‘The Dictator’ will not be walking this year’s red carpet. Sacha Baron Cohen has officially been banned from the Oscars. According to Deadline , the actor’s tickets have been pulled after hearing word that Cohen intended to walk the red carpet in full costume from his upcoming film, ‘The Dictator’. Read More »
The quondam ‘Harry Potter’ star again lends his support to The Trevor Project. Daniel Radcliffe continued his support of The Trevor Project, by appearing in a PSA that aired during the telecast of Glee . Read More »
Study proves what Bill Cosby has known for years, cake is a breakfast meal Sometimes gastronomical dreams really do come true. A recent study performed by several universities, including the Wolfson Medical Center in Israel, shows that eating cake for breakfast could actually be good for your diet. In the study, which was led by Prof. Read More »
Name Your Tune’s Candace Alper creates a personal music experience for every child. Top 20 Under 40- Candace Alper Age: 38 Candace’s love for children, combined with a strong passion for arts and music, inspired the creation of the popular Name Your Tune. Read More »
Glee co-stars Lea Michele and Cory Monteith are reportedly dating in real life Glee fans might be very excited to discover that on-screen couple, Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson, are reportedly dating in real life as well. On Valentine’s Day, the pair were spotted eating at Il Covo in Los Angeles, holding hands and “flirting”. Read More »
Israeli company hits high note only 13 months after launching its VoIP application for smartphones in 193 countries Israel’s Viber Media Inc., which has developed an application for smartphones allowing users to make free calls and send text messages to each other, is becoming a global hit. Read More »
Gallup Poll Places the Jewish State’s Popularity at All-Time high According to the results of a recent Gallup poll, Israel’s popularity is at an all-time high among United States citizens. Read More »
The young actor talks about shooting the popular franchise and his upcoming projects. Twilight fans know Michael Welch as Mike Newton from the saga. But the 24-year-old star has been acting for more than 10 years. Read More »
A visit to Mexico inspired this entrepreneur to launch Tequila Tromba, Toronto’s boutique tequila brand coming to your local LCBO next month. Top 20 Under 40- Eric Brass Age: 29 Eric Brass studied at the prestigious Richard Ivey School of Business and worked at a major company. Read More »
‘The Artist’, ‘Undefeated’, and ‘The Intouchables’ are part of the deal giving U.S. Netflix subscribers exclusive rights to TWC titles. The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Netflix have inked a multi-year deal, giving Netflix subscribers in the U.S. Read More »
The actor shares his thoughts about the legendary Zero Mostel Jim Brochu’s one-man play about the legendary Zero Mostel won him a New York Drama Desk Award and a Los Angeles Ovation. He returns to Toronto for a limited engagement of the play Zero Hour , directed by Oscar-nominee Piper Laurie, which runs until March 11 at the Bathurst Theatre . Read More »
The Arrested Development star snorted coke 65 feet away from Obama at a White House event. Arrested Development star, David Cross, recently admitted that while attending the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, he snorted cocaine 65 feet away from President Obama. “I ducked under the table and did it. It wasn’t like I got high. Read More »
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With the help of Chai Lifeline, Luke Weber fulfilled his dream of singing on stage with Matisyahu. With the help of Chai Lifeline, Luke Weber had the opportunity to sing ‘One Day’ with one of his favourite performers, Matisyahu. Read More »
At the age of 18, Ben Lang has already launched several successful start-ups and gained respect internationally in the business world. Ben considers himself a technology and start-up “addict”. At the age of 14, he caught the entrepreneurial bug after opening his first business on eBay. Read More »
OTZMA Offers Five-Month Journey to Jewish State As OTZMA kicks off its 27th year, young Jews seeking to join Jewish Federations’ premier Israel experience program can now embark on a five-month journey of leadership and service throughout the Jewish state. Read More »
