Leonard Cohen’s death was announced on his Facebook fan page today: It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away. We have lost...
1st Annual MassChallenge Jerusalem Awards
Eight years ago, I would take client meetings at the Shuk and people thought it was funny. For me it was a matter of convenience. The newly opened Café Aroma had free WIFI, electric plugs, ample...
MassChallenge Awards $250 Thousand In Grants At First Ever Israel Accelerator Program
MassChallenge has come to Israel. The Massachusetts based accelerator program awarded its first ever zero-equity prizes to Israeli startups. Five companies received awards totaling 1 Million NIS...
Elitism Isn’t Working, So We’re Going To Keep Trying It
It’s in our political DNA, after all. By Isaac Herzog, Labor Party Chairman Last year and this year brought more than their share of electoral surprises. In each case, the left-leaning media...
Rabbi… Is There A Prayer To Recite While Voting, or at least Waiting in This Long Line at the Poll?
As American citizens go to the polls across the United States and its territories and cast their votes, there have been reports of long waits, in some cases hours. So we ask, is there a prayer to...
People in Israel tell the US: Clinton? Or Trump?
Today is election day in the United States and people across the country will participate in what has been one of the most contentious elections in recent memory. I think we’ve studiously tried...
Moving Book Wins Award, Moving Shul Blocks Traffic, Moving Pickles Get a Star, and More Newsbits
Muscle Tough The Tree in the Courtyard. Looking Through Anne Frank’s Window By Jeff Gottesfeld and Illustrated by Peter McCarty, a moving children’s book which received the honor of being named...
The Yeshiva Teacher Running for U.S. President
In the United States, there are two major party candidates running for President, and nine write-in candidates running from New York City. One of them is Yeshiva University Professor of Physics Neer...
EU Mandates Grade-School Courses On How To Be Dhimmis
“This commission agreed unanimously that training our young people to embrace this future is the wisest course of action.” Brussels, November 2 – A special commission of the...
Will London Univ Expel Students Who Attacked Jews?, Portland BDS, Shavit’s Shame, and Other Newsbits
The Telegraph, Jewish Chronicle, and other media sites are reporting on the attack on Jewish students that occurred in London on Thursday at UCL – University College London. @HenMazzig, a...