With so many residents in NY and NJ and across the USA under voluntary or mandatory self-quarantines; with over 500 cases of what is being called coronavirus in NY State (as of March 14); with over...
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Bibi Love?
Keren Hayesod Street is one of the main arteries of West Jerusalem, connecting tony, residential Emek Refaim with Jerusalem’s downtown core and King George street. Folks wandering up or down...
Is My Name David or Dayveed?
One of the cool things about the whole Westboro Baptist thing is that former member Megan Phelps Roper is really compelling. So compelling that she gets interviewed. A lot. And in some of those...
Poll: Hearing American-Accented Hebrew Worse Than Getting Stabbed
Even the minority of non-American respondents who did not liken hearing American-accented Hebrew to having one’s toenails pulled out with pliers nevertheless rated the experience as negative...
Despacito en Espanol: 4 Billion views. Despacito en Hebrew: Not As Many
Despacito is the top song of Summer 2017, worldwide. The official video for the song by Puerto Rico-based artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee has over three billion views. More than any other video...
Jewish SuperBowl Ads or The Case of the GoDaddy Mezuzah
If you are like me, you watch the televised NFL Superbowl game for the ads. In 2014, a 30 second spot sold for about $4 million. To many, the ads are more exciting than the game and halftime...
Babs Nabs Fab Slab at Confab
Director, producer, actress, musician, and philanthropic leader, Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary Ph.D. when she visits Israel in June to sing at the conference honoring the 90th birthday of...
Ahad Ha’am 2.0: Hebrew Literacy for Israelis in America
Ahad Ha’am, a great Zionist thinker and icon, knew that one of the keys to creating a thriving Jewish culture in Palestine, and among assimilating Jews in Europe, was reviving the ancient...