Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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The Schmooze Thanksgiving Reaches the Israel Defense Forces
It turns out that the Thanksgiving tradition reached the Israel Defense Forces. An organization that cares for so-called lone soldiers — i.e. soldiers who made aliyah without their parents — prepared Thanksgiving dinner for 200 people in Tel Aviv. And it wasn’t only U.S. expats who were invited, but also soldiers from 13 other countries….
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News Banned Textbook Offers a Lesson in Mideast Politics
As Israelis and Palestinians spent recent weeks blaming each other for the breakdown in peace talks, they have found themselves in agreement on one thing: Education ministries on both sides have banned a history textbook that they deemed unsuitable for their students. What is found inside the textbook that has aroused the ire of education…
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News Shas, Mixing Identity And Pragmatism, Holds Key to Israel Politics
As Israel makes decisions about the peace process over the coming weeks, all eyes are turning to the Sephardic-based Shas party, seen as holding the fulcrum of power to decide the country’s response to the Obama administration’s proposal for restarting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. With two ministers in the Cabinet, and a…
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The Schmooze Why Is Jewish ‘X-Factor’ Contestant So Unpopular?
Kate Middleton, fiancée of Prince William, is old news. The British public is fixated on another celebrity Kate — a 24-year-old Jewish woman named Katie Waissel. Rarely in the history of television talent shows has so much attention been focused on a single contestant. Waissel is a singer on the television show “ X-Factor,” the…
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The Schmooze Wishing You an Automated Hanukkah
The Robotics Laboratory at Ben Gurion University of the Negev has dreamed up eight Hanukkah robots. They include the Lat-K, which harnesses solar energy to cook latkes; Menoroctopod, an eight-armed robot, and Mecha-B which defends the People of Israel. See all eight robots in this fun video.
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The Schmooze Israel Feels the Effect of a Butter Recession
It is said that Israel is a land flowing with milk and honey. Well I can tell you it isn’t. And that’s not simply my opinion, it’s a factual observation — Israel’s dairy production has been down as a result of a scorching hot summer, and the supermarket shelves here are all the lighter because…
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News Environmental Activists Push Israeli Government To Take a Cut of Offshore Energy Finds
Israeli activists pushing for revenues from newly discovered offshore energy deposits to be spent on social needs have won a significant victory. A state-appointed committee is recommending that the Israeli government more than double its share of any profits from the country’s energy finds. “The committee has set a new standard — it recognized that…
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The Schmooze Holiday News From Israel
The Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha is upon us, and just like everything in the Western World, it has been commercialized. Check out this video about the Israeli electronics store that tried to boost its Arab clientele by offering a free sheep with every purchase. A central Eid tradition is to slaughter an animal. In…
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