SmallTalk 2.22.12: Hadag Nahash, Baby Boom, Viber
SMALLTALK: Israeli popular hip hop band Hadag Nahash will perform at St. Louis Hillel next month * Israel has an increased baby boom in the 21st century * Israeli chefs working alongside disabled trainees at a Maryland bakery * Israeli free calls and Read More »Barbra Streisand Re-Signs With Columbia Records
Barbra Streisand renews her contract with Columbia Records, getting ready to celebrate her music jubilee next year Read More »Tennis helps Shahar Peer break barriers
Israeli tennis sensation Shahar Peer’s participation is welcomed in Doha at the Qatar Total Open annual tournament, after political woes in the past Read More »Gal Gadot is Back in Da Biz
Before she heads to Germany for filming the next ‘Fast & Furious’ blockbuster with Vin Diesel, Gal Gadot popped up to Budapest to film a new international commercial Read More »Gal Gadot is Back in Da Biz
After Vin Diesel officially confirmed Gal Gadot’s return to the 6th installment of ‘Fast and Furious,’ the Israeli model’s career is definitely on the fast track back, after she gave birth to her first daughter, Alma, three months ago. Read More »Mets strike out Kosher-dog vendor
Jewish New York Mets fans will have to make due without kosher hot dogs on Shabbos games, following a longtime legal battle between the team management and its vendor Read More »Billionaire David Geffen, 69, splits from toyboy lover
Jewish American media billionaire and founder of Geffen Records & DreamWorks, David Geffen, splits from longtime boyfriend, 41 years his junior Read More »Casspi acclimating to life as a Cavalier
After a rough start to his current NBA season, Omri Casspi says he is still trying to find his way in the Cleveland Cavaliers Read More »SmallTalk 2.21.12: Charlotte Rampling, EL AL, Jewlicious Festival
SMALLTALK: Veteran actress Charlotte Rampling to headline French film festival in Israel * El Al airline will sponsor a Purim hamantaschen eating championship in NY * 8th Annual Jewlicious Festival to be held this weekend in CA * Read More »Bar Refaeli takes to the tennis court in nothing but her underwear
Bar Refaeli poses in undergarments while playing Tennis to promote her new collection “Under Me”, perhaps inspired by her recent “Sports Illustrated” spread with longtime friend Rafael Nadal Read More »Sacha Baron Cohen Wants to Attend Oscars as ‘The Dictator’; Will the Academy Let Him?
Jewish-British comic Sacha Baron Cohen is looking into showing up for the Oscars as his upcoming on screen persona Admiral General Alladeen, promoting the May release of “The Dictator” Read More »“Jerry Maguire” KidBig Fat “8-Pound” Lie
The ‘Jerry Maguire’ kid, Jonathan Lipnicki, admitted to a video paparazzi that some facts he says in the famous movie are lies Read More »Israeli Idol Runner-Up Releases Debut Song in English
David Lavie, the runner-up and the critics’ favorite contestant of the 9th season of Isreali Idol (‘Kochav Noolad’), Chooses to release his debut single in English. Read More »Funny Nerdy Jewish Men are Finally Getting Picked Over Jocks
Stuck in an elevator? 63% of young men surveyed said they would choose to be there with Jon Stewart (or some other favorite comic), and only 15% would prefer that time with Eli Manning (or some other idolized athlete) Read More »Sky Arts to Air Israeli Drama Prisoners of War
Following its broadcast of original Israeli series “In Treatment”, Britain’s Sky Arts will air the original basis for Golden Globe winning drama “Homeland” – Israel’s “Prisoners of War” Read More »Yo, L.A. Times: You forgot to Mention Most Academy Voters are Part of a Minority Group
5 Days to the Oscars: An L.A. Times survey on the demographics of voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences found that a majority of its 5,765 members are “overwhelmingly” white males, and “overwhelmingly” Jewish Read More »Video: Bearded Matisyahu Grants Special Wish
Rapper Matisyahu grew his beard back!!! (Are you Suprised?). He also granted a wish for a little boy in a recent NYC concert. Read More »The Balkan beat goes on
New York-based Israeli trio Balkan Beat Box release a new album with edgy lyrics, which is already getting music critics’ attention Read More »R.L. Stine Tweets an Entire Horror Story
Jewish Author R.L. Stine, mostly known for his Fear Street and Goosebumps series, decided to skip the publishers and offer his Twitter followers an entire horror book in a series of Tweets Read More »Israelis, Iranians set aside politics at the Oscars
5 Days to the Oscars: Both Best Foreign Film nominees, Israel’s Joseph Cedar and Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, shy away from national or political themes as the two face off in the category Read More »- Load More




