Fox has purchased the rights to Boom!, a new Israeli game show. The program debuted earlier this month in Israel. Under the format, four contestants race against the clock to diffuse a bomb by cutting colored wires that hold the answers to trivia questions. Viewers can also play using a smartphone app. If the bomb…
The long-awaited “South Park” game has a little surprise for members of the tribe: you can play one. A video preview of the game’s opening sequence, released on Friday, outlines the basic storyline. You, the player, are a new kid in the quiet little mountain town of South Park, Colorado. Your first quest? Make friends….
When Elissa Meth Kestin’s grandmother had to move away from the community she had lived in for decades, leaving behind close friends and her longstanding game of Mahjong, the younger woman decided to learn to play the game properly, so she could play with her grandmother to cheer her up. Wanting to learn the game…
Passover, which starts on March 25 this year, is just around the corner. Families can keep children involved in the Seder with Passover Bingo, a board game invented by Denver lawyer Tamara Pester. “I have a niece and nephew who are now 9 and 12, and we always do Passover at my sister’s house in…
Portugal’s Olympic committee has banned a female windsurfer for life for concealing she was pregnant but attending the London Games anyway to see her Jewish sailor husband. Carolina Borges travelled to Britain as part of the Portugal team but then sent an email during the Games in July saying she was quitting before her RS-X…
It’s boxed Judaism, plus shipping and handling. Two friends have turned their faith into a money-making venture, the Boston Herald reports. Seth Burstein and Ian Framson were playing Taboo, the popular Hasbro game, when it struck them: “Dude, we should make a game called Tajew and have all of the clues related to Judaism,” Burstein…
If local, organic, seasonal, grass-fed meat doesn’t do it for you, have you considered going wild and biblical? In the ongoing quest for a more meaningful cuisine, wild game has become a food of the moment with game dinners popping up across the country. And though your grandmother may not have used gazelle in her…
If playground politics weren’t brutal enough, seven Southern California high school seniors added a little antisemitic flair through a game brazenly titled “Beat the Jew,” played on and around the campus of La Quinta High School on May 20. The game, promoted through a 40-member Facebook page, never happened again and the participating students all…
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