Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice

The final documentary featured in this year's SnagFilms SummerFest is "Holy Land Hardball." The film follows the dubious formation of the Israel Baseball League (IBL) by Larry Baras, a Boston bakery owner with no sports management experience. Stirred to action by a midlife crisis, Baras recruits a diverse collection of executives and ballplayers for the IBL, the first ever professional baseball circuit in the Middle East. You can view this documentary for free on SnagFilms ...

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Lately, my wife Jody and I have spent a lot of time getting in touch with old friends via Facebook. It started when I received a friend request from Larry. Larry and I were best buddies growing up. But after I moved away, we fell out of touch. I’ve looked for him from time to time via Google but never found any contact information. It had been ...

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Because nobody’s ever questioned me about my involvement with Israel’s top-secret spy agency, the Mossad, I’m now ready and willing to talk.   It all began while I was still living in Toronto and planning my escape to Israel. One day I stumbled upon an advert in a national Canadian newspaper inviting people to join the Mossad ...

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Some folks make aliyah for religious reasons, others for nationalist reasons. And then there are songwriters like me who come to Israel for no apparent reason, and decide to stay, until they're asked to leave. Being the wandering Jewsician that I am, I've recorded in a number of major studios in Toronto, Montreal and New York. But there's no place like ...

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By Guest author Moshe Phillips A new motion picture in which James Bond fights Nazis and saves Jews during the Holocaust is scheduled for release this Chanukah season. Well, not exactly. Daniel Craig is the British actor who stars in the new blockbuster James Bond movie Quantum of Solace. Craig will play another character in 2008 and unlike Bond, this character is based on a real life hero. Craig plays Tuvia Bielski in the movie ...

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Mother and Daughter "They light the candles and focus together One guides one learns Two burn" ...

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I will always remember Friday night. I came to a realization, an understanding, the veil of darkness was lifted from my eyes. I recall the mad dash before leaving for my brother's house, seeing online that McCain had chosen Sarah Palin for the job of VP, in the likely case that he won. Immediately, I started researching the future Veep, with much gusto and fervor. I wanted to know everything I could about her, so ...

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Award Winning Book by Terror Victim’s Mother Comes to NY and DC Stage Seven years ago, Koby Mandell, the 13 year old son of Sherri and Rabbi Seth Mandell, was stoned to death in a cave in Israel by terrorists. The news made headlines around the world, not only for its brutality, ...

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While I have never really heard of Christian television, aside from things like "the 700 Club," apparently there is a whole culture of Christian television. The Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian television network with over "275 television stations in the U.S. and on thousands of other cable television systems around the world in 75 countries" has been airing a show called Bibleman since 1996. In Bibleman the title character is a "human transformed by the Word of God," and battles the forces of evil. This all seems fine (alright, maybe a little wacky, but nothing inherently "wrong" with it) until you see an excerpt from a 2002 episode which was recently posted online by Rapture Ready, in which Bibleman battles it out with a ridiculously over the top New York Jew stereotyped character who hosts a talk show. So much for good Christian values, huh? Video after the jump ...

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A few weeks ago, MTV posted some interesting new videos as part of their Think Campaign, which tries to make it so that " you, your friends, and your favorite celebrities can get informed, get heard and take action on the issues that matter to you most." Two of these Public Service Announcements focus on the Holocaust. MTV has also released a piece entitled "I'm Still here" featuring Elijah Wood, Ryan Gosling, Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, Brittany Murphy, Amber Tamblyn, and Joaquin Phoenix as "they share stories from the diaries of young people who experienced firsthand the terror of daily life during the Holocaust." Videos after the jump. ...

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