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William Shatner Experienced Childhood Anti-Semitism

October 12, 2018Thedreidel

There was no more iconic actor for a lot of your parents than William Shatner. As the fabled Captain Kirk in Star Trek, Shatner provided a mixture of father figure and military iconoclast. Frequently skirting the edges of ...

Student President of BDS Chapter Detained From Entering Israel

October 11, 2018Thedreidel

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old Florida native, landed at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport last Tuesday, expecting to start her studies in human rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Instead, she has spent the past week detai...

Kim Kardashian Adds 10,000 to Israel Bone Marrow Donor Roll

October 10, 2018Thedreidel

Kim Kardashian West will be recognized for helping to connect an organ donor and recipient through the Gift of Life bone marrow registry, and by adding 10,000 new donors. Kardashian West will be honored Oct. 29 with the...

Einstein’s Views on G-d and Judaism May Surprise You

October 8, 2018Thedreidel

We've all studied about the genius of Albert Einstein. When it came to physics, Einstein came up with theories that have been proven decades after he postulated them. We all know that he was a genius, and a Jew. What you ...

The Mistakes You Make In High School Can Follow You Forever

October 3, 2018Thedreidel

Last night the United States reached a new low. A sitting president mocked the testimony of a victim of sexual abuse. No matter what your politics, the notion of whether or not you believe someone's recollection of the nig...

What is a Tsunami, and Why Is It So Destructive?

October 2, 2018Thedreidel

The horrible news from Indonesia regarding the death and destruction from a huge earthquake, and the resulting tsunami is a wake up call to all of us that we need to be prepared for one of nature's emergencies. Knowledge is...

Drake’s Okay! The Flu Can’t Keep Him Down!

September 25, 2018Thedreidel

Drake has taken care of his health -- and that nasty bout of flu -- and is now ready to be center stage again with Migos ... The Dreidel has learned through TMZ. Drake took the stage front and center Monday night at the S...

What Does The Charge Against Judge Kavanaugh Have to Do With Teenagers

September 23, 2018Thedreidel

No matter what age you are, it's hard to escape the constant drum-beat of the news. It's everywhere. We can ignore it, or we can take some meaning from it and look at how it effects us. As adults or teenagers, the recent ...

Please Don’t Ask Me Why I’m Not Fasting On Yom Kippur!

September 20, 2018Thedreidel

We are reposting Julia Metraux's brilliant article along with a video on the Yom Kippur 2018 Fasting Hacks. Keep this for next year! Shana Tova from The Dreidel! Until recently, I fasted each year on Yom Kippur for aton...

Rabbi David Baron on Why Yom Kippur is Important to Teenagers

September 14, 2018Thedreidel

Yom Kippur is a special time of the year. It's a new year, and time to do a reset: What's our responsibility as young Jews when observing Yom Kippur? All of us at The Dreidel wish you, your family and your friends the bes...