Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: February 2008
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29 February 2008
Award Winning Israeli Director Dan Katzir Releases New Movie Trailer
Award winning independent director Dan Katzir has released a trailer for his new movie, Yiddish Theater: A Lover Story. The film had its theatrical release in LA, NYC and Tel Aviv, Israel at the end of 2007, and had a special showing at Laemmle’s Monica and Town Center Encino in early January 2008.
The film is [...]
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29 February 2008
Israel Prepares for Gaza Invasion
As Hamas attacks on Israeli cities continue, Israel has begun to consider a full scale invasion of Gaza. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, “We should be prepared for an upswing in hostilities in Gaza. The big ground operation is a reality and it is tangible. We are not eager to embark upon such an operation, [...]
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28 February 2008
Is Barack Obama a Gay Muslim Jewish Irishman?
This is my first post (finally, after much arm cajoling) so I decided to make it an attention grabbing one.
I’ve noticed people seem to be confused over Barack Obama’s ethnicity. In his first run for Senate in Illinois, he apparently received a large share of the Irish vote because people saw his name and [...]
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28 February 2008
On “School Choice”
It’s campaign season in the US, and one of the issues that comes up during every campaign is “school choice.” “School choice” is a code word for school voucher programs, through which money would be taken away from public schools and given to private schools instead. In other words, under a school voucher [...]
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28 February 2008
Leader of Entebbe Airport Rescue Dead at 70
February 2008 has been a month that has seen a lot of ups and downs in Israel and the broader pro-Israel community. We’ve marked the 5th anniversary of the death of Israel’s first astronaut; we’ve seen - possibly - the seeds sown for a very hush-hush 2nd “Disengagement” beginning with the small town of [...]
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27 February 2008
Will they have to forfeit?
The Herzl/Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy from Denver, CO might be in danger of losing a tournament championship game before they ever set foot on the court. In the midst of a championship basketball tournament, if RMHA wins one more game, they can play for the title. However, the championship game takes place next Shabbos, March [...]
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27 February 2008
Japan and Israel, Strikingly Logical Bedfellows
In the weeks following Spielberg’s snubbing of China on humanitarian grounds, and the Israeli Knesset’s recent decision regarding Asian Chefs in Ethnic establishments, we bear witness to an historic meeting of two countries: Japan and Israel.
Iran’s nuclear capabilities and desires have led their former business partner, Japan, to seek greener pastures. Indeed, Japan is [...]
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27 February 2008
The Sound of Silence, Jewish-Style
There is nothing more filled with sound than quiet. It is both fascinating and frightening to listen to the cacophony of my internal sounds. After all, who knows what I might hear.
My personal, layman’s, approach to quiet has always been to make so much external noise that I can’t hear the sounds from within. This [...]
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27 February 2008
Illegal Questions to Ask: America vs. Israel
I live between two distinct cultures. One part of me lives in America. I consume American culture by the boatload, I try to keep abreast of the politics, economics, news, and mass media. In ideology I empathize most closely with an open democracy, in which religion does not have a part (while it has a [...]
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26 February 2008
Skittles No Longer Kosher in Europe
After nearly a decade, Skittles are no longer under hashgacha (kosher supervision) in Europe. For years, you could travel, or at least stop over, at a European destination and buy Skittles (as long as they were made in Ireland or England). No more.
Growing up traditional, I ate the non-kosher Skittles, among other candies [...]