Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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The Schmooze Beware of Viagra-Spiked Coffee
Watch out, Israeli customers: That coffee you bought may be a lot stronger than you think! Israel’s Health Ministry is warning people that products like “Magic Power Coffee” contain counterfeit Viagra. This powdered instant coffee drink, as well as others, are touted by marketers as natural alternatives to the erectile dysfunction drug. However, lab tests…
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The Schmooze Ben Stein Sues for Religious Discrimination
The Shmooze had no idea that not believing that climate change is caused by humans constitutes a religion. It’s not at all clear that it really does, but that’s what actor, writer and commentator Ben Stein would have us believe. In response to Kyocera Corp’s backing out of an agreement to hire him to star…
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Culture Prime Ribs, Israel: Home Births; ‘Shiksa Song’
By now, you’ve probably never seen the video of Yisrael Beiteinu Knesset Member Anastasia Michaeli throwing water in the face of Raleb Majadele, an Arab-Israeli member of the Labor party. But you probably haven’t seen Noy Alooshe’s artful remix of it: And you may not have seen a commercial that shows where Michaeli might have…
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Opinion In Defense of 15-Year-Olds Shooting M-16s
More and more frequently, I am confronted with alarming examples of the growing chasm between Israeli Jews and American Jews. Sometimes it is the Israeli misperception of American Jewish life that rankles me. On other occasions, I am dumbfounded by the lack of understanding of Israeli realities and sensibilities on the part of American Jews….
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The Schmooze Lawyer: Czech Expert Biased Because He’s Jewish
A Jewish judicial expert on extremism in the Czech Republic has quit his job after having been accused of being biased because of his Jewish background. According to Radio Prague, Michal Mazel’s resignation followed the filing of an objection by lawyer Petr Kočí on behalf of his client, a member of the extremist Workers’ Party…
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The Schmooze What’s Up With Waterstone’s?
Jews in the U.K. have been wondering what’s up with Waterstone’s, the country’s largest bookstore chain. While some of the company’s actions have aroused suspicions of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, other Jewish customers are simply questioning Waterstone’s business sense. In May 2011, Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut acquired Waterstone’s from HMV for £53 million. Last month, the…
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The Schmooze Brooklyn Store Sells Swastika Earrings
Looking for some earrings? No problem: You can just pop into the Bejeweled store on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to choose a pair from a variety of designs. There are little hearts, peace signs, initials… and swastikas. Yes, they sell swastika earrings — though whoever made them appears not to have been able to…
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The Schmooze A Politician’s Wardrobe For Yair Lapid
It seems Israelis are reacting in very different ways to the very recent news that charismatic Yair Lapid is leaving journalism to enter politics. Unfortunately, one Israeli, someone apparently named Itzik Chen, wrote a death threat on Lapid’s Facebook wall. “Believe me, if I see you I’ll want to kill you. You are an anti-Semitic…
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