Recently I came across a couple of shared videos that make fun of Taglit Birthright tourists. What I got was a very accurate idea of how Israelis perceive Anglo Jews. It’s very clear. Women have to sit in the back…
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Kashrus – Starbucks and Kosher Hot Chocolate – Gotta Check!
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 0 Comments
A couple of weeks ago while I was in a hospital a Shomer Shabbos lady, related to us, visited my wife and I bringing nosh from Starbucks. The nosh consisted of a couple of yogurts and hot chocolate in “tall”…
Kashrus – Chalav Akum and Haagen Dazs in Israel – Politics
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 0 Comments
The following Israeli kashrus alert is from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, www.vosizneias.com, and ynet.com posted a while back, on January 17, 2012. The Israeli Chief Rabbinate is enforcing their policy of not allowing cholov stam products to be sold as kosher on Haagen-Dazs ice cream. Haagen-Dazs Ice…
Oprah’s Visit to Hasidic Brooklyn
by Rafael (Rafi) Hecht • • 0 Comments
Clearly Oprah is exploring the previously hidden and shunned culture of Chabad Chassidus. Visit Jewish.TV for more Jewish videos. Oprah Winfrey spent a day visiting Hasidic communities in Brooklyn, NY. At the end of the day, Rabbi Motti Seligson of…