According to an announcement by the official Bahrain News Agency on Thursday, King Hamad ibn Isa Al-Khalifah has issued a decree appointing Houda Ezra Nonoo, a Jewish woman, as an ambassador. Where she will be posted has not yet been officially stated, but she confirmed in a phone interview with the Associated Press that she will serve as ambassador to the United States. Believed to be the first Jew ever ...
As a Canadian it made me so proud to hear Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s address on Israel’s 60th birthday. It made me proud because PM Harper stands by Israel in a stronger way than, perhaps, any other sitting Prime Minister ever has. “Canada has stood with Israel even when it was popular not to and that Canada will continue to do so.” Furthermore, Harper ...
When tackling this issue, all sorts of fun puns come to mind. One needs to be cautious in approach, steady on arrival and only once a comfortable calm has been established can one thrust forward with the heat of the issue. Even then it is not a simple task to ensure everyone's happiness with the outcome. When I was 19 I had a conversation with a female (who was then my age now) that ...
Thomas L. Friedman wrote an inciteful (or insightful - I'm still trying to decide) article in the NYTImes on May 18th. In fact, over a day after being published it is still the most popular article emailed (but not blogged, go figure). The title: Obama and the Jews. In my estimation, he could have left out the word "Obama" and still retain the spot of the "most popular article emailed". "And the Jews" is a device ...
Jewneric treats its bloggers really really well. You should blog for them. For instance, I received a beautiful trip to MashBash TLV (the first international MashMeet!). It is going to be full with all the movers and shakers of the Israeli tech scene, and Jewneric just happens to be a media partner! So I get to go, mingle, talk up Jewneric, and enjoy the beautiful June Tel Aviv weather. MashBash TLV is just a ...
In the past few articles, I've postulated that people who follow pro-sports do so to try to be part of a team. I've also postulated that people holding on to old Jewish culture (such as Yiddish, the Catskills or gefilte fish) as an essence of Judaism are living in the past. If anything I said in those two article offended your sensitivities, I suggest you rethink your priorities. If what ...
One day, Mayer, my chavruta wondered out loud about how a prophet could identify that a particular event he saw would happen in the future; after all, the information that he was accessing was most likely coming from a “place” beyond the boundaries of time. His question began a stream of consciousness that led me to remember a question that had once occurred to me: Can a gilgul (reincarnated soul) go back in time? When your ...
Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer at AOL and a prominent Jewish leader. We asked him a series of questions to help us better understand and appreciate their significant contributions to our community. Jules serves as Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Vice President at AOL. Prior to joining AOL in 2002, Jules worked as DoubleClick’s Chief Privacy Officer. He has also served as the NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner for Mayor Rudy Giuliani, as a Brooklyn state legislator and a congressional staffer. He is a VP of Potomac's Beth Sholom Congregation and board member of the Washington Jewish Federation, the JCRC and the local AIPAC leadership council. ...
I've been tagged in a meme post by Jason Unger and now have to keep the progress going. The trick is figuring out how to tailor this question to fit Jewneric's theme. The Original Question: What Would You Do For $1 Million? Jewneric's Mission Statement is: "Jewneric is a Jewish blog which brings together a global community of diverse personalities to create a new forum for the Jewish voice." Our theme (as told to prospective contributors): Write about anything you want so long as it be Jewish somehow. Write about what you love, what you are passionate about, what you are an expert it, just keep it Jewish somehow. ...
