News & Current Events
Now You Can Complete Your Collection, With This Hitler Doll From 7-Eleven
Pin It What’s next the SSÂ flavored Slurpee? YJNÂ is reporting that 7-Eleven Stores in Taiwan are selling this Adolf Hitler look alike collectors doll. Complete with a short black mustache, a... Read More »
Facebook to Charge its Jewish Users
Pin It We were privileged to receive a recently leaked internal memo at Facebook’s HQ in Mountain View, CA: As of today Facebook will automatically start charging its Jewish members.... Read More »
Feeling Safe, Surrounded by Hate
Pin It “Let us be honest with ourselves: Israel is surrounded by neighbors that have waged repeated wars against it. Israel’s citizens have been killed by rockets fired at their... Read More »
Palestinian Refugees Not Palestinian Enough?
Pin It In a shocking move, PLO Ambassador to Lebanon Abdullah Abdullah announced in the Lebanese Daily Star last week that Palestinian refugees shall not be offered citizenship in the... Read More »
Thriving on Turmoil, a TEDxTelAviv production
Pin It Israel is now officially 62 years old. While the Israeli banks were extremely prepared for the economic turmoil America caused and while Israeli start-ups continue to become... Read More »
AIPAC 2010: Early Reflections
This morning I had the annual pleasure of attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) Policy Conference held in the Washington, DC convention center Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part III: Bad Timing
This week, let’s attack something a little more mundane: scheduling of the school day Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part II: No Literature Created Equal
Pin It An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School Read More »
Millennials at the 10th Annual Herzliya Conference
Pin It This is part two of Jewneric’s coverage of the Herzliya Conference, Israel’s foremost global policy annual gathering, drawing together Israeli and international participants from the highest levels of... Read More »
New Media at the IDC Herzliya Conference
Pin It The Herzliya Conference is Israel’s foremost global policy annual gathering, drawing together Israeli and international participants from the highest levels of government, business and academia to address pressing... Read More »
“Acts” of Charity
Pin It At a small shul in an affluent neighborhood in Chicago there is a battered silver tzidakah box that sits in the main sanctuary Read More »
After 20 years, AIPAC is still behind the curve on how to use the Internet
Pin It Around twenty years ago when I was at MIT, I spent far more hours than I care to contemplate combating anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist and anti-Israel propaganda on Usenet. This... Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part I: Introduction
Pin It An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School Read More »
Best Gift Ever – A Jewneric Channuka Contest: ENDED
Pin It As we approach the end of the Gregorian year we find many reasons and occasions to give. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa or Channuka we all need to... Read More »
Seattle Federation Gunman Found Guilty
Pin It The man who shot up the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in July 2006 was found guilty today of murder, which carries with it an automatic life sentence.... Read More »
REVIEW: Herb & Dorothy
Pin It A cute elderly couple coming from very minimal means + a love for art = one of the world’s greatest collections of modern minimalist art Read More »
The Symbolism of a Diamond Dreidel
Pin It Last Monday, Mervis Diamond Importers unveiled the world first ever Diamond Dreidel. When I saw this piece of Judaica, I first thought about what a Dreidel meant to... Read More »
Sheraton free-overnight-stay promotion excludes observant Jews
Pin It From October 6 to October 9, Sheraton will be giving customers the opportunity to win a free overnight stay at one of 86 recently renovated Sheraton hotels across... Read More »
Anti-Semitic group, Jews clash at LI synagogue
Pin It On September 14th, the Mayor of Great Neck sent a letter out to all the residents stating that despite their many efforts, the Town was obligated to allow... Read More »
Assaf Ramon Buried Next to his Father
Pin It Asaf Ramon, the eldest son of Israeli Astronaut and fighter pilot Ilan Ramon, died over the weekend during a training mission. He was buried today next to his... Read More »
