, Michael Coren had a falling out with the Catholic Church over an unflattering profile he wrote of Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic for ''Toronto Life'' magazine. The Bishop, who made Coren a "Knight of the Holy Sepulchre" in a ceremony in October 1992, was quoted using words including "friggin" and "bitch", and said that Francisco Franco was a "conservative Roman Catholic and not a bad fellow." Coren defended himself, saying "He's an archbishop and he was vulgar...obviously what thousands of Roman Catholics expected me to do was lie. I still get hate mail about the article."

After this incident, Coren said that he didn't consider himself a Roman Catholic anymore. He said "My wife is Catholic and the children will be raised Catholic, but that's it. It's just not there for me." Daniel Richler observed that Coren loves scandal, but hates having it come his way. In one of his columns for the satirical humour magazine Frank, Michael Coren depicted Mother Teresa getting drunk in a bar.

In early 2004, he embraced Catholicism again. He cites St. Thomas More, C. S. Lewis, Ronald Knox and his godfather Lord Longford as spiritual influences, and remains connected to the ecumenical scene in Canada and beyond.

Views on Islam

Coren is known for having strong views against Radical Islam and its Jihad and Sharia, and for hosting anti-jihadist bloggers like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller. On Dec. 15, 2011 he aired a commentary blasting the Muslim complaint that they are becoming the new Jews just before the Holocaust.

Published books

''Theatre Royal: 100 Years of Stratford East'' (1985) ISBN 0704324741

''Gilbert: The Man Who Was G.K. Chesterton'' (1990) ISBN 1557782563

''The Invisible Man: The Life and Liberties of H.G. Wells'' (1993) ISBN 0689121199

''The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'' (1993) ISBN 0747512299

''The Man Who Created Narnia: The Story of C. S. Lewis'' (1994) ISBN 1895555787

''Setting It Right'' (1996) ISBN 0773729402

''J.R.R.Tolkien: The Man who Created the Lord of the Rings'' (2001) ISBN 0752261568

''As I See It'' (2009) ISBN 0981276709

''Why Catholics Are Right'' (2011) ISBN 0771023219

Awards

Awards Michael Coren has won.

2005: The Ed Murrow Award for Broadcasting.

2006: The RTNDA Radio Broadcasting Award.

2007: The Communicator Award in Hollywood.

2008: the Omni TV Award.

References

External links

Official website

Michael Coren's blog

Coren's column in ''The Toronto Sun''

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Coordinates	23°22′0.0006″N93°40′0.0012″N
name	Christie Brinkley
birth name	Christie Lee Hudson
birth date	February 02, 1954
birth place	Monroe, Michigan, U.S.
occupation	Model, actress, designer, activist
years active	1973–present
net worth	$80 million
spouse	Jean-François Allaux (1973–1981)Billy Joel (1985–1994)Richard Taubman (1994–1995)Peter Cook (1996–2008)
children	Alexa Ray Joel Jack Paris Brinkley Cook Sailor Lee Brinkley Cook
website	christiebrinkley.com }}

Christie Brinkley (born February 2, 1954) is an American model and actress best known for her three consecutive appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for her long-running contract with CoverGirl, the longest ever of any model in history, and for her marriage to musician Billy Joel.

Brinkley has also worked as an illustrator, photographer, writer, and designer, and as an activist for human and animals rights and the environment.

Her financial holdings were worth in 2008 an estimated USD $80 million, primarily as the owner of real estate, much of it in the Hamptons.

Early life

Born Christie Lee Hudson in Monroe, Michigan, Brinkley is the daughter of Herbert and Marjorie Hudson. Her mother moved to California, where she later married television writer Don Brinkley, and Christie adopted her stepfather's surname. Brinkley attended Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California, graduating in 1972. During this time, the family lived in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Brinkley was educated at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles and moved to Paris to study art in 1973.

Career

Brinkley was discovered in 1973 by American photographer Errol Sawyer in a post office in Paris. He took her first modeling pictures and introduced her to John Casablancas of Elite Model Management agency in Paris. Brinkley stated later: "I was basically a surfer girl from California. I never looked like a model." After being introduced to Elite, where Brinkley also met the French photographer Patrick Demarchelier, she returned to California, and by the end of a lunch meeting with Nina Blanchard, Eileen Ford affiliate in Los Angeles, she had been booked for three national ad campaigns.

