The film with the greatest number of Oscar nominations this year is The King’s Speech, directed by Tom Hooper, and starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, and...
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Piano in The Bay… Not a Jewish Stunt
It made national news in the USA. What was a grand piano doing in the middle of Biscayne Bay off the coast of Miami Florida. The piano was sitting atop a sandbar, making it one of Miami’s most...
No Oscar Or Cesars for Israeli Films in 2011
In a few hours, the nominees for the 2011 Oscars will be announced in California. But I can tell you now that no Israeli film will be among the nominees for best foreign language film. Oh, remember...
Guess Who’s Staying for Shabbos
Just two weeks into 2011, and three companies are reportedly staying for Shabbat in Israel, And I don’t mean Google. Chicago based Groupon.com knows that Israelis are good shoppers. They...
Will Israeli Traffic Recharge My iPod?
Remember when bouncing on a bed generated electricity which powered your bedroom lightbulb? Oh. No wait, that was only a dream I had. Well InnoWATTech, an Israeli company, has invented a way to put a...
Are Jewish Mothers Losing to The Chinese*?
The Wall Street Journal published an essay, titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” this past Shabbat. It was written by Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School and the author of a...