Streaming LIVE: Influencing Israel Webcast
LIVE Programming Begins at Noon Sharp, August 10th (yes – that’s today…) Event Title: INSIDE-OUT: INFLUENCING ISRAEL FROM A GLOBAL JEWISH PERSPECTIVE Have an opinion? Come speak your mind after the bump
INFLUENCING ISRAEL From A Global Jewish Perspective
You are cordially invited to attend… A Leadel Live WEBCAST Event INSIDE-OUT: INFLUENCING ISRAEL From a Global Jewish Perspective Since before Israel was created, her ideologies and borders have been criticized, pressured and…
Punk’d at Joshua’s Grave? Ashton in Israel
If you are one of the over 5.4 million Earthlings who follow Ashton Kutcher on Twitter (#aplusk) you will now know that 4 hours ago, Kutcher made a visit to Joshua’s grave and…
Remove the Rabbinate from any official duty in Israel
This is from Ha’aretz: Hillary Rubin felt she was living out her ancestors’ dream when she decided to move to Israel in 2006. Now she says she is being forced to leave the…
Praise the Lord and Pass the ….
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition Alchohol Addiction? This Summer’s issue of “Psychology of Addictive Behaviors” contains an article titled “Invocations and Intoxication: Does Prayer Decrease Alcohol Consumption?” by Nathaniel M. Lambert,…
Book Review: The Debba
(Full disclaimer: Thank you to Other Press for sending me a copy of the book.) I always judge books by their covers. I have no remorse over this, and it’s led me to…
The Palestinian plan to continue stalling is working to perfection
The Palestinians are very confident these days and with good reasons. First, let’s take a look at Israel: -The BDS movement has picked up some key endorsements and supporters; -Israel is in the…
Jerusalem Challenge Tisha B’Av LIVE Streaming
And We’re LIVE!!! Streaming from the breathtaking view of the Old City on the mirpeset (balcony) of the Jerusalem Cinemateque. The panel we’re webcasting is an English Panel Discussion on the subject of…
Sure, let’s let Israel’s opponents win by providing them with a divide and conquer opening
Why are some Jews so intent on destroying America’s bipartisan support for Israel? It was announced a couple of days ago that a new Israel advocacy group has emerged, the Emergency Committee for…
The Party Don’t Stop
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. A few Israeli soldiers do a dance to Kesha’s Tik To k and the world is in a panic. 194 News articles and counting….
IDF’s Got Talent
Maybe better than Madison Avenue can produce? There are actually a bunch of these videos online. The one reposted below by TM has truly gone viral.
Hate Crime At The Ghetto Wall
Poland continues to be a place where Jews works out deep psychological problems in deplorable ways. Last week an Israeli vandalized the last major section of the Warsaw Ghetto wall. JPost reports: Former…
Humor or the way having troops in the midst of another population for so long slowly corrupts values?
They’re probably 18 or 19 years old and they’re having fun. They are not hurting anybody and they’re not being violent, hostile or demeaning. In contrast with the propagandist who put the comments…
Tourist in my own country: Dan Panorama Tel Aviv
Part 1: Tel Aviv I recently had the opportunity to play a little game of “tourist in my own country” – I spent two days at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv…
Some Swedish Students Reject the Isolation of Israel
As some people and organizations seek to single out Israel for boycotts or similar actions, it is heartening to see that there are many who reject the scapegoating and singling out of Israel…
4 Years in Captivity
Friday marked the four-year anniversary of the kidnapping/capture of Gilad Schalit by Hamas, the terrorist organization which controls the Gaza Strip. In Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post, the Schalit family, and 10,000…
Is Ikea pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian?
From Lisa Goldman on Twitter yesterday, I learned that Ikea was not delivering furniture to Arab towns in the West Bank while continuing its delivery services in the Jewish settlements. However, there is also…
“When we die as martyrs”
According to an article in Haaretz, the song “When we Die as Martyrs,” recorded by Jordanian production company and TV station “Bird of Paradise,” has already inspired dozens of spin-offs on YouTube. The…
Israel, you had me at menorah.
Guest Post by Liza Schwartz Allow me to explain. After two years working at a publishing company in New York editing mostly romance novels, I joined Masa Israel’s Career Israel internship program looking…
Tel Aviv is Coolicious
Despite CK’s opinion that Tel Aviv should be renamed Hell Aviv, some aspects of Israel’s first Hebrew modern city are quite cool and less known than they should be. Here Leadel does a…
The Three Terrors
Ahmadinejad, Erdogan and Assad? Yes. It’s grossly over simplistic. It might even be a tad offensive and Caroline Glick may not be the most popular woman in Jerusalem’s Anglo writer community and her…
Sir Elton John Does The Right Thing
Sir Elton has sold more than 250 million albums in his 40+year career. Many times more than the all the bands that cancelled their shows in Israel this year put together. Draw your…
UC Irvine MSU Suspended For Multiple Violations
MSU gets a “red card” and are out for one year. Today the Jewish Federation of Orange County released documents to the OC Register which reveal that in fact UC Irvine has suspended…
Don’t do unto other cattle as you would not do to your cattle?
Look, admittedly I know very little about this, but what I’ve read on their website makes some sense and I thought it deserved to reach a wider audience. Essentially, it’s a non-profit organization…
