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  • Ron Jacobsohn Attends the 68th General Assembly of the Jewish Federations

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the 68th General Assembly of the Jewish Federations

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the 68th General Assembly of the Jewish Federations

    The 68th General Assembly of the Jewish Communities is great show of support in Israel of almost 4000-delegates from around the world, side by side, with raising issues that the diaspora Jewish communities are tackling these days.
    Although the GA is an annual event, the Jewish Federations of America is making good on a pledge to hold the assembly every five-years in Jerusalem, a tradition they have been upholding for the past twenty years.

  • Ron Jacobsohn Meets Paula Abdul on her Bat Mitzvah Trip to Jerusalem

    Ron Jacobsohn Meets Paula Abdul on her Bat Mitzvah Trip to Jerusalem

    Pop icon, Paula Abdul, became world famous as the judge on American Idol came to Israel in on what is called a very personal visit on which she is going to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. We caught up with her while visiting President Shimon Peres’s residence in Jerusalem, where he sub’d as our interviewer.
    Although the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the name Abdul is not Jewish, however Paula is 100% Jewish from a father whose family originated from Syria and mother whose family originated from Russia.
    Abdul’s career spans over 30-years as a singer, dancer, choreographer and reality show judge.
    She has won a Grammy and two Emmy awards and still to this day ties the Billboard record with Diana Ross of a female solo performer with the most number one songs in the Billboard 100 charts.
    Once she arrived Israel it was extremely important to her to meet President Shimon Peres, who turns out knew a lot about Abdul.

     

  • Bio Flicks Flopping at the Box Office

    Bio Flicks Flopping at the Box Office

    i24news’ Morning Edition with Yael Lavie for November 13th, 2013

    Ron Jacobsohn discusses how this year has become the year of the flopping bio pics with both the audiences and the critics alike.

  • Ron Jacobsohn Meets the MK’s Behind the Grandpa Knesset Project

    Ron Jacobsohn Meets the MK’s Behind the Grandpa Knesset Project

    We see them every day working tirelessly in the Israeli Parliament, but for a special project by photographer Baruch Greenberg they decided to open up their private lives and show the world how they behave when their grand-kids come to visit.
    The Ministry for Senior Citizens hopes that the “Grandpa Knesset” project will bring greater awareness to the growing number of Elderly people, which today stands at around 15% of the population of Israel.

     

  • Ron Jacobsohn Discovers the Yiddish Spiel Theater

    Ron Jacobsohn Discovers the Yiddish Spiel Theater

    Ron Jacobsohn Discovers the Yiddish Spiel Theater

    If you thought the Yiddish language is gone just come and see the new play by the Yiddish Spiel Theater in Tel-Aviv which created a new comedic play in the spirit of Dzigan and Shumacher which features amongst others iPhone’s, Big Brother and even McDonald’s.
    And for a country that used to ban the Yiddish language, Israel of the 21st century is falling in love with language and culture that everyone used to mourn.