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Why is that every time an Israeli tech firm so much as takes a leak, JTA is there to tell all about it? Today, they wrote: JERUSALEM (JTA) — AOL has purchased an Israeli web video start-up firm. The deal to acquire 5min Media is reported to be at about $65 million, according to the Israeli business…
Sukkah City, an exhibit of 11 artistic and design-oriented sukkahs created by architects and designers from across the world, showed in New York’s Union Square. In a slide show, New Voices editors talk about the exhibit, what is says about Sukkot, and how it relates to Judaism today. Happy holidays! View more presentations from NewVoices.
Last Thursday, UT Austin newspaper Daily Texan columnist Daley Epstein put it best: The holiest day of the Jewish year and the holiest day of the Longhorn calendar don’t usually coincide. However, next year, Yom Kippur and the Red River Rivalry both fall on Oct. 8, leaving Jewish Longhorns, about 10.5 percent of the UT…
Haaretz columnist Aluf Benn seems to think so. Here’s his take on what should happen when the Iranian demagogue/president visits the Hizbollah stronghold of southern Lebanon. Spoiler Alert: It ends with Mahmoud in a glass cage facing the Israeli Supreme court. [Ha’aretz] And now, the second part of our double feature from the leftist Israeli…
It’s that time of year when discussions on birthright are being tossed at me left and right. You’ll make life-long friends. Once-in-a-lifetime. It’s the true Jew-ish experience. Don’t get me wrong, I’m positive I’ll go, but I’m not sure when. While some people want to go to Israel for the falafels and hiking, I’d much…