Multiple appearances on the cover of ''Glamour'' soon followed, along with a record 20-year contract with cosmetics brand CoverGirl, the longest in the history of the modeling industry. In 2005, CoverGirl again signed Brinkley, using her in ads in magazines and TV commercials for mature skin products.

Brinkley appeared on three consecutive ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Edition'' covers (1979, 1980 and 1981) - the first time that had happened - and appeared in the publication’s annual swimsuit issues and television specials for years to follow.Brinkley was featured exclusively in the first ''Sports Illustrated Calendar'' and also released two of her own exclusive calendars to unparalleled success. In 2005, Brinkley was featured in the special ''Sports Illustrated 40th Anniversary Issue’s Hall of Fame'', celebrating the most revered figures in the magazine's history (photo).

As an editorial model, Brinkley has appeared on over 500 magazine covers, including ''US'', ''Vogue'', ''Newsweek'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Esquire'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Glamour'' and the best-selling issue of ''LIFE'' ever (photo). She has held major contracts with ''Chanel No. 19'', ''Prell'', ''MasterCard'', ''Breck'', ''Diet Coke'', ''Anheuser-Busch'', ''Got Milk?'', ''Healthy Choice'', ''Max Factor'', ''Nissan'', ''Noxema'', ''Revlon'', ''Clairol'', ''Borghese Cosmetics'', ''Danskin'', ''Nu Skin'', ''Yardley of London'', ''Halston'', ''Vogue Patterns'', ''Gottex'' and ''Black Velvet'', among others. Brinkley played her first role as an actress in the 1983 hit ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' as "The girl in the red Ferrari" opposite Chevy Chase; she reprised that role in the 1997 sequel ''Vegas Vacation''. and later spoofed it in a 2008 DirecTV commercial interspliced with footage from ''Vacation''.

On April 8, 2011, in New York, Brinkley made her stage debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical ''Chicago''. In August, she is contracted one month engagement to star in the London's production at Cambridge Theatre.

As for television, Brinkley hosted ''Celebrity Weddings InStyle'', the highest rated special in Lifetime's history, and her appearance on NBC's ''Mad About You'' was the broadcaster's highest rated half-hour episode, since the finale of ''The Cosby Show''.

In 1983, Brinkley appeared on the ''Today Show'' in a four-part segment featuring beauty tips and, in 1992, began her own television series ''Living in the 90's - With Christie Brinkley'', a daily half-hour show on CNN.

Brinkley made further television appearances, including Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Specials and music videos for Billy Joel (''Uptown Girl'', ''Keeping the Faith'', ''All about Soul'', ''River of Dreams'', ''A Matter of Trust'' and ''Leningrad'') and Mick Jones ''Just Wanna Hold''.

Brinkley appears with Chuck Norris in a long-running series of cable TV infomercials promoting Total Gym home fitness equipment. In 2008, Brinkley and Dr. Carlon Colker promoted National Family Fitness Day with Xbox 360 at the Boy's and Girl's Club.

In 1983, Brinkley wrote and illustrated a book on health and beauty titled ''Christie Brinkley's Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book'', which topped the New York Times best seller list.

In 1990 Brinkley was, along with Cheryl Tiegs and Beverly Johnson, one of the three models featured as dolls produced by Matchbox Toys called ''The Real Model Collection''.

Brinkley illustrated the cover art for Billy Joel's 1993 triple platinum album ''River of Dreams''. For this, ''Rolling Stone'' awarded her the honor of "Best album cover of the year".

Brinkley has designed clothing patterns for ''Simplicity Pattern'' and in March, 1994 helped design, for brand ''Nouveau Eyewear,'' her line of prescription glasses and sunglasses called ''Christie Brinkley Perspectives'' with worldwide sales.

In Spring 1998, released her own signature fragrance, ''Believe''. Her jewelry collection is manufactured by ''Swank''.

