No more complaining: Take the 40Days4Israel challenge
It’s not only because I run Janglo, Israel’s largest online community for English-speaking olim, that I hear people complain a lot about Israel. People complain about everything, all the time,...
View ArticleEight videos for eight nights
Does the flurry of new music videos that greets every Jewish holiday reflect an assimilationist Jewish culture that has lost its identity to Western culture, as some critics suggest? Or is it the...
View ArticleComplainglos no more!
Despite all the positive feedback we got last year for our 40Days4Israel challenge, Israelis still complain too much. I even saw someone coin the term “complainglos” for the growing genre of whiny...
View ArticleFive things you shouldn’t miss
Managing Janglo, Israel’s largest online community for English speakers, forces me to keep abreast of the important, interesting, exciting, and quirky things going on around Israel. Here’s a handful...
View Article(Almost) everything you need to know for Pesach in Jerusalem 2016
There’s nothing in the world like being in Jerusalem for Chol HaMoed Pesach. It sometimes seems like the whole Jewish world, past, present, and future, are converging on the Holy City for an experience...
View ArticleWhat happened with Target.com in Israel, and what we need to learn for the...
On Wednesday morning, December 7, I wrote a researched and well-vetted article on my website, Janglo, where I called out discount retail giant Target.com for blocking Israeli users from accessing its...
View Article11 things set to change in Israel as of January 1, 2017
January 1, 2017 will bring about a number of new laws and regulatory changes. Here’s what you absolutely have to know. 1. Starting January 1, supermarkets will now charge 10 agorot for plastic bags...
View ArticleNext Year in Jerusalem: It’s only a song
There’s that famous joke / story about the family in Monsey / Teaneck / Borough Park on Pesach, making a seder that’s as glitzy as it is glatt-kosher. As the seder draws to a close and everyone sings...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Reform and Conservative Jews DO have a Kotel prayer area
By freezing the Western Wall plan, Israel has shown that it doesn’t care at all about the rights of millions of Conservative and Reform Jews to pray at Israel’s holiest site, the world screamed...
View Article(Almost) everything you need to know for Pesach in Jerusalem 2016
There’s nothing in the world like being in Jerusalem for Chol HaMoed Pesach. It sometimes seems like the whole Jewish world, past, present, and future, are converging on the Holy City for an experience...
View ArticleWhat happened with Target.com in Israel, and what we need to learn for the...
On Wednesday morning, December 7, I wrote a researched and well-vetted article on my website, Janglo, where I called out discount retail giant Target.com for blocking Israeli users from accessing its...
View Article11 things set to change in Israel as of January 1, 2017
January 1, 2017 will bring about a number of new laws and regulatory changes. Here’s what you absolutely have to know. 1. Starting January 1, supermarkets will now charge 10 agorot for plastic bags...
View ArticleNext Year in Jerusalem: It’s only a song
There’s that famous joke / story about the family in Monsey / Teaneck / Borough Park on Pesach, making a seder that’s as glitzy as it is glatt-kosher. As the seder draws to a close and everyone sings...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Reform and Conservative Jews DO have a Kotel prayer area
By freezing the Western Wall plan, Israel has shown that it doesn’t care at all about the rights of millions of Conservative and Reform Jews to pray at Israel’s holiest site, the world screamed...
View Article(Almost) Everything You Need To Know For Pesach In Jerusalem 5778
There’s nothing in the world like being in Jerusalem for Chol HaMoed Pesach. It sometimes seems like the whole Jewish world, past, present, and future, are converging on the Holy City for an experience...
View ArticleJerusalem’s Palmach Street: will Coop Shop, Bank Hapoalim Close?
Residents of Jerusalem’s Katamon and German Colony neighborhoods are fearful that two well-known business branches on HaPalmach street may soon close their doors. Many believe that the Coop Shop...
View ArticleThe Jews I know never ate Chinese on Xmas
The tradition actually runs deep -- especially for those immigrants whose pathway to America took them through New York
View ArticleForget about Politics. Is it Going to Snow?
Given that Israel is in election season and that political crises are brewing around the world, its a bit surprising that the most hotly debated topic in Jerusalem is whether it is going to snow on...
View Article8 videos for 8 nights of Hanukkah 2019
Laugh, rejoice, dance, and learn your way through a new rap, original melodies, parodies and some classics, including Star Wars and James Corben
View ArticleThe latest in Jewish and Israeli music and culture
Encounter Jewish (kosher-style) trends in music and media via videos from the portal of Bagels.TV that you probably haven't seen, and definitely should
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