The Fabulous Bubbe Photoshoot Takes You from Long Island to Miami

From gated communities on Long Island to gated communities in Boca Raton, our beloved bubbes have style down to a science. Though Heeb was created by and for young Jews, the second ever issue paid homage to an older generation of Jewish excellence––namely, the glamorous grandmas we all know and love.

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY NAOMI HARRIS

STYLING BY NANCY SCHWARTZMAN

DESIGNS BY CLAUDE SABBAH

This article was originally published in HEEB #02, Spring 2002.

Mah Jongg, Aventura

Lorraine Mait (back) wears a Claude Sabbah kimono, shoes by Liz Claiborne, and earrings from the Royal Cruise ship. Erica Leib (front left) wears a sweater set from Foxes discount store.

Lorraine: “I always take the stairs. Only three flights up and down. Keeps you in shape! But I never, never touch the railings. That’s how you get sick.”

The Cricket Club, Miami

Barbara Buchwald wears a Claude Sabbah dress, sunglasses by Dolce & Gabbana

“Life is a celebration! And you have to have a sense of humor. My kids come first and foremost, and now my grandkids. I’m a bubbe trapped in this body! We’re healthfully enmeshed as a family. Be who you are, say what you want, and then see who shows up the next day.”

Broken Sound Gated Community, Boca Raton

Sandra Stone wears Claude Sabbah pantsuit, shoes by Ann Taylor.

“I have a husband, sure. But this guy is really my stallion.”

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