An Oxford University student newspaper reported this week that Alex Chalmers, co-chair of the Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) resigned from office after the OULC decided to endorse Israel...
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Oscar Nominees Might Lose A Statue, But They Win Ten Nights on Rehov Sheinkin
Goodbye Birthright Hello Spotlight This year, 26 of the top category Oscar nominees and presenters will get gift bags containing among other things a coupon for a tour of Tokyo, sessions with a...
Will JNF and UJA run Superbowl50 Ads?
Let’s assume 500,000 Jewish households will watch the Superbowl50 from Levi’s Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area. If a philanthropy ad played for 30 seconds, and it generated 20,000...
Obama Brunches and Speaks on ‘We Are All Jews’
The opening of this year’s 2016 National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton sounded weird to my ears. In New York City you don’t normally hear people saying that they will “pray on that,” or...
Rebbe Hillary Clinton at CNN Town Hall
Dateline Manchester, New Hampshire, a week before the presidential primary. The setting was a CNN Town Hall meeting. The query came from Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett of Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua...
Morning Briefing: Feb 3 – Walken Closets, Madoff, and the Park Slope Coop
ABC TV in North America will premiere a miniseries on the life of convicted felon Bernie Madoff on Wednesday night. Watch as he bilks rich investors and Hadassah out of their savings. Actor Richard...
Evening Briefing Jan 27: The Struma, the Pollard Snitches & AEPi
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It recalls the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. The New York Times marked the day by highlighting an obituary it had prepared years...
Evening Briefing Jan 26: Abe, Hillary, Iowa Jew-Baiting, and Clooney
Abe Vigoda, a beloved actor, passed away at the age of 94 today, at the home of his daughter in New Jersey. With deep set eyes, and a weary look, he gained fame in his fifties as Tessio, a mafia...