Israeli City Hopes to Join Eilat and Haifa with Weekend Bus Service As of today, the only Israeli cities allowed to operate public transportation on Shabbat are Eilat and Haifa. However, after a resolution was approved on February 20 by the Tel Aviv City Council, that might change soon. Read More »
Stacie gives advice to a reader that is in love with someone who is unavailable Matchmaker and dating coach, Stacie Ikka, has been writing for Shalom Life for about two months- covering topics ranging from great places to meet singles to the best way to introduce your new partner to your family for the first time. Read More »
Husband and wife team, Jesse and Carly, founded TKEES- cosmetics for your feet. Top 20 Under 40- Jesse and Carly Burnett Age: 31 Husband and wife team, Jesse and Carly Burnett, are the founders of TKEES – a line of upscale flip flops billed as “cosmetics for your feet”. Read More »
Their dreams come true as they start new lives in Israel A short plane ride between Ethiopia and Israel became the journey of a lifetime earlier this month, as more than 80 Ethiopian Jews made aliyah to Israel during The Jewish Federations of North America’s dramatic “Completing the Journey” mission. The mission, which took place Jan. 29 to Feb. Read More »
A high school in Windsor, ON will play Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ on repeat until they raise $1,000 bucks. The student council at Kingsville District High School in Windsor, ON needed to come up with an innovative way to encourage the student body to donate towards Leamington Hospital… and they were successful. Read More »
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3-year-old baseball fanatic, Christian Haupt, scored a role in Adam Sandler’s ‘That’s My Boy’ after a casting director spotted him on YouTube. 3-year old baseball fanatic, Christian Haupt, was cast in Adam Sandler’s upcoming film ‘That’s My Boy’ after a Hollywood casting director spotted him playing baseball in a YouTube video. Read More »
Blood test could detect cancer at very early stage Soroka hospital and Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, Israel, are developing a unique method to detect various types of cancer through a simple blood test. Read More »
Michael Moore settles his $2.7 million lawsuit with the Weinstein brothers out of court. We can all let out a collective sigh of relieve, as filmmaker Michael Moore has settled his $2.7 million lawsuit with producers extraordinaire, Harvey and Bob Weinstein out of court. Read More »
Jason’s award winning graphic novel to be adapted for the big screen ‘I Killed Adolf Hitler’, created by a Norwegian cartoonist known simply as ‘Jason’, has been optioned by Studio Eight. ‘I Killed Adolf Hitler’ won the 2007 Eisner Award. Read More »
Juno-awarding winning songstress, Sophie Milman, overcame adversary to become one of Canada’s most celebrated musicians Top 20 Under 40- Sophie Milman Age: 29 Juno-awarding winning songstress, Sophie Milman, overcame adversary to become one of Canada’s most celebrated musicians. Read More »
@JewishTweets – Jewish Lifestyle Twitter Feed – Recognizes 10 Jewish Influencers in Social Media during Social Media Week 2012 The National Jewish Outreach Program (www.njop.org) has announced the recipients of the first “Jewish Treats: Jewish Influencer Awards” during the organization’s 18th annual dinner in New York earlier this week. Read More »
7,500 pages of Sir Isaac Newton’s handwritten text has been put online. Newton was a student of Kabbalah and Talmud He’s considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time. But Sir Isaac Newton was also an influential theologian who applied a scientific approach to the study of scripture, Hebrew and Jewish mysticism. Read More »
The ‘Friends With Benefits’ star will take on the role of Jackie O in lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’. ‘Friends With benefits’ and ‘Black Swan’ star, Mila Kunis, has signed on to portray Jackie Kennedy in new film, ‘The Butler’. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lee Daniels of ‘Precious’ fame will direct ‘The Butler’. Read More »
Tarragon’s Playwright In Residence, Hannah Moscovitch, plans to release three new plays this year. Top 20 Under 40- Hannah Moscovitch Age: 33 Canadian playwright, Hannah Moscovitch, began her journey at Ottawa’s National Theatre School in the acting stream. After graduation, Moscovitch moved to Toronto to pursue a career within theatre. Read More »
Less than a week after the singer’s death, SNL might be incorporating her death into a new sketch. Is it too soon? Saturday Night Live executives are considering writing a sketch featuring Whitney Houston for this weekend’s show. Maya Rudolph has portrayed Whitney Houston 10+ times on SNL over the past ten years. Read More »
Attacks Come in the Wake of Death of Hezbollah Leader Following an attack that injured an Israeli Defense Ministry representative’s wife in New Delhi on Monday, February 13th, police have arrested five suspects. Read More »
A Young Man Reflects on His Eye-Opening Journey I live in a country where there is a Jewish majority. I am the third generation of Holocaust survivors, who went a long way to reach Israel, settle and raise a family. Read More »
The Knicks star returned after a four game leave sporting a tear drop tattoo in memory of his late brother Amar’e Stoudemire returned to the Knicks last night after a four game leave to mourn the loss of his brother, Hazell Stoudemire Jr. Hazell Stoudemire Jr. died unexpectedly in a car crash on February 6 th . Read More »
The part-time veggie is the new face of Spar Supermarkets’ vegan and veggie line Actress, GOOP blogger, and cook book author, Gwyneth Paltrow, has been named the new face of Austria’s Spar Supermarket’s line of vegan and vegetarian foods. Paltrow considers herself a “part-time vegetarian”, but obviously this didn’t matter to the grocery chain. Read More »
Dan Jacob of IDIA Events and TEDxToronto discusses the key to creating a successful event Toronto’s Dan Jacob is the Co-Founder and Chief IDIA Guy at IDIA Events, an event management and production company known for hosting some of the most popular conferences and events in the city. Read More »
According to Iranian news sources, Sean Stone became a Shia Muslim, and chose the name Ali. Sean Stone, son of famed Oscar-winning director and provocateur Oliver Stone, has converted to Islam whilst on a trip to Iran. Read More »
Toronto’s Jesse Sternberg left a successful career in software development to pursue his true passion: Animals. Top 20 Under 40- Jesse Sternberg Age: 30 Toronto’s Jesse Sternberg is the founder of Woof and Shloof – an eco-friendly doggie daycare, grooming and training company in midtown. Read More »
Los Angeles officer, James Mee, receives settlement in Jewish discrimination case. L.A Sheriff’s Dept. Deputy, James Mee, has finally struck a settlement deal in his discrimination lawsuit with L.A County, according to TMZ. James Mee famously arrested Mel Gibson during the actor’s drunken Anti-Semitic tirade in 2006. The officer sued L. Read More »
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Improv comedian and sketch actor, Tim Eberle, creates alter ego ‘The Goy Wonder’ New York-based actor and comedian, Tim Eberle, is best known for his work with the Magnet Theater. He is the head writer for Company 29, the sketch company in residence at the Magnet. Read More »
This Means War proves that it’s impossible to make a good film that appeals to everyone. This Valentine’s day, the people behind This Means War are hoping you’ll take your better half to see their film. Read More »
February 14th a “Bad Day” in the Annals of Jewish History Valentine’s Day. To a Jew, it conjures up many of the same questions as does Halloween. They are both classified as “pagan rituals,” with no connection to Judaism, but, if you’re like me, I need no connection other than the fact that both holidays provide me with free candy. Read More »
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The Hip-Hop Violinist performs ‘I Will Always Love You’ Following her death on Saturday, several tributes were performed for Whitney Houston, and some are planned such as Glee’s special Valentine’s episode which airs tonight which features Houston’s I Will Always Love You. Read More »
Dan Auerbach denigrates the Biebs and the music industry’s big night. The lead singer of Rock darlings, The Black Keys, felt in necessary to vocalize his displeasure towards the Grammys, and essentially, pop music in general.”There’s so much good music in the US and there is just a small section that gets recognized at the Grammys. Read More »
Marston Hefner allegedly attacked his girlfriend and former Playmate of the Year, Claire Sinclair Marston Hefner, Hugh’s eldest son, was arrest on Sunday night for allegedly attacking his girlfriend, Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair. Read More »
Latest Incidents Coincide with Anniversary of the Death of a Hezbollah Leader Following an incident in which an Israeli diplomat’s wife was injured by a car bomb in New Delhi, and after another bomb was disabled in a car belonging to an employee of Read More »
