Matthew Kalman, at The Blogs

Oct 2, 2020, 4:11 PM

This Israeli scientist creates protection against covid

Dr. Gilly Regev, CEO of SaNOtize (Courtesy)

Dr. Gilly Regev and her team may be about to help save the world Far from the limelight, an Israeli scientist may have the breakthrough the world is waiting for: effective protection against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Dr. Gilly Regev,...

Apr 12, 2020, 3:41 PM

The Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News Must Be Saved

The pre-Pesach bombshell that the Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News, the weekly newspapers of Anglo-Jewry published in