Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: November 2008
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28 November 2008
A Sneak Peek at the Future of Jerusalem Mass Transit
Stepping into one of the sleek and shiny new light rail vehicles set to zip through Jerusalem in the next year and a half, it’s hard to imagine the controversy the system’s roll out has engendered.
CityPass, the international corporation that is building and operating the Jerusalem light rail system, recently opened the doors to its [...]
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20 November 2008
Life as a Jewsician
Some folks make aliyah for religious reasons, others for nationalist reasons. And then there are songwriters like me who come to Israel for no apparent reason, and decide to stay, until they’re asked to leave.
Being the wandering Jewsician that I am, I’ve recorded in a number of major studios in Toronto, Montreal and New York. [...]
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20 November 2008
James Bond, Jabotinsky and the Holocaust
By Guest author Moshe Phillips
A new motion picture in which James Bond fights Nazis and saves Jews during the Holocaust is scheduled for release this Chanukah season. Well, not exactly. Daniel Craig is the British actor who stars in the new blockbuster James Bond movie Quantum of Solace. Craig will play another character in 2008 [...]
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18 November 2008
KosherFest 2008 … a fresser’s delight!
Kosherfest is similar to any other convention held at any other convention center. The only difference, kosher food. Wait, wait, FREE Kosher food. The sound of that makes any observant Jew grin with glee. I held the same feeling walking in to the exhibition hall, waiting to try all these new kosher goodies.
Within the [...]
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14 November 2008
From Barack to Barkat: A Look Back at the November Elections
The just concluded Jerusalem election, while certainly not as important on a world stage as last week’s U.S. presidential contest, was in many ways spookily similar to its overseas counterpart. For those who supported Nir Barkat, who beat his main competitor Meir Porush by a commanding 9 points (52 to 43 percent), the sheer jubilance [...]
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10 November 2008
A Jeff Pulver Breakfast in Tel Aviv
Yesterday morning, while going through the 150 or so feeds I try to keep up with, I came upon this video. A report on Jeff Pulver’s breaksfast in Tel Aviv pans and interviews some of the attendees. Low and behold if two Jewneric authors weren’t there… Ezra Butler and Brian Blum.
Pulver, a big [...]
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7 November 2008
Jerusalem Election Diary: Haaretz gets it so wrong
I don’t usually write about the same topic two weeks in a row, but, with less than a week to go, the upcoming Jerusalem mayoral elections is so important that I feel compelled to post again.
Last Friday, Haaretz published an editorial slamming mayoral candidate Nir Barkat and endorsing “a responsible haredi” (a code word for [...]
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5 November 2008
Exit polling
According to CNN.com, which did extensive exit polling thoughout the day yesterday, American Jews overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama over John McCain. Jews, which make up but 2% of the American population, voted 78%-21% in favor of Obama, which is the highest percentage among all religions. Overall, Obama received over 63 million votes, or [...]
