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NCSY: Inspiring Jewish youths by the thousands

August 27, 2018 No Comments

Through a variety of programs, weekend retreats and trips to Israel, NCSY provides teenagers with the opportunity to embrace their traditions and heritage while being a part of the greater Jewish community. The organization works around the clock to inspire the next generation with their initiatives, including Torah High, a school that offers exceptional and affordable Jewish studies courses, for credit, to public high school students.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is flourishing

August 27, 2018 No Comments

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel’s most dynamic – and most comprehensive – university, is flourishing and fulfilling David Ben-Gurion’s prophetic words, “The future of Israel lies in the Negev.”

Your Daily Spiel for August 27

August 27, 2018 No Comments

U.S. Sen. John McCain has died; a Jewish gunman has killed two people and wounded 11 others at an eSports tournament in Jacksonville; and Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Neil Simon has died at the age of 91.

Your Daily Spiel for August 24

August 24, 2018 No Comments

FIFA has banned Jibril Rajoub from attending soccer games for a year; anti-semitic slogans were found on monuments for Holocaust victims in Estonia; and Drake will present the critically-acclaimed film Monsters and Men at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

Your Daily Spiel for August 23

August 23, 2018 No Comments

President Donald Trump has named Samantha Ravich as the new deputy chairwoman of the intelligence advisory board; a new trailer for the Netflix film Outlaw King, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, has been released; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Lithuania ahead of the Baltic summit.

Your Daily Spiel for August 22

August 22, 2018 No Comments

President Donald Trump warns that Israel will have to pay a “high price” in peace negotiations with the Palestinians; TIFF has added a second Natalie Portman film to its Special Presentations program; and work on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv will no longer be done on Shabbat.

Your Daily Spiel for August 21

August 21, 2018 No Comments

Anti-semitic messages were found on a Chabad centre in the Russian village of Lyubavichi; Lana Del Rey has issued a statement defending her decision to play at a music festival in Israel; and Israeli actress Inbar Levi has been cast as the biblical Eve in the upcoming season of Lucifer.

Your Daily Spiel for August 20

August 20, 2018 No Comments

PepsiCo Inc. has agreed to buy SodaStream International Ltd.; a list of prominent Israeli politicians’ phone numbers has been leaked; and a group of Ugandan Jews will be participating in their first ever Birthright Israel trip this week.

Your Daily Spiel for August 17

August 17, 2018 No Comments

The U.S. Consulate in Haifa will close in September; this Sunday, Filipino church congregants will honour Israel in Earl Bales Park; and the Israeli dark comedy, Stockholm will premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

Your Daily Spiel for August 16

August 16, 2018 No Comments

A fashion shoot taking place at the Canadian National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa has angered Jewish leaders; TIFF has partnered with the Yorkville Jewish Centre to provide High Holiday services to Jewish industry attendees; Israel’s Educational Television channel went off the air recently; Ruby Rose has deleted her Twitter account following backlash over her being cast as Batwoman.