As an Icelandic volcano spewed ash and closed European airports, many travelers were stranded at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport. It is unknown whether the Jewish, Israeli born First Lady of...
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The Pointy Matza Ball: Or Why Wednesday is a Cool Erev Pesach
It’s Wednesday. It is the day that newspaper food sections across the USA highlight a Passover recipe or two or three for all those readers who are preparing for the chag. And what a treat...
Addendum to News Roundup
Okay, for those who asked for more info on the upcoming Israel episode of The Simpsons, to be broadcast in North America just before erev Pesach. It is titled, “The Greatest Story Ever...
JewishNews Roundup, Week 12: Menachem Begin Killed
So much Jewish news to catch up on today… Haaretz reports that Menachem Begin was killed in Lod this week! You mean he didn’t die over a decade ago? No. They mean the other Begin. After...
Corey corey corey… your name meant life.
Corey Haim, his name meant life, but it was a life filled with temptations. A Canadian born actor, and a son of an Israeli mother, Haim was a child star of film and television in North America; but...
Jewish News You Can Use
As snow blankets the Northeast portion of the USA (16+ inches in NYC), and hamantaschen bakers in the NYC metro area worry about whether they can bake enough and if customers can dig out to make...
Now You can Be A Brand Ambassador for Israel
They asked for it. And now they have it. So many Israelis, and lovers of the State of Israel, have been saddened in the past several decades by the perception of Israel and Israelis among non...
A Mild Mannered Shushan Boy… and a Lady
Purim falls just a week after the Jewlicious Festival in California, and skits are already in preparation worldwide. One of the energetic Purim script teams resides at The Shushan Channel. Their...