Israeli summer camps to shatter records in number of participants

This summer in Israel, 150,000 children and youth will participate in 50 different summer camps in KKL-JNF forests across the state. This figure is set to break records, enabling an unprecedented number of young Israelis to experience, firsthand, Israel’s forests. Already, every year, hundreds of thousands of Israelis visit these national forests. The 50 different […]

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Make Me a Match Maven Aleeza Ben Shalom Takes Netflix to Heart and Soul

Aleeza Ben Shalom is a distinguished coach, renowned speaker, expert, and author of Get Real, Get Married and Virtual Dating. As the founder of the company Marriage Minded Mentor, she assists singles worldwide in navigating their path to engagement and marriage, breaking patterns, and building fruitful relationships. Her expertise extends to training dating coaches and […]

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Coming of age in the Negev told in ‘Sand Flakes’

Sand Flakes is a heartfelt and moving coming-of-age story about a teenage boy who aspires to be a writer, and his mother, who gave up on her own ambitions years ago and now suffers from a crippling illness. The son writes short stories – dramatized in beautiful animations – which are a thinly veiled version […]

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US media maverick Guy Raz’s bestselling book launched in Hebrew

Guy Raz’s podcast “How I Built This’’ is an instruction manual for anyone seeking to create the next Airbnb or Spanx. From international reporter to author and leading podcaster, Raz, 47, has become an icon in the business world. His bestseller, How I Built This, released in September 2020 and based on his podcast, is a […]

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Taco John’s abandons ‘Taco Tuesday’ trademark, sparks industry challenge

The “Taco Tuesday” trademark dispute between Taco Bell and Taco John’s has come to an end as fast-food chain Taco John’s told the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) it would abandon its federal “Taco Tuesday” trademark. “We’ve always prided ourselves on being the home of Taco Tuesday, but paying millions of dollars to lawyers […]

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SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president squarely in the spotlight

In the second season of “The Nanny,” the sitcom she wrote and starred in, Fran Drescher’s character, Fran Fine, refuses to enter a hotel where the busboys are striking. “I’m sorry, but the Fines don’t cross picket lines,” she tells her companion, the father of the family she works for. “It’s against our religion.” The […]

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‘American Ninja Warrior’ contestant celebrates release of unaired clips

When Michael Neuman found out his run on this season of the NBC obstacle course competition show “American Ninja Warrior” would not air, the competitor inside of him was crushed. Part of the filming schedule had conflicted with his Shabbat observance. But Neuman was even more disappointed that he would not get to keep any […]

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Alex Soros, a longtime donor to liberal Jewish causes

When George Soros gave control of his vast charity to his son, Alexander, it was clear that the new 37-year-old chairman would follow in his father’s footsteps in many ways. Alex Soros is known to work well with George, the billionaire hedge funder, liberal philanthropist and Holocaust survivor who turns 93 next month. “We think […]

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Most Israeli youth do not know who Zionist leader Jabotinsky was – poll

Israel’s youth know very little about Ze’ev Jabotinsky or his works, a new poll released on Monday, one day before Israel marks Ze’ev Jabotinsky Day on July 18, revealed. The survey is seemingly poignantly timed, as Jabotinsky’s most well-known work, “The Iron Wall,” becomes a centenarian this year. There remains, however, a disconnect between the […]

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