Opening in theaters today is the John Hughes-like teen drama, “LOVE, SIMON” about am affable 17-year old high school student in suburban Atlanta who has a perfect family and a deep...
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OscarsWatch: Call Me By Your (Hebrew) Name
There are no Holocaust-related films up for awards at this year’s televised Oscars awards, but CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, which features the romantic story of two young Jewish men in Italy, has been...
My Rabbi Met the Emir of Qatar & All I Got Was a T-Shirt; Alex Jones Jew-Baits, & Other Newbits
The Jerusalem Post reports that several American Jewish leaders were invited to meet with the Emir of Qatar in September 2017. Several inquired with the Israeli Ambassador to the USA on whether they...
Superbowl Preview: 3 of The Superbowl’s Jewish Ads
In the United States, NBC is set to broadcast Super Bowl LII (52) from Minneapolis, MN on Sunday evening, February 4, 2018. The cost of a 30 second ad exceeds $5 million. There will be about 100...
The Sparkle Shabbat Drag Havdalah of Northampton Mass
A Jewish day school in Western Mass, home to Smith College, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and UMass-Amherst is hosting a very creative havdalah this weekend, after Parsha BO is recited. It is a family...
Did NYT Op-Ed Propose Banning Jews and Other NewBits
Bret Stephens, in a January 18, 2018 Op-Ed in The New York Times, proposes banning Jews in “A Modest Immigration Proposal: Ban Jews.” I assume he is making a historical reference to...
Trump “disinvites” Jewish Democrats (and Me) To Annual White House Hanukkah Bash
Once again, after ‘lobbying’ for years, I was NOT invited to the annual White House Hanukkah party. I am not a machar. (But I have “faith and resilience” for the future) But...
A Royal UK Shidduch by a Bahraini Jew, Rabbi Krumholtz on CBS; Fund a Nazi; Flynn & Netanyahu, and More
Mazal Tov to the Royal Family of the United Kingdom on the announcement of the engagement of Meghan Markle And Prince Harry. While none of the engaged are of the Jewish faith, the person who sort of...