In 1991, Brinkley was considered to have the ideal, all-American look with her blonde hair, blue eyes, slim figure, and soft features, when Allure first conducted a survey taking the pulse of the average American (men and women) searching for their beauty perceptions and preferences.

In 1998, ''Playboy'' readers voted Brinkley one of the ''100 Sexiest Women of the 20th Century''.

Brinkley is ranked third in the AskMen.com ''Top 10 Supermodels Of All Time''.

Personal life

In 1982, Brinkley had a romantic relationship with Olivier Chandon de Brailles (born September 17, 1955 in France), heir to the Moët-Chandon Champagne fortune. The two met at Studio 54 in New York City at a party promoting a calendar in which Brinkley appeared. Chandon died a year later on March 2, 1983 in an auto-race car crash during a private pre-season practice session.

Christie Brinkley has been married four times: In 1973, with French artist Jean-François Allaux (born in Rabat, Morocco) that ended in 1981 without children. In 1985, with musician Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949 in Bronx, New York) that ended in 1994 with one child Alexa Ray Joel. Brinkley and Joel met in 1983 on the Island of St Barts, in the Caribbean. Joel and Brinkley were married on March 23, 1985 on a yacht on the Hudson River and this was the second marriage for both. Joel was 35 and Brinkley 31 and took their vows in a private ceremony attended by 175 family members and friends, including Paul Simon and the Stray Cats. In 1994 with Real estate developer Richard Taubman (born 1948). Brinkley and Taubman met in 1994 when a mutual friend introduced them. He proposed to her in May 1994 although she and Billy Joel were still married. They were married on December 22, 1994, in Telluride, Colorado near the area where they were both in a helicopter crash in March 1994. Brinkley was 40 years old and Taubman 46 and she announced at their wedding that they were expecting a baby boy. The marriage ended in 1995 with one child, Jack Paris Taubman. In 1996 with Peter Halsey Cook (born January 1, 1959, New Jersey), an architect. Cook and Brinkley first met in 1979 when he was modeling; their paths also crossed a few times after that. They were later reintroduced by a mutual friend, NBC's Jill Rappaport, and announced their engagement in August 1996. They married on September 21, 1996 at a ranch in Bridgehampton, New York. Brinkley was 42 and Cook 37. They had nearly 120 guests at their wedding, including Billy Joel. They had one child, Sailor Brinkley Cook. They divorced on October 3, 2008. Brinkley's first lawyer in the case was Robert Wallack, and she was later represented by Robert Stephan Cohen, both top divorce attorneys. The divorce proceedings, held in the summer of 2008, were regular tabloid fodder, in part due to Cook's admission that he had committed adultery with eighteen-year-old Diana Bianchi. Press and public interest increased with Cook's revelations that he had paid $300,000 to Bianchi in the hopes of forestalling a lawsuit and had spent thousands of dollars each month on internet pornography. Brinkley and Cook settled out-of-court in July 2008, with Brinkley granting her fourth husband $2.1 million in exchange for custody of their two children and the retention of 18 disputed properties in the Hamptons. Additionally, Cook was granted parenting time with the children. Further details of the settlement were kept private. The children became a focus of public attention when the former model contended that Cook used "overwhelming" physical force when unhappy with or disciplining the children. Alexa Ray Joel, Brinkley's daughter with ex-husband Billy Joel, testified about such behavior toward her, which Cook denied. Peter Cook wanted a judge to appoint a parenting coordinator, demand Brinkley enroll in anger management classes and order her to cover his legal expenses. In July 2008, a court-appointed psychiatrist, speaking during child custody proceedings in Brinkley's fourth divorce, testified that while he believed Brinkley should gain custody of her and Cook's children, both she and Cook need therapy. Her divorce from Peter Cook was officially finalized on October 3, 2008.

Brinkley has three children: Alexa Ray Joel, (born December 29, 1985), with Billy Joel. The name "Ray" was given to Alexa in honor of Ray Charles.

Jack Paris Taubman, (born June 2, 1995), with Richard Taubman. He was later adopted by Peter Cook and named Jack Paris Brinkley Cook.

Sailor Lee Brinkley Cook (born July 2, 1998), with Peter Cook.

Brinkley and her children are fans of the New York Islanders ice hockey team. Brinkley began doing promotions for the team after being noticed at games. In 2007, she showed her support by writing a blog for NHL.com and filming a commercial.

Brinkley has one brother named Gregory Donald Brinkley, a nutritionist and father of one son and one daughter: Ian Amadeo Brinkley (born January 15, 1990) and Elliott Marie Brinkley (born January 5, 1997).

Brinkley became a vegetarian when she was 13 years old and then got her entire family to become vegetarians. She lives on Long Island in Sag Harbor, New York; she previously lived in Bridgehampton and Amagansett, Long Island.

Other activities

Brinkley helped found a club for cutting, an equestrian sport in which a rider has two and one half minutes to cut as many cattle from a herd as he can.Since 1998, Brinkley has given nearly $100,000 to organizations and candidates of the Democratic Party of the United States, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, America Coming Together and Moveon.org. In the New York delegation, Brinkley served as a delegate on the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.Brinkley supports animal rights, most notably through the organization PETA, having previously spoken out against the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She has also been involved in anti-nuclear activities and campaigned against the restarting of the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.In February 2007, Brinkley had emergency back surgery to correct a herniated disc that occurred after a ski trip in Aspen in December 2006, Colorado.

Awards and achievements

Top Picks, in 1993 by ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' for the artistic work Brinkley did on Billy Joel's cover album ''River of Dreams''. 2001 Merit Award, given by USO-The United Service Organizations Inc.. Brinkley traveled with the USO on goodwill missions to Sarajevo, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Italy entertaining the peacekeeping forces and visiting aircraft carriers and refugee camps. After participating in USA Secretary of Defense William Cohen’s Christmas tour to Kosovo, she was given the award in Washington DC for her efforts on behalf of American troops. Spirit of Achievement Award, at 2003 by "The Women’s Division" of Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University presented Brinkley for her charity work. Christie Brinkley Scholarship, at February, 2007 by The Ross School in Easthampton, Long Island, New York. This scholarship allow students interested in art or environment sciences get four free years at Ross High School. Heart Award, special honor from the American Heart Association in the "12th Annual Heart of the Hamptons Gala" for her commitment to helping children live healthier lives. Brinkley said she was very honored to receive the award from the AHA being convinced that the research from the organization made it possible for her mother to be alive after suffering five strokes. Smart Cookie Award, April 21, 2008, honored her and three other amazing charitable mothers in New York at the "Second Annual Smart Cookie Awards Gala", voted by ''Cookie Magazine'' readers. Humanitarian Award, given by March of Dimes. This organization is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality through research, community services, education and advocacy. Merit Award, by the non-profit USA national organization Mothers Voices which mission is strengthens family communication about sex, sexual health and HIV/AIDS/STD prevention through education and awareness, mobilize parents and caregivers to become their child’s frontline sexual health educator. Mother of the Year, given by ''The National Mothers Day'' committee at a ceremony held in New York City. Merit Award , given by Make-A-Wish Foundation in New York. They work granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Americas Mothers and Shakers, named by ''Redbook Magazine'' for her involvement in "STAR - Standing for Truth About Radiation". HBA's Positively Beautiful Award, named by ''HBA Global Expo'' on behalf of her work with the international charity Smile Train. Mothers Who Make A Difference Award, given by ''Love Our Children USA'' on the 2011 Sixth Annual edition, recognizing and supporting four celebrity moms for balancing motherhood, work and causes.

See also

Supermodel

References

External links

AskMen.com">Christie Brinkley at AskMen.com

Christie Brinkley - Biography on the subject own site

Rich And Famous Bruce Newman article in Sports Illustrated, February 7, 1989.

This Year’s Model Interview by Amy Larocca to New York Magazine, August 2008

Christie Brinkley: American Beauty Interview by Judith Newman to Ladies Home Journal, June 2009

Category:1954 births Category:American female models Category:American humanitarians Category:American vegetarians Category:Anti-nuclear movement in the United States Category:Living people Category:New York Democrats Category:People from Long Island Category:People from Monroe, Michigan Category:Actors from Michigan

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