If I asked you whether Israel has a constitution are you sure that you would know the answer? This episode is the first half of answering the question by delving into the history of Israel’s...
Israelis Help To DeepFake Facebook’s Zuckerberg
Oh.. talk about that start-up nation and technology prowess… Earlier this month, Facebook declined to remove a video that was manipulated to make U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)...
Jerusalem Day 5779 The Once and Future City
Every once in a while you have to get out of the house, and even out of the box. Where better to do that than Jerusalem, and who is a better partner than Yehudah Hakohen. Here is a free-flowing...
TJS S3E^ The limits of retaliation
Every value has a boundary and every state a border, which means that often we have to fight to maintain them. Here is the story of Israel’s struggle against infiltration in the 1950’s...
Wow Eurovision Really Sucks!
Our long national nightmare is finally over! After months of having to hear all about the plans for this year’s Eurovision contest which was held in Tel Aviv, it’s safe for Israelis to watch the news...
Shiva Watch: Wouk, Pei, Berkun
HERMAN WOUK (pronounced woke) passed away today at the age of 103 at his home in Palm Springs, California. In ten days he would have turned 104. The cause of his death was not announced. Prior to...
My Ramadan Treat: Binge Watching Ramy on Hulu
An uncomfortable delight is binge watching what some say is the first successful Muslim-American situation comedy series in America: RAMY. Distributed on Hulu.com, the series is loosely based on the...
Sirens Across Israel – Yom Hashoah / Yom Hazikaron and then…
And then? Independence Day! Let me backtrack a bit. Every year in Israel after Passover, a siren sounds across the country to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. When the siren sounds, its tradition...
TJS S3 Yom Ha’atzmaut: Independence or self-actualization?
There is no word for independence in Biblical Hebrew, and the roots of the modern word can teach us much. This might right be called the day when we celebrate ‘self-actualization,’ but...
JewliciousEats: Annual Passover Recipe Roundup 2019
It’s ten days before the Passover seder, so it is time for the annual Jewlicious Passover Recipe roundup, and the week most North American newspaper publish the newest seder recipe trends. We...