Happy Birthday to superstar Madonna, a friend of Israel and popular Jewish mysticism, singer, dancer, entertainer, and author of Jewish folktale based books. Twenty years ago, around Purim 1992, a...
Brighton Beach Goes Jewlicious
The first ever Jewlicious.RU, ROI and Russian Moishe House Brighton beach party was a huge success!! – Brighton Olympics included a Durak tournament (cards game) and a Volley ball game between...
How Did Israelis Do at the Olympics? And a Burglarized Synagogue Gets a Helping Hand
Israelis fall out of medal contention, but plenty of Jewish pride at the Olympics; a Jewish Judo teacher has a new approach to body and mind for those afflicted with cerebral palsy; a burgalarized...
Sofaer International MBA Slideshow
Here is a video slideshow of some great moments I shared with my classmates in the Sofaer International MBA at the Recanati School of Business at Tel Aviv University. We are a group of 40 students...
Bittersweet
I am still haunted by the image of my mother, sick with cancer at the time, crying when she found out her father passed away. I was 14, and for months begged my mom to take me to Israel to see my...
“America is not … a Kibbutz” -Mitt Romney
Speaking at a Chicago fundraiser, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney had this to say about the essence of America: It’s individuals and their entrepreneurship which have driven...
Punkin’ The Popo in Israel
Kids, please don’t try this at home! What happens when a couple of punk Israeli kids fill a back pack full of graffiti paint and then leave it at a bus stop for the bomb squad to find? Instant...
ShivaWatch: David Rakoff and Marvin Hamlisch
On Thursday night, as midnight approached, the essayist and author David Rakoff passed away in his Manhattan apartment. He had been battling a recurrence of cancer – a pain he thought had been...
MUNICH 72 HIP HOP VIDEO & DOWNLOAD
KOSHA DILLZ & SHEMSPEED RELEASE MUNICH 72, A NEW FREE DOWNLOAD, DEDICATED TO 11 ISRAELI ATHLETES MURDERED AT THE 1972 OLYMPICS Every four years athletes and audiences from around the globe come...
A Spoon Full of Shlomo
All you fans of “Fiddler,” get ready to plotz. “Soul Doctor: The Journey of a Rock Star Rabbi,” the new Broadway-bound show that details the life of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, is...