Your daily spiel for Monday, October 16

Mayim Bialik GROKNATION PHOTO
Mayim Bialik GROKNATION PHOTO

Your Daily Spiel is The CJN’s (almost) daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world.


Bialik Backlash: Actress Mayim Bialik, an observant Jew, has drawn serious criticism for her Saturday op-ed in the New York Times about “being a feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s world.”

U.S. pull-out? President Trump has said that he’ll pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal if Congress doesn’t amend it to his satisfaction.

Jews of Ireland: For some reason, the Jewish population of Ireland rose by nearly 29 per cent since the last census.

Soldiers’ campus mission: A group of IDF reservists – many of whom are originally from Canada and the United States – are spending their post-service period visiting campuses across North America to speak out against anti-Semitism and what they say is anti-Israel propaganda.