What You Missed In The News: August 18-25, 2013
Our Top Stories this week include the dreaded 'Cronut', interviews with Austin Basis and Etgar Keret, Howie Mandel, our Jewish Top 10s list: Scandals, and more!
It was an incredible week in the news, particularly here at Shalom Life. To recap, we have compiled a list of Shalom Life's top stories for the week of August 18th, containing our most read, most interesting, and most talked about material focusing on a range of topics that include news, culture, business, technology, politics and more.
Being A Good Jew Kept Me From Eating the Cronut
34 people have reported symptoms of illness after trying the Cronut Burger at the CNE; luckily for me, my dietary restrictions kept me from being one of them
The Nosh Pit - Top 5 Vegetarian Sushi Recipes
Check out these innovative and yummy vegetarian sushi recipes. Impress your fish-loving friends with colourful rolls sans fish, eggs, or roe.
Looking at the Holocaust through a Different Lens
Shalom Life speaks to Gregory Pappas & Steven Priovolos, producers of No Man Is An Island - a story of a Greek Jewish Community who didn't lose a single soul during the Holocaust
Shalom, San Diego: A Jewish Culture Guide
San Diego is one of the oldest communities in the United States. With such a rich and vibrant history, eclectic neighbourhoods, and beautiful beaches, the city is certainly worth a visit.
Howie Mandel Returns Home for UJA Campaign Launch
The iconic Toronto-born comedian provided a wonderfully entertaining shtick full of awkward pauses, Jewish stereotypes, and a whole lot of laughs
EXCLUSIVE: Interview With ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Star, Austin Basis
CW’s J.T Forbes discusses the Actor’s Studio, the next season of ‘Beauty and the Beast' and a comic book character he created- ‘Super Schlep’!
As controversy and disparagement continue to follow certain Jewish politicians and officials, we've decided to compile a list of the most infamous scandals
New Israeli Knee Implant Gives Hope to Athletes
Move over torn knee ligaments, the Knee-T-Nol implant is here! For all the professional and semi-professional athletes who have encountered the pain of a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), both physically and competently, there is now new hope.
Startup Club: Piece of History
Shalom Life speaks to Asaf Harari on his innovative design studio that brings Israeli and Jewish folklore to the modern era via collectibles, action figures, prints and more
Breakthrough Jew - Dena Kaplan
Australia's Kaplan is currently the star of two popular shows, 'Dance Academy' and 'Camp'
Israeli Among Top 35 Innovators Under 35
26-year-old Kira Radinsky, Ph.D, on list of world's brightest young entrepreneurs alongside Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and more
EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Israeli Author Etgar Keret
Keret discusses his participation in Miranda July’s ‘We Think Alone’ project, his work being translated from Hebrew, and the difference between his Israeli and international persona.
Shocking Fake Mercedes Ad Shows Hitler Being Murdered as a Child [VIDEO]
The short film created by German film students has become a viral hit
Sukkahville 2013, an initiative of UJA's Kehilla Residential Programme, will feature 6 finalists, 6 celebrity judges, and 1 important cause: affordable housing
Rabbinical scholar attempts to answer the age old question, can a person with a tattoo be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
Photos of various buildings from the Nuclear Research Center at Dimona in Israel's Negev region have been published
Recently made public, tapes of former President Richard Nixon recoded him saying "Jews must realize they're American first"
As controversy and disparagement continue to follow certain Jewish politicians and officials, we've decided to compile a list of the most infamous scandals
The Parti Québécois government plans to ban workers in the public sector from wearing religious symbols of any kind
Sukkahville 2013, an initiative of UJA's Kehilla Residential Programme, will feature 6 finalists, 6 celebrity judges, and 1 important cause: affordable housing
Rabbinical scholar attempts to answer the age old question, can a person with a tattoo be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
Photos of various buildings from the Nuclear Research Center at Dimona in Israel's Negev region have been published
Recently made public, tapes of former President Richard Nixon recoded him saying "Jews must realize they're American first"
As controversy and disparagement continue to follow certain Jewish politicians and officials, we've decided to compile a list of the most infamous scandals
34 people have reported symptoms of illness after trying the Cronut Burger at the CNE; luckily for me, my dietary restrictions kept me from being one of them
The 19 year old sophomore sat on the exam table looking at the floor. A college student with obvious charm
In 1971, researchers set up a prison in the basement of Stanford University's Psychology Department. The idea was to
As I have tried to make abundantly clear the United States is the only country in the industrialized world that
Alright, that does it.Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans have been willing to do their part for
A study appeared in a journal titled “Obesity” which was reported by a group from the University of Colorado. In
Sixty-five years ago today, World War II officially came to an end. On September 2, 1945, Japanese Foreign Minister
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