2014 is shaping up to be a very fascinating year for international artists coming to perform here. Among the big names who have already confirmed their dates in Tel-Aviv this summer are: The Rolling Stones, The Pixies, Soundgarden, Neil Young and Justin Timberlake. So we wanted to find out how hard it is to convince those big international names to …
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Ron Jacobsohn Meets the Young Jews of the Birthright Russia Tour
Celebrating their Jewish identity around one thousand youngsters from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus have come to Israel on a birthright tour and tonight they will celebrate with israeli counterparts at the ICC in Jerusalem in what is heralded as the Birthright Mega Event. Over the past fifteen years Birthright has brought around Jews from 65 countries on their first trip …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn reports from Ramallah: As President Abbas meets Israeli Students
A few thousand Israeli students applied on the Facebook page of pro-peace organization, One Voice, for a once in a lifetime experience to meet the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, for a Q&A session at the Muqata in Ramallah. Almost five months later, six buses filled with chosen students have made their way for the historic event. In …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Discusses the Channel 9 Holocaust Controversy
Israeli Russian speaking television network, Channel 9, has shocked its viewers when they asked them to participate in a poll where they were asked the question: do you think the Jews in Europe were at fault in what happened in the holocaust? The media backlash was not far to follow and it has yet to be determined if channel 9’s …
Read More »Phillip Seymour Hoffman Tragic Death
i24news’ Morning Edition with host Yael Lavie from February 6th, 2014 Ron Jacobsohn discusses with Yael Lavie the latest developments in the Phillip Seymour Hoffman death case, the Pussy Riots concur America starting with a guest sting on the Colbert Report and Warner Bros. Studios release The LEGO Movie, which smells like a huge new franchise for the studios.
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