Recently, the National LGBTQ Task Force organized an unprecedented protest against Israeli “Pinkwashing” and the apartheid country’s despicable abuse of the rights of LGBTQ...
2015 Jewish Book Awards: Too White? Too Jewish?
Last Wednesday, just hours from the Oscar nominees announcements in Los Angeles, the Jewish Book Council announced its finalists and winners of the 2015 National Jewish Book Awards, North America’s...
Oscar Noms Nod Shoah Flicks, Snubs Minyans
Oscar nominations were announced today. And members of The Tribe were on the lists. The 88th Academy Awards ceremony will be broadcast from Los Angeles on February 28, 2016. Most importantly (to...
ShivaWatch: Swados and Kaye – Two Women of Valour
I was so busy last week, that I missed that two heroes passed away. Elizabeth “Liz” Swados (Sway-dose), composer, director, author and one of the most original playwrights passed away at...
Likud Knesset Member Makes Ninet Tayeb Crazy
Miki Zohar is an Israeli Knesset member with the Likud party. He is often seen in parliament sporting his trademark 5 o’clock shadow and despite his contention that you have to be delusional...
Raising the Bar on English Education in Israel
Ask Israeli students what Masa Israel Teaching Fellows are doing in Israel and they’ll tell you that Fellows are there to make learning English fun. Masa Israel Teaching Fellows are tasked with...
When You’re The Only Jew At The Christmas Party (and Israel)
Taylor, a Buzzfeed employee who is Jewish, stars in another video about Jews. This time she white-girl-raps her song of the alienation felt by a Jew at a Christmas party. While I don’t believe...
If you see something, say something
Guest post by Samantha (Sam) Levinson When my Rabbi first told me about Kitty Genovese, it was my Sophomore year of High School. After that he would often invoke the story of her murder while...
Why Star Trek is More Jewish than Star Wars (Just in Time for Christmas)
– – So I went to see the new Star Wars movie this week and something hit me about the difference between the world of Star Wars and the one of Star Trek: Star Trek is more Jewish. The...
Jews Debate Jewish Christmas vs. Christmas (vs. MatzoBall)
The Jewish debaters in this clip are surprisingly passionate about their positions. Some Jews clearly suffer from Christmas envy and that’s sad. It’s sad because it’s not even envy...