So asked Dylan Farrow in a piece published in the New York Times yesterday where she details a sexual assault “allegedly” perpetrated by her adoptive Father Woody Allen. I mention...
Birthright Tel Aviv: A Simple Solution
There was a big hullabaloo over at EJewish Philanthropy that began with an otherwise innocuous and well meaning article by my dear friend, educator, comedian and hummus enthusiast Benji Lovitt. In...
Viewing King David as a Real Historical Figure
It’s The Jewish Channel’s brand-new show, Up Close. News anchor Steven I. Weiss goes in-depth on the issues with interviews and small panels. On this first episode, we explore historical...
Best 5 minutes of the last week! Thanks Sarah Silverman
No, no, get your head out of the gutter! I was talking about this new Sarah Silverman PSA (click on the headline to see more):
Confidential: The Life of Secret Agent Turned Hollywood Tycoon Aron Milchan, by Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman: A Book...
Confidential: The Life of Secret Agent Turned Hollywood Tycoon Aron Milchan, by Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman, Geffen Books, 2011, 288 pages. Arnon Milchan is best known in America today as a...
Canadian PM Harper visits the Knesset, hilarity ensues
Sometimes events are so amusing they overtake fiction, and so it went with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his visit to the Knesset. As we noted on this very site a couple of years ago...
SMF LA IN YNET TODAY!
Shemspeed & Bancs Media’s popular Sephardic Music Festival hit Ynet (Israeli’s largest newswire) today. Here is what they had to say: “After nine years in New York, the...
An Interview with Anti-Missionary Crusader Rabbi Tovia Singer
This interview is a follow up to my previous posting about messianics and Rabbi Singer Q: What is your success rate? A: I cannot place a specific number or “rate” of successes. The...
Jewlicious Festival X Weekend Packages
Starting last year we began selling ticket and room packages. You loved it so much that we have started doing this right away. You can choose from 2 or 4 person rooms. You can choose what level room...
Noble Arabs, Con-Men Jews Score Oscar Nods
I am voting for Nebraska (which was mostly filmed in Montana). Films depicting noble Arabs in the Middle East and Jews acting as con artists in America scored high among the Oscar nominations that...