It’s Tuesday in America, the day of the week that new books are published. Among the newest are 4 recommended reads. They are SWELL A Novel by Jill Eisenstadt Publisher: Little, Brown...
Why did Bill Maher have to apologize to Ice Cube of all people?
So Bill Maher used the latest chapter of his HBO talk show “Real Time” to make his obligatory mea culpa for using that word. We don’t have to mention it here. We all know what it is. Never mind the...
4 Million Injured In Hand-Wringing Over 50 Years Since 6-Day War
Medical facilities in New York, Berkeley, London, Paris, and other strongholds of anti-Israel feeling in the West have experienced an marked increase in outpatient demand. New York, June 8 –...
Newsbits: Gay PornStar fights BDS; Sears Caves into BDS; South Dakota; Sushi; Rabbi Dweck; and More
Michael Lucas, a porn actor and leader of a porn company, has written an anti-BDS essay for HuffingtonPost readers. In the piece titled “The Hideous Hypocrisy Of BDS And Allegations Of...
CNN Names Ivanka – Not Your Mom – the Most Powerful Jewish Woman
In an article published by CNN at the close of Shavuot last week, Ivanka Trump – the First Daughter of the United State (FDOTUS) – was named (or referred to as) “America’s most powerful...
Westboro Baptist Church Starts Picketing Self; ‘Bunch of Hateful Fags’
“If the influence of those forces is as invidious as Westboro claims, then perforce Westboro is not immune to them.” Topeka, June 2 – In keeping with its tradition of seeing the...
Newsbits: Dublin, Shalom Bollywood, and Hating On Haaretz
The New York Times travels Dublin, Ireland’s old Jewish neighborhood of Portobello and the century old Bretzel Bakery to explore the new food scene and trendy restaurants in what used to be...
Hamas Drafts Tunnel-Digging Kids To Run On Hamster Wheels For Electricity
Fuel shortages for Gaza’s power plant, the result of Palestinian infighting, mean only two or three hours of electricity are available for the territory’s residents each day. Gaza City...
Cannes Croisette: From Miri Regev’s Dress to Adam Sandler’s Success
Israel’s Minister of Culture Miri Regev caused a stir among some publications and Netizens when she wore an A-line dress at the film festival that featured the skyline of Jerusalem. It was...
Caan Film Fest? Eisenberg to Star as Marcel Marceau
With apologies for my title to this week’s CANNES FILM FESTIVAL in France and The Museum of The Moving Image’s James CAAN FILM FEST in Astoria/Queens, NY, … news arrives that actor...