For such a small place, there is quite a large Jewish and Israeli community. Before I arrived, I started contacting people through various Facebook pages, and was pleasantly surprised to get such...
Likud and Israel Beitenu to Unite Ahead of Elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, in a joint press conference today, announced that they were uniting the Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu under one ticket...
Jewish Timbits: Keret, Chickens, Jocks, and Rabbis for Romney
So much news, I just couldn’t let a day go by without sharing some timbits of news. First, did you hear that the CEO of Empire Kosher poultry has flown the coop. He was removed from his...
Women, some of whom are Jewish, read the Riot Act to the Republicans
Oh look there’s writer/blogger Amy Rose Spiegel, actress and blasphemous jewelry designer Carlen Altman, Sleater-Kinney vocalist and guitarist Carrie Brownstein, writer, musician and singer...
Shepping Nachas – The TV Show?
Word is that Ancestry.com, a geneaology website based in Provo, Utah, has agreed to be acquired for over $1.5 Billion by a European based investment firm, Premira Funds. Ancestry.com states that it...
Happy Birthday Ninet Tayeb!
Today, October 21st, is Israeli Singer Ninet Tayeb’s 29th birthday. In 2003 she won the very first Kochav Nolad, Israel’s version of Pop Idol and since then has been involved in numerous...
Obama for President Announces Arab-Americans For Obama
Obama for President today announced its Arab-Americans for Obama coalition. “I am very proud to have so many distinguished Arab-Americans on my team,†said Barack Obama. “This country has been...
IVoteIsrael – Stealthy effort to get out the US vote – in Israel
By Nancy Watzman Sunlight Foundation An assertive bipartisan get-out-the-vote effort known as “IVoteIsrael†and aimed at Americans living in that country appears to have ties to conservative...
The Jewish Monkeys Present “Black But Sweet”
Meet the Jewish Monkeys. They are an unlikely Klezmer Burlesque trio, originally from Europe and now residing in Israel. Gal Zaidner was born in Belgium and currently works as a shrink. Ronni Boiko...
Start Me Up
Value: the most common word an MBA student hears. Value, added value, created value, future value, present value, value chain, estimated value, assumed value, depreciated value, valuation… the...