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Jan 5, 2017, 7:06 PM

Chelm Awards for 2016

YES, it’s that time of year again! Time to announce The 8th Annual Chelm Awards for 2016 What was the most telling moment for Israel in 2016? It’s neither knife-wielding Jihadists in the streets in the opening months of 2016 nor the...

Oct 2, 2016, 2:25 PM

Shimon Peres…through a Different Prism

A Special Edition of Chelm-on-the-Med Anyone who reaches the ripe old age of 93 with all his marbles intact deserves a send-off that celebrates his life. All the more so Shimon Peres z”l – a colorful albeit complex and controversial...

Jul 21, 2016, 8:29 PM

Where did “Backpage News from the Front” disappear to?!

PSSSST! FOR THE LATEST COLUMN OF ZANY NEWS GLEANED FROM THE HEBREW PRESS GO TO www.chelm-on-the-med.com Ten months ago, The Chelm Project began publishing weekly columns dubbed Backpage News from the Front (as was the case during the 2012 and 2014 Gaza wars)....

Jul 7, 2016, 9:05 PM

Backpage News from the Front

July 2016 Column 1 GLEANED FROM ISRAEL’S HEBREW MEDIA June 21 – July 6, 2016 ABOUT THIS COLUMN: “Backpage News from the Front” is a series of weekly special reports ‘for the duration’ of the Jihadi Wave of 2015/6 (for lack of...

Jun 23, 2016, 8:17 PM

Backpage News from the Front

June 2016 Column 4 GLEANED FROM ISRAEL’S HEBREW MEDIA June 14 – 20, 2016 by Daniella Ashkenazy ABOUT THIS COLUMN: “Backpage News from the Front” is a series of weekly special reports ‘for the duration’ of the Jihadi Wave of 2015/6 (for...

Jun 17, 2016, 12:27 AM

Backpage News from the Front

June 2016 Column 3 GLEANED FROM ISRAEL’S HEBREW MEDIA June 9 – 15, 2016 ABOUT THIS COLUMN: “Backpage News from the Front” is a series of weekly special reports ‘for the duration’ of the Jihadi Wave of 2015/6 (for lack of a...

Jun 9, 2016, 9:38 PM

Backpage News from the Front

June 2016 Column 2 GLEANED FROM ISRAEL’S HEBREW MEDIA June 1 - 8, 2016 ABOUT THIS COLUMN: “Backpage News from the Front” is a series of weekly special reports ‘for the duration’ of the Jihadi Wave of 2015/6 (for lack of a...

Jun 2, 2016, 7:12 PM

Backpage News from the Front

June 2016 Column 1 GLEANED FROM ISRAEL’S HEBREW MEDIA May 25 – June 1, 2016 by Daniella Ashkenazy ABOUT THIS COLUMN: “Backpage News from the Front” is a series of weekly special reports ‘for the duration’ of the Jihadi Wave of 2015/6...

May 26, 2016, 9:37 PM

Backpage News from the Front

May 2016 Column 4 GLEANED FROM ISRAEL’S HEBREW MEDIA May 19 – May 25, 2016 ABOUT THIS COLUMN: “Backpage News from the Front” is a series of weekly special reports ‘for the duration’ of the Jihadi Wave of 2015/6 (for lack of...

May 20, 2016, 12:10 AM

Backpage News from the Front

May 2016 Column 3 GLEANED FROM ISRAEL’S HEBREW MEDIA May 12 – May 18, 2016 ABOUT THIS COLUMN: “Backpage News from the Front” is a series of weekly special reports ‘for the duration’ of the Jihadi Wave of 2015/6 (for lack of...

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About Me

Daniella Ashkenazy is a bilingual Israeli journalist and the founder and CEO of Chelm-on-the-Med Online, a news outlet in English of zany news from Israel culled from the Hebrew press, designed to transform preconceptions about Israel – one chuckle at a time