Mazal Tov to the 2017 Nobel Prize Winners announced so far. The recipients of the 2017 Nobel in Physiology and Medicine are Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young. It was announced on...
I’ve Been In The Belly Of This Fish 3 Days With No WiFi
By Jonah the Prophet As a prophet and the son of a prophet, I would be the first to tell you the life a prophet is no picnic. Even for personalities who crave the limelight and being privy to the...
Why I #TakeAKnee During Aleinu (and Avinu Malkeinu)
Over Rosh Hashanah and through the weekend, U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s criticized certain NFL teams, owners, and players for kneeling during the playing of the national anthem. Since 1918...
Israel’s Top Tunes of 5777 – A Sampling
Here it is! The official top 10 of 5777 from Galgalatz. 10: EYAL GOLAN: TVO’E HAYOM 9. EDEN BEN ZAKEN: RATZITI 8. EDEN BEN ZAKEN: RATZITI 7. Static and Ben El Tavori: ZAHAV 6. OMER ADAM:...
ShivaWatch: Edith Windsor (Edie Windsor) – Computer Technology and Social Pioneer
Edie Windsor lived by two maxims: Keep it hot and don’t postpone joy. With her signature pink scarf on the bimah of Manhattan’s spiritual, colorful and cavernous Temple Emanu-El, Edie...
I Targeted Jew Haters on Facebook and All I Got Was a T Shirt
Periodically, I run targeted, sponsored ads on Facebook and try to reach specific groups for better response. I have targeted Facebook users who like Israel, Jewish Food, Kosher Food, Rami...
Mass Challenge Israel 2017
The second annual Israel MassChallenge was held in Jerusalem Wednesday night. Fifty two startups were accepted to the program which offers participants free office space and mentoring from top people...
With Jewish Population Gone, Syria Boasts 0 Antisemitic Incidents
The Syrian approach is scalable to the entire region. Damascus, September 13 – Officials of President Basher Assad’s regime boasted today that prejudice-monitoring agencies in the country...
JewliciousEats: The Annual Rosh Hashana Recipe Roundup
OMG. It’s here. The Wednesday before Selichot Services, the day that many North American media sites publish their latest rosh hashana recipes.. .and the day that Jewlicious compiles them to...
Jewish Organizations, Pluralism and the Orthodox: Lessons from MJC and Jewlicious Festivals
Eli Reiter, an English teacher from New York, recently wrote an article in the Forward titled “Do Pluralistic Jewish Organizations Stop At The Orthodox?” The answer to that question was a...