In a few hours, the nominees for the 2011 Oscars will be announced in California. But I can tell you now that no Israeli film will be among the nominees for best foreign language film. Oh, remember...
Author - larry
Guess Who’s Staying for Shabbos
Just two weeks into 2011, and three companies are reportedly staying for Shabbat in Israel, And I don’t mean Google. Chicago based Groupon.com knows that Israelis are good shoppers. They...
Will Israeli Traffic Recharge My iPod?
Remember when bouncing on a bed generated electricity which powered your bedroom lightbulb? Oh. No wait, that was only a dream I had. Well InnoWATTech, an Israeli company, has invented a way to put a...
Are Jewish Mothers Losing to The Chinese*?
The Wall Street Journal published an essay, titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” this past Shabbat. It was written by Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School and the author of a...
Mossad recruits vulture to replace sharks?
Remember way back in late 2010, when Egyptian officials blamed Israel and its Mossad intelligence agency for training sharks to swim to Sharm el Sheik and attack European tourists and ruin...
A collective mi shaberach for Congresswoman Giffords and for Debbie Friedman
Tonight in North America, two Jewish women are fighting for their lives. Collective prayers are being said for their full recoveries. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot while she was...
French Bestseller Cries Out Against… Israel
Indigène, a small publisher in France has issued a slim book of 29 pages with just 13 pages of text. The publisher is used to press runs of under 700 copies. But this book has already sold 600,000...
Are The Tears of Israeli Women An Anti-Viagra?
Psalm 126 (Shir haMaalot) says it in the Grace After Meals: “Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Perhaps that was the kernel for this Israeli study of drops? Seven Israeli...