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by Esther · Filed under Israel
In an attempt to provide some balance to our presentation of the young Jewish opinions about the current situation in Gaza and the South of Israel, I asked some friends in the ROI Community and beyond to shar...
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by Esther · Filed under Israel
Mazal tov to Jessica Peters, who recently got something she has been pursuing for a few years now: her Israeli citizenship!
Jessica proudly displays her Israeli passport
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January 4, 2009 at 1:31 pm by Esther · Filed under In the Media, Israel, Israel Advocacy
This report was submitted by Leah B. Stern.
After a grueling air campaign that began seven days ago tonight, Israeli Defense Force troops marched...
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by Esther · Filed under Israel
The happy couple: Tomer Altman and Joanna Samuels
Mazal tov to Tomer “Oyster” Altman, of
Oy-Bay.
org and the
Jewish New Media Network
, on his engagement to Joanna Samuels.
Tomer is Jewl...
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As many of you know, ROICommunity has a Twitter profile (as do many ROIers). And of course, anyone with a cause is all over Facebook these days. So when the war in Gaza broke out, netizens of Twitter and Facebook began to show their support at each of tho...
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This is the second in a continuing series written by IBA News reporter (and ROI participant) Leah Stern about her experiences covering the war in Gaza.
“WAR IS NOT PRETTY: WE’RE NOT IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS.”
By Leah B. Stern
My experience on t...
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[/caption]Leah B. Stern, a reporter for IBA news, Israel's only local English language news, and a contributor to CNN, jumped in her car in Tel Aviv and drove to the Gazan border to report on the front lines of the newest battle in the Middle East. Leah p...
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Michelle Citrin weighs in on the state of Jewish music over at Jinsider (via WeJew). What do you think? Who's your favorite Jewish artist? And when will there be a Grammy category for us?
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These are tough times. The US economy was faltering, and then many Jewish (and non-Jewish) investors were hit by the appalling news that their millions had been squandered by investor Bernard Madoff. Jewish organizations weren't the only ones hit: Hollywo...
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Happy Hanukkah from the Four Corners Project! from Four Corners Project on Vimeo....
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[/caption]The following is excerpted from a Hanukkah letter Lauryn Kronick (ROI 2006) sent to her friends via Facebook. Excerpt provided with permission.
I've been in Lusaka, Zambia for over five months now and am finally starting to feel "at home" des...
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Greetings ROIers...hope you're having a Happy Hanukkah, wherever you are. This year, we're giving you the gift of outtakes! An outtake is a film clip that didn't quite make it into the polished, finished video. So sit back and enjoy a few minutes of the c...
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The Pass the Candle video has passed 11,000 views, and been translated into sign language, so that even the hard-of-hearing can celebrate Hanukkah with Will and Michelle.
Now, go behind the scenes with Will and Michelle and see what one of their record...
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Are you ready to be a hero??
In this newest video from "Jewish Robot" William Levin (ROI 2006, 2008), check out the team of SuperJews...then go to SuperJews.org to find out more and join a team for Hanukkah Color War, coming this holiday season to a Fa...
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Check out our very own Y-Love with Erran Baron Cohen singing "Dreidel," from EBC's "Songs in the Key of Hanukkah," live on Conan O'Brien's show!
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Matt Bar's BibleRaps is coming to NYC, New Jersey, Connecticut, Western Mass, Boston, Philly, DC, LA and Portland, so listen up:
Are they dope? Yes! But don’t take their word for it.
“Matt and Ori are rock stars pioneering new ways to educat...
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Tech, Challah, and Conan O'Brien? Gather ROIers together and that's what you get!
ROIers never stop, so it was a special privilege that a few came out for a special bar meetup and to share a few words about their lives and projects.
Eli...
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Here it is, the latest from Michelle Citrin and William Levin (ROI Grantees '08), just in time for Hanukkah!
Will and Michelle created this video with an international team of contributors, many of them who they met through ROI (including Jewster's...
