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Daily Archives: November 28, 2022

From left: Dancing Bear, Bunny Rabbit, Captain Kangaroo, Grandfather Clock, Mr. Moose and Mr. Green Jeans. Source: A promotional postcard/Wikimedia Commons.

‘Captain Kangaroo’ set designer Allen Klein shares his Thanksgiving memories

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Allen Klein will never forget Thanksgiving 2013. For many years, the scene designer had to work on Thanksgiving as a production team member for the children’s television program “Captain Kangaroo.” But in 2013, he...
Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija. Source: Screenshot.

Israeli hoopster Deni Avdija’s hot streak highlighted by surge in rebounding

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For Deni Avdija and the Washington Wizards, there is no place like home. The Israeli forward and his team recently completed their longest homestand of the season with a 5-1 record. Avdija’s performance has...

Holocaust-era instruments will be on display in Chicago in effort to give music of...

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The Jewish Community Centers of Chicago are putting out a call: check your basements, attics and garages. You might find some hope there. From April through September of 2023, JCC (Jewish Community Centers) Chicago will bring a...

Deep in the Heartlessness of Texas: Is Abortion Law an Antisemitic Plot?

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Jewish Texans, estimated to number 176,000, should probably worry about the deep in the heartlessness of the Texas abortion law — with the reporting of Amanda Eid’s near-death experience. The majority of Texas lawmakers approved...

The Palestinians had a great Thanksgiving, Israel not so much

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While you were still trying to figure out how to seat 12 people at a table for 10, seven-year-old Israeli Demir Ladigin and his brother were burying their father Michael. On the same day,...
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at an Israel Democracy Institute Conference in Jerusalem, Nov. 28, 2022. Credit: YouTube.

Lapid: Netanyahu only embraces judicial reform to save himself

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Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sharply attacked the incoming government’s planned judicial reforms on Monday, claiming that Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s motivations are entirely personal. During a speech at the 2022 Annual Conference on...
A protester holds a picture of Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish woman whose death in the custody of Iran's "morality police" has sparked widespread unrest. Credit: Twitter.

‘The world is watching’ as Iran teeters, but regime is unlikely to fall

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Since the death of a young woman at the hands of Iran’s “morality police” in September, anti-regime protests have spread throughout the country. Cracks have been reported even among the elite. Still, the Iranian...
Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro speaks at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center on Thursday. Credit: Alex Traiman.

He said, Ye said: Ben Shapiro, Kanye West clash over Trump dinner with Holocaust...

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Conservative American commentator Ben Shapiro on Sunday tacitly condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for hosting a dinner last week attended by Ye and Holocaust denier and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, sparking a Twitter war-of-words with the...

Canadian opposition leader vows to move embassy to Jerusalem if elected prime minister

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Canadian Opposition Leader and Conservative Party head Pierre Poilievre vowed on Tuesday to move the Canadian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if he is elected prime minister. “I announced my recognition of Jerusalem as...
Noam Party head Avi Maoz arrives for a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2022. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu’s Likud reaches coalition deal with Noam Party

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Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu struck a coalition deal with Noam Party head Avi Maoz on Sunday night that will make the latter a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, according to media...