Sean Wainsteim directs MMVA award-winning music videos and short films about his Jewish grandparents, Esther and Leib Top 20 Under 40- Sean Wainsteim Age: 36 Sean Wainsteim, music video and short film director extraordinaire, lands a spot on this years Top 20 Under 40 for his creativity, unique vision, innovation, and extremely sharp wit. Read More »
Amy Winehouse won a Grammy for her duet with Tony Bennett Amy Winehouse’s parents, Mitch and Janis, received a standing ovations at last night’s Grammy Awards when they came on stage to accepted the late singer’s award. Amy Winehouse won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her ‘Body and Soul’ duet with Tony Bennett. Read More »
Swagbucks allows internet users to earn virtual currency which can then be used to purchase goods from companies like Walmart and Amazon.. Thirty-six-year old Tiffany Ivanovsky found a creative way to earn money. Read More »
Shalom Life interviews the director about his first feature film Although Reuniting the Rubins is Yoav Factor’s first feature film, he’s hardly new to the business. The writer and director, who’s worked on a number of commercials, nabbed a BAFTA Film Award nomination back in 2002 for a short film called Good Night . Read More »
Catch up on the latest tweets from Jewish celebrities Lea Michele is speechless about Whitney Houston’s death, Pink pays tribute to the late singer, Paula Abdul is devastated, Adam Levine wants you to be true to yourself, Drake destroyed his phone, Jason Segel wants to sing at the Oscars, Joan Rivers makes fun of M.I.A. Read More »
Israel’s Black Hebrew community considered Whitney Houston a “spiritual daughter” Legendary singer, Whitney Houston, was found dead Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Houston’s friends, family, fans and the music industry have suffered a huge loss. Read More »
This is the legendary incident from 1986 when french singer Serge Gainsbourg met Whintney Houston on a french live TV-Show Whitney Houston, the multimillion-record selling singer, was found dead in her Beverly Hilton hotel room on Saturday, at 3: 55pm. She was 48 years old. Read More »
Israel’s Magisto helps you transform hours of homemade video into exciting two-minute clips at just the click of a mouse. Most video is boring: Cats doing flips, babies taking their first steps, your second-cousin-once-removed’s bar mitzvah party. Yet we can’t help ourselves from churning it out. Read More »
Stacie Ikka shares her thoughts on Valentine’s Day Stacie Ikka on Valentine’s Day With Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching I have been inundated with requests for media appearances, written articles and phone interviews, with the same furor and frenzy as with New Year’s Eve. Read More »
Tesla shows off first all electric crossover SUV Tesla Motors, the electric car darling that’s more Silicon Valley than Detroit, has unveiled their newest offering, a crossover utility vehicle named Model X. Read More »
The 191-page file was part of a 1991 search on the late Apple co-founder. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has kept tabs on some unexpected folks, say John Lennon for instance, but Apple co-founder, the late Steve Jobs? Yes, that is correct. The 191-page FBI file was released under a Freedom of Information Act request made in the fall. Read More »
Philanthropist Elana Waldman is raising aWEARness Shalom Life is proud to present our 2nd annual ”Top 20 Under 40” list. Read More »
Maroon 5′s Adam Levine signs Glee’s Matthew Morrison as first artist to new record label. Adam Levine, lead singer of Maroon 5 and coach on ‘The Voice’, is launching his own record label entitled 222. He’s already signed his first artist; Glee’s Matthew Morrison aka Will Schuester. Read More »
A flaw in Facebook created outrage among Zuckerberg’s fans. Over the past few months, Facebook has made quite a few updates. Although the public doesn’t seem thrilled with the constant changes, the folks at Facebook continue to upgrade. Read More »
Red Sox Slugger and Patriots Quarterback will soon call each other brothers. Boston Red Sox slugger, Kevin Youkilis, and New England’s star quarterback, Tom Brady, are soon to be brothers. According to the Boston Herald , Youkilis proposed to Julie Brady “recently”. The couple has been dating for just over a year. Read More »
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