During World Food Month Look Toward Israel by Dr. Nitza Kardish As we commemorate World Food Month in October, there is much to be both sober and hopeful about. About 870 million people are...
Let’s Go Jews, Let’s Go!
Yes. I get it. And I agree with the general sentiment: The National Congress of American Indians has recently come out with a hard-hitting poster framing the context of how degrading, insulting and...
70 Year Old Men Enraged At Miley
Miley Cyrus’ wrecking ball was aimed at 70-year-old Jewish men this week when she said in an interview with HungerTV.com that she doesn’t want creative decisions for her brand made by out...
The Wedding Video You Don’t Want
A Ralph Lauren fashion director in London got more than an irritation when she received her Jewish wedding video from the videographer she hired to record her great day’s events. Firstly, she...
IDF Tweet Moves Markets
On Thursday, as the world was reading about Alice Munro, the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, the IDF SpokesModel (perhaps mad that Philip Roth was not the prize winner) tweeted that...
Daniel Simckes: Nachlaot’s Optometrist
This is another installment in a series of stories about Nachlaot and the people who live and work there When you walk around the small streets and alleys of Nachlaot you find a number of small...
So Remember Kids. Dressing Up like Hitler in School isn’t Cool!
Meet William Ghassemi. William is a 10-year-old boy living in the picturesque English town of Tamworth where he attends the Dorsthill Community Primary School. Like other elementary schools, the...
1% of Orthodox Jews Have Xmas Trees?: Learnings from Pew’s Study of American Jews
Pew Research Center released its newest study of the American Jewish community, and there are few surprises, unless perhaps you would be surprised that 22% (or 1 in 5) replied that they describe...
Jewish Woman in Taiwan Goes Viral
Marina Shifrin leaned in… leaned in so far that her video has gone viral this week and it has accumulated more than 6.6 million views so far – 2.8 million in the past 12 hours. Shifrin is...
The Extraordinary Love of Mikey Pauker
You probably remember Mikey Pauker and his extraordinary love and live performances from the Jewlicious Festivals. Pauker put that love into one of the most amazing folk records recorded. This is a...