Monthly Archives: May 2008
King of Bahrain Appoints Jewish Woman to Serve as Ambassador to U.S.
According to an announcement by the official Bahrain News Agency on Thursday, King Hamad ibn Isa Al-Khalifah has issued a decree appointing Houda Ezra Nonoo, a Jewish woman, as an... Read More »
Canada and Israel
As a Canadian it made me so proud to hear Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s address on Israel’s 60th birthday. It made me proud because PM Harper stands by Israel in... Read More »
The Touchy Subject
When tackling this issue, all sorts of fun puns come to mind. One needs to be cautious in approach, steady on arrival and only once a comfortable calm has been... Read More »
Ethnocentricity “and the Jews”
Thomas L. Friedman wrote an inciteful (or insightful – I’m still trying to decide) article in the NYTImes on May 18th. In fact, over a day after being published it... Read More »
Perks of Blogging for Jewneric
Jewneric treats its bloggers really really well. You should blog for them. For instance, I received a beautiful trip to MashBash TLV (the first international MashMeet!). It is going to... Read More »
Sports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 3
In the past few articles, I’ve postulated that people who follow pro-sports do so to try to be part of a team. I’ve also postulated that people holding on to... Read More »
Taking My Mind for a Walk
One day, Mayer, my chavruta wondered out loud about how a prophet could identify that a particular event he saw would happen in the future; after all, the information that... Read More »
The Jewneric Leadership Series: Jules Polonetsky
Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer at AOL and a prominent Jewish leader. We asked him a series of questions to help us... Read More »
What Would You Do For $1 Million?
I’ve been tagged in a meme post by Jason Unger and now have to keep the progress going. The trick is figuring out how to tailor this question to fit... Read More »
Musings on Yom Ha’Atzmaut
It’s hard for me to imagine; my mother-in-law was born into a world in which Israel did not exist. For two entire years of her life, there was no Jewish... Read More »
Google’s Holocaust Memorial Portal
I wish I had seen this last week. It’s good to see that Google is using its resources as one of the largest and most powerful information gateways to spread... Read More »
Israel Hits 60!
Tonight, celebrations for the 60th birthday of the State of Israel commenced with a torch lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and will continue tomorrow with many more celebrations... Read More »
Sports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 2
The Catskill Mountains and Other Jewish Past-Perfect Had-Beens Some of the reasons that the average person follows pro-sports (according to what we discussed) included an internal need to be part... Read More »
Genetic Markers to Identify Lost Ones
There are four letters of the genetic alphabet – A, C, T and G – which pair up and create your DNA. Thanks to modern technology, a scientist named Syd... Read More »
