Students at Montreal’s McGill University must be really, really tired of hearing about BDS. They have now gone to the polls three times in 18 months in order to try and pass a motion in support...
Israeli Sketch Comedy Show “The Jews Are Coming” Really SUX
– Israel’s comedy sketch television show “The Jews Are Coming” fails to live up to the standards of its many successful predecessors. The show just isn’t funny. Israeli television has had a...
Gloria Dissed, B&H Persists, ElAl Dismissed, Obama’s Jewish Liaison Coexists, and More Tidbits
My lede should be that a national retailer apologized for featuring a Jewish woman in its catalog. That would not be totally correct though. Heidi Stevens in The Chicago Tribune lambasted apparel...
First Date, A Guilty Pleasure
English-Language Theater Opportunity in Jerusalem – Get Ready to Kick Back, Cringe and LAUGH! You know it. I know it. It’s that universal moment of awkwardness that just about everyone...
Dershowitz Sells Out (Judaica), Drake Sings Out Ashkenazy, and More News Timbits
The Wall Street Journal reports that famed defense attorney, author, and former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz (pictured above) is selling out of many of his Judaica holdings...
Oxford Resignation, Transgender Minyan Rules, and Other News Tidbits
An Oxford University student newspaper reported this week that Alex Chalmers, co-chair of the Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) resigned from office after the OULC decided to endorse Israel...
Oscar Nominees Might Lose A Statue, But They Win Ten Nights on Rehov Sheinkin
Goodbye Birthright Hello Spotlight This year, 26 of the top category Oscar nominees and presenters will get gift bags containing among other things a coupon for a tour of Tokyo, sessions with a...
Want a Burrito in Jerusalem — Go to Burrito Chai
– – Everyone keeps talking about the Israeli entrepreneurial spirit as it relates to the high tech sector. But the small business spirit is also prevalent in the country. One example of...
Check Out The New Optic Tech Being Developed in Israel
– The 2016 Business Opportunities in Israel Lasers Electro-Optics conference was held at the Lev Academic Center in Jerusalem last week. A number of startups which use new technologies were...
Will JNF and UJA run Superbowl50 Ads?
Let’s assume 500,000 Jewish households will watch the Superbowl50 from Levi’s Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area. If a philanthropy ad played for 30 seconds, and it generated 20,000...