You are a news media site. Which picture do you use for the meeting this week between U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu? There are so many stories...
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JewliciousReels: Minionim and Fests in SF and Jerusalem
Is the Minions film Jewish? I don’t think so. Sure, one of the three leaders says “Mazal Tov” in this prequel to the Despicable Me series, and villain Scarlett Overkill does seem...
NewsBits: Letters, Pickles, Atticus & Love
So many tidbits as we enter Shabbat Matot-Massei and the Eid of our neighbors We lead with a story of pickles. In the Summer of 1939, the The Bronx, Selma Nadel, 12, would shoo the boys off her...
Shiva Watch: Beeswax, Broads, & Babies
BURT SHAVITZ, (born Ingram Berg Shavitz of Great Neck, Long Island, NY), 80, passed away. Shavitz became famous three decades ago when his beeswax and other Burt’s Bees natural products became...
Seattle Girl Scouts: A Mitzvah Tastier Than a Cookie Pays Off
Earlier this year, a donor offered $100,000 to the Girl Scouts of Western Washington (aka Seattle-Tacoma). This single gift was about 5% of the regional group’s annual contributions and one...
Peacamole? Can Pea-mmus Bring PEAce To The Mideast?
On Wednesday, July 1, The New York Times reported on a pea-filled version of guacamole recipe. The internet caught fire over this pea-infusion. U.S. President Barack Obama tweeted that he was against...
A Jewish Woman for a Sawbuck – the Redesign of the American $10 Bill
If U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew is to be believed – and as a Shomer Shabbos observing member of the Jewish tribe why should he not be believed – by the year 2020, a woman will...
JewliciousReels: Shalom Quito (and Guayaquil)
This month in NYC there are several film festivals. Kulturfest, the Israel FIlm Center and the JCC have Yiddish and Israeli films. The Human Rights Watch, American Black, Lower East Side, Rooftop...