Renee Ghert-Zand
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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Opinion Scholastic Erases Israel in ‘Stilton’ Book
Comedian Benji Lovitt made light of recent news that Scholastic had published a children’s book with a map omitting the State of Israel with a satirical blog post in The Times of Israel. He joked that Iran was behind the illustration that showed the Jewish State (as well as the West Bank and Gaza) as…
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Food Welcome to the Ultimate Jewish Food Championship
We all have our favorite Jewish foods, but are we willing to go head to head with other food lovers to defend them? A Bit off the Top, a Montreal-based incubator for Jewish ideas (it organizes LE MOOD), is challenging bagel biters, latke lovers and falafel fanciers to stand up for their favorite fare in…
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The Schmooze ‘Homeland’ Writer Lands New Series Set in Jerusalem
We’ve seen Tel Aviv stand in for Beirut in screenwriter Gideon Raff’s smash Showtime hit “Homeland” (based on his Israeli series “Hatufim”). Now, in his new series, “Dig,” we’re going to see Jerusalem stand in for… well, Jerusalem. Raff has scored a six-episode deal with USA Network, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. The action-adventure-event series…
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The Schmooze Cheb i Sabbah, Algerian Jewish DJ, Dies at 66
Cheb i Sabbah, a DJ, producer and composer known for combining Asian, Middle Eastern and African influences into his global electronica music, died November 6 at age of 66. The San Francisco-based Sabbah was born Haim Serge El Baz in Constantine, Algeria to a working-class Jewish family with some Berber ancestry. Major music publications have…
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Life Women Are Finally Mensches
Women are finally mensches — at least, according to the 2014 Mensch of the Month Calendar. This is the third year that the San Francisco-based calendar of “chosen but not taken” Jewish singles has been published, but the first in which women, as well as men, are featured. The change is in response to requests…
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Life Orthodox Feminists Hit Times Square
No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Up there amid all the sports stars, movie actors and underwear models, those are the faces of Jewish Orthodox feminists gazing down at you from a billboard in Times Square on Wednesday. For one day only, the countenances of five individuals who have advanced the cause of Orthodox feminism…
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The Schmooze Jewish Group Wins Canadian Music Award
Toronto-based Jewish world music group Jaffa Road keeps racking up honors. Most recently, the band was named World Group of the Year at the 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards, which took place over the weekend in Calgary. Jaffa Road’s second album, “Where the Light Gets In” (2012) was nominated for a JUNO Award this year….
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Opinion Hunt for Brother of Jesus Christ
It’s written in stone, but still not everyone believes it. There are still those who maintain that the Aramaic inscription on a First Century limestone ossuary that says, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus” is a forgery. Nonetheless, the Israeli courts determined that the inscription could very well be authentic, and that the bone…
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