Your Daily Spiel is The CJN‘s daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world
Canada: A new study examines domestic violence on Jews who live in the Prairies, spousal abuse survivor Phillipa Sklaar hopes to help women unravel “the complexities of abuse” through her new book, a Canadian is shocked to discover that his British war hero father is actually Jewish and also the inspiration behind the movie The Great Escape, and The CJN speaks to Toronto-based artist Shannie Van Buren, whose customized ketubahs are a hit among soon-to-be-wed couples.
U.S.: Being Super Tuesday and all, here are five things (among several others) that you need to know to keep you in the loop, the Jerusalem Post looks at the implications of Bernie Sanders’ Judaism and how it resonates with voters, and yet another email has been leaked from the laptop of Hillary Clinton, which shows that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke “disrespectfully” about her in 2010.
The ADL has teamed up with an Israeli think tank to battle the BDS movement, the professor who saved members of the KKK from violent protesters in California (see below) is a Jewish attorney and scholar, City University of New York is responding to requests to investigate reported instances of anti-Semitism on campus, a clandestine organization that monitors anti-Israel activity on campus claims that Columbia University is home to “extreme anti-Israel and anti-American groups,” and a new poll shows that two thirds of Americans are more sympathetic to Israelis than Palestinians.
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Israel: According to a psychologist, the media adds to the trauma felt by Israelis after terror attacks, two Israeli soldiers were attacked last night after Waze mistakenly led them to a Palestinian refugee camp, Israel has purchased 71 bullet-proof armoured buses to protect civilians from terror attacks, a media watchdog says that more and more Palestinians are speaking out against incitement in Palestinian media that supports children staging terror attacks, a Hamas commander has been executed for reportedly having relations with another man, and the family of a mentally-ill missing Ethiopian-Israeli in Gaza are looking to the international community for help.
Born on Feb. 29, an Israeli centenarian finally turned 25 yesterday (don’t let her appearance fool you), and an Israeli and American getting married in Haifa invited anyone to attend via social media (and had over 100 well-wishing strangers pop by).
World: A new poll shows the majority of Jewish leaders in Europe are afraid of rising anti-Semitism, newly unveiled letters written by Osama Bin Laden indicate his goal to leave some $29 million (US) to be used for global jihad, Cologne’s Jewish community is divided over how to deal with the integration of Syrian refugees, the Israel-attacking anti-apartheid week in the U.K. is officially underway, Oman has withdrawn its bid to host a youth sailing competition due to Israeli participation, Colombian Jews hosted their first-ever Limmud learning festival, and New Zealand has officially recognized its first marriage from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (yes, seriously).
Tech: The malware known in Israel as “ATM-Zombie” is stealing cash from bank customers, and an Israeli company proposes that we allow robots to park our cars with its solution for cheaper, greener, and more efficient car-parks.
Culture: JAZZ.FM in Toronto is hosting a Jewish songwriters series (on March 9), an iconic kosher deli in New York is hosting Robert De Niro and Edie Falco, the late Abe Vigoda’s family say they feel “cheated” that he was left out of the Oscars’ In Memoriam segment, Jewish director J.J. Abrams says that gay characters are coming to Star Wars, and Andy Samberg has revealed the ridiculous title for the new Lonely Island movie.
Gloria Gaynor, best known for her anthem I Will Survive, spoke graciously about receiving an award from the Consul General of Israel Sunday:
What an unspeakable honor to be presented the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award by Consul General of Israel, Ido Aharoni…
Posted by Gloria Gaynor on Sunday, February 28, 2016
While John Oliver ripping into Donald Trump is fun and dandy, Jimmy Kimmel decided to take a more hilarious route, allowing Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick to reprise their Producers characters Max Bialystok and Leo Bloom in a comedy short called Trumped. Mel Brooks would definitely give his seal of approval.
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