The tabloid New York Post thrives on shock and controversy. It did not fail this morning when it asked “Who Didn’t Want Him Dead?” about the brutal New Year’s Eve murder of a...
SMFLA on Ovation TV
You could now check Shemspeed’s SMFLA featured on Ovation TV’s ‘The Art Of’ series. They followed us around and filmed The Sephardic Music Festival teaser party in LA. The...
Birthright Israel, Snow in Jerusalem and Giving Back
Those of you who followed my twitter feed, or had any friends visiting or living in Israel last week, were in all likelihood inundated with photo after photo of Jerusalem buried in three-days worth...
Budget Trucks Almost Killed me and all I got was This Letter
In response to renting me a truck that almost got me killed, I received the following email today from Budget. I might have to take this to court, I hear Abogado de Lesiones Personal Corpus Christi...
Iran Must Not Be Allowed to Remain Nuclear
Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, implored Congress and the world to disarm Iran’s Nuclear program completely in an ad placed in NYT and Wall Street Journal. The powerful ad was...
Best Jew-licious Cookbooks of 2013
The New Jewish Table: Modern Seasonal Recipes for Traditional Dishes by Todd Gray, Ellen Kassoff Gray ,and David Hagedorn When Todd Met Ellen And Opened a DC Restaurant. When Chef Todd married his...
ShivaWatch: A Wellborn King, A Porn King, Some Unadorned Kings
Edgar M. Bronfman, Jr. passed away at 84 in New York City over the weekend. The billionaire businessman and philanthropist, he took an active role in the organizations he funded and brought a...
Will Anyone Fill Bronfman’s Chair?
As the Jewish world comes to grips with the passing of the legendary Jewish leader, activist, philanthropist and businessman Edgar Bronfman, who died this weekend at the age of 84, major questions...
Edgar Bronfman z”l, Businessman, Philanthropist, WJC President
The New York Times reports that Edgar Bronfman passed away Saturday at the age of 84. Born to a prominent Jewish/Canadian family, his mother was Saidye Bronfman and his father was Samuel Bronfman...
Jewish Reads from the Miami Book Fair International
Thirty years ago, a Book Fair was launched in Miami with three major authors and several hundred attendees. Thirty years later, the Miami Book Fair International – hosting 500 authors and...