Mabrouk, Abu Mazen! A thousand times Mabrouk, Mahmoud Abbas! (Or as we say here in Israel, Mazal Tov!) It would be a shame for us Israelis to not recognize you on your 10th anniversary this Thursday...
Jon Stewart is an Assho%$#
Jon Stewart is an asshole! There I said it. In his show last night Stewart dealt with the issue of president Obama’s not having attended the mass rally held in Paris on Sunday to show solidarity...
Islamic Terror and Islamophobia: Thoughts from Israel in the Wake of the Charlie Hebdo Massacre
As I write these lines, the trail of murder and violence continues to stain Paris with blood in a series of hostage taking situations motivated by radical Islam. From fascism in the early 20th...
NewsBits: A 3 Rabbi Huppah
Just some newsbits that I wanted to share: At Wharton, decades ago, I once ate a chicken salad platter (with sliced green grapes, how cool was that) with Leonard Lauder. I have felt connected to him...
3 Million March in Unprecedented Paris Rally
The string of deadly terror attacks began on Wednesday when brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, murdering 12, including 2...
Will Attack in Paris Increase French Jewish Fears
This morning, Americans awoke to the news of a brutal, murderous terror attack in Paris against the offices and employees of the satirical publication “Charlie Hebdo.” Its offices had...
JewliciousReels: Herr Doktor Schwarz, I Presume?
FAREWELL HERR SCHWARZ, a Israel-Germany co-produced documentary by Yael Reuveny, will open in New York City on January 9, 2015. In addition to being screened at The Quad Cinema, it will be shown at...
ShivaWatch: Two Rabbis and A Beauty Queen
We lost several icons and leaders over the past few weeks, many of whom we can learn from. Among them were RABBI HAROLD M. SCHULWEIS, who passed away at 89, in December. A rabbi’s rabbi and...
A Book Review — Theodor Herzl: A New reading, by Georges Yitshak Weisz
– – Theodor Herzl: A New reading, by Georges Yitshak Weisz. Translated from Hebrew by Diana File and Lenn Schramm. 295 pages, Gefen Publishing House, 2013. If you grew up in the American...
Help Nehara Dance Group to continue making waves in the Israeli Art scene
Tel Aviv is possessed of a world class dance scene. Standing out from all the exciting and creative dance-related activity in Tel-Aviv is the Nehara Dance Group which is a one of a kind dance company...