Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) was given an aliyah – he was raised up – to crown prince and deputy prime minister. The 31 year old son of Saudi...
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Jeff Bezos Needs Your Tzedaka Help – North Korea Releases Birthright Alum and Other Newsbits (and Tonys)
Alexa, Buy Whole Foods and Give me a Philanthropy Strategy Perhaps timed to coincide with Amazon’s announced purchase of Whole Foods, or POTUS Trump’s trip to Miami to discuss Cuba, Jeff...
JewliciousReads: Who Knew Ink Weighed So Much? 4 Books for Mid-June
It’s Tuesday in America, the day of the week that new books are published. Among the newest are 4 recommended reads. They are SWELL A Novel by Jill Eisenstadt Publisher: Little, Brown...
Newsbits: Gay PornStar fights BDS; Sears Caves into BDS; South Dakota; Sushi; Rabbi Dweck; and More
Michael Lucas, a porn actor and leader of a porn company, has written an anti-BDS essay for HuffingtonPost readers. In the piece titled “The Hideous Hypocrisy Of BDS And Allegations Of...
CNN Names Ivanka – Not Your Mom – the Most Powerful Jewish Woman
In an article published by CNN at the close of Shavuot last week, Ivanka Trump – the First Daughter of the United State (FDOTUS) – was named (or referred to as) “America’s most powerful...
Newsbits: Dublin, Shalom Bollywood, and Hating On Haaretz
The New York Times travels Dublin, Ireland’s old Jewish neighborhood of Portobello and the century old Bretzel Bakery to explore the new food scene and trendy restaurants in what used to be...
Cannes Croisette: From Miri Regev’s Dress to Adam Sandler’s Success
Israel’s Minister of Culture Miri Regev caused a stir among some publications and Netizens when she wore an A-line dress at the film festival that featured the skyline of Jerusalem. It was...
Caan Film Fest? Eisenberg to Star as Marcel Marceau
With apologies for my title to this week’s CANNES FILM FESTIVAL in France and The Museum of The Moving Image’s James CAAN FILM FEST in Astoria/Queens, NY, … news arrives that actor...