Posts Tagged: Jews
Snowbirds Fly to Israel
Picture yourself retired. You're no longer rushing off to your job, so morning just might find you hiking along the beach, a picnic lunch in...
“Old Jews Telling Jokes” is Light on Humor, Heavy on Stereotypes
"Old Jews Telling Jokes" (OJTJ) is a 90-minute, five-person revue that combines comedy sketches and songs. Playing just off Broadway at the Westside...
IDF Medical Team Heads to Bulgaria in Response to Terror Attack
A medical team has been dispatched from Israel at the behest of IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, to travel to Bulgaria in response to...
Jewish Author Reflects on ‘Phantom Tollbooth’ Jubilee
Growing up in Brooklyn and going to school in Philadelphia, Jewish author Norton Juster saw and experienced some of the best and biggest of what...
Dr. Seuss and the Holocaust in France
Seventy years ago this week, 15-year-old Annie Kriegel was sitting in her Paris high school classroom, taking an exam, when her mother suddenly burst...
Respectable Memoir, Some Shrewd Manipulation by an East European Government “• or Both?
Review of We Are Here. Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust. By Ellen Cassedy. University of Nebraska Press, 273 pp. Paperback $19.95. What do you do...
The State of the Jews (REVIEW)
The State of the Jews A Critical Appraisal by Edward Alexander Transaction Publishers, 2012. $35 pp. 264 The worrisome state of the Jewish people these days has little...
Painting to the Sound of the Music (VIDEO)
David Asher Brook is a 31 year old artist, living in Sydney Australia with his wife and three children. Growing up, Judaism was a...
Switched at Birth in Gaza?
A reader emailed me about a CBC radio program (originally from Radio Netherlands, link here) he heard recently about Ahmed Masoud, a British writer and...
Bulgaria Terrorist Attack Kills Israeli Tourists (TIMELINE)
A bus explosion at the Burgus Airport in Bulgaria killed a group of Israeli tourists on Wednesday. Below are...
Israel Warned of Bulgaria Terror Threat In January
A bus carrying tourists from Israel exploded at the Burgus Airport in Bulgaria today, with the death toll reaching as high as 7. According to a...
Israel’s Ministry of Finance Has Electricity Shut Off
The electricity at Israel's Ministry of Finance building was shut off by the Israel Electric Corporation today, as demand for electrical power is expected to...
Israel President Wishes Muslim World “Ramadan Kareem” (VIDEO)
The Muslim month of fasting, known as Ramadan, begins on Thursday night, July 19th, and Israeli President Shimon Peres has released a video message wishing...
Golan Heights May Become Another Sinai Due to Lawlessness in Syria
The Golan Heights is becoming a major threat to Israeli security as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad moves his forces from the mountainous area to Damascus,...
