Some interesting films we may have missed at some recent festivals. I wasn’t able to make it to the OtherIsrael Fest, Newfest, DOC NYC – NYC Documentary Fest, or the UK Jewish for their...
Author - larry
NYC Subway Goes Fascist for Holidays
Oh those revenue generators at the NYC MTA Subway offices. They smartly rejected a subway ad campaign that maligned Muslims, but recently accepted a campaign from Amazon to promote its original web...
Of Convicted Spies and Real Estate Broker Fees
Last Friday, when Jonathan Pollard was released on parole after serving thirty years in federal prison for espionage, I wondered where he would choose to reside. Perhaps Manhattan’s Upper West...
Man Oh, Mani-Welch’s – The Kosher Grape Juice Disruptor
Once you go kosher, everyone else will be gauche’r Concord, Massachusetts-based Welch’s, a grape juice beverage purveyor and cooperative, tried to go kosher* once, but did not experience...
ELAL Unexpectedly Visits Montana: Jewish Pop Grows 30%
Montana’s KULR-8 reported that an El Al Boeing 777 landed unexpectedly in Billings Logan International (Montana) airport, when the pilot of the Tel Aviv to Los Angeles flight was worried about...
Thumbtack: DJ’s Charge A Third More for Bar Mitzvahs
According to San Francisco based Thumbtack.com, DJ’s charge nearly one third more for a night of music and entertainment at Bar/Bat Mitzvahs than they do for weddings, and nearly double than...
SBUX Solution: The DunkinDonuts Oy To The World Cup
A tempest in a teapot; a crisis in a coffee cup. Starbucks (SBUX) stock share price was up 1.3% yesterday, and up over 20% from late August, even in light of the calamity whereby they chose a plain...
Modigliani Scores and Other Art Shows of Interest
With today’s sale by Christies of Amedeo Modigliani’s “Nu Couché” for over $170 million, my thoughts turned from art and red coffee cups to Fall art exhibits of Jewish...