The 36th Annual Sundance 2019 started in Park City, Utah, today with founder Robert Redford standing before attendees and… walking off the stage. After over three decades of kicking off the...
TJS2 Epilogue: The re-emergence of Jewish political theology and messianism in 1948
What better way to wrap up season two than to talk about the messiah? Here is an exploration of the power of the messianic idea and its centrality to Jewish thought. It also includes the introduction...
Can AeroMexico’s DNA Discount Work for EL AL?
There is a viral video online this week from a early 2018 Aeromexico advertisement campaign that tells the story of the air carrier’s discount program for people of Mexican heritage. (See...
Madonna @Eurovision19 TelAviv, Feldman @Dear Evan Hansen, Eisner Not @Forward And More Newsbits
Word on the street (or the Rehov) is that Madonna might perform at the Eurovision 2019 Song Contest in Tel Aviv in May. The show is being produced by KAN, the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation...
TJS Who is Rav Mike Feuer and why is he telling the Jewish Story?
Every story has a teller, and a good listener knows that you can’t really separate the two. In this podcast, Rav Mike sits down with his old friend and founder of Aleph Male, Eitan Ben Avraham...
Is it Time to ENGAGE OR REJECT the Women’s March Leadership
The nature of big tent coalitions is that groups with various ideas and missions combine together for a greater good. Such was the character of the Women’s March in Washington in January 2017. Many...
(((NYT’s Weisman))) on American/Israeli Jewish Schism – and – Other Shivas and Newsbits
Just days after being named by JTA to be among the top fifty people to follow on the Jewish Twittersphere, (((Jonathan Weisman))), the deputy Washington editor of The New York Times has written an...
NYC Rabbis Aquiesce – Female Comedian Could Perform at Kosher Restaurant
Last month, Jewlicious shared the story of NYC Orthodox Jewish comedian, Leah Forster. Her show was cancelled at a kosher restaurant after the restaurant owner had his kashrut certification...
Jewish Squirrel Eats Chinese for Xmas, too.
There are those who joke that Jewish people eat Chinese (cuisine) for Christmas. But in New York City, many others do, including squirrels. Truth be told, I ate at three separate Asian cuisine...
Made in 1948 – Three historic decisions that shaped the birth of modern-day Israel
Declaring a state is a matter of moments, but birthing it can be a much more prolonged process. The last episode in season two is a look at a series of decisions taken by Ben Gurion in the months...