Things to Kibbitz About Today: Famed fashion designer Arnold Scaasi passed away last week at the age of 85. A resident of Manhattan, the Hamptons and Palm Beach. Scaasi was born Arnold Isaacs in...
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JewishJournalPoll: Are American Jews With Phones Supporting Iran Deal?
Visiting Israel makes you more likely to support the Iran Deal? 58% of those who never visited Israel support the Iran Deal. 48% of those who visited Israel support the Iran Deal. 44% of those who...
Which IranDeal Photo Should They Run
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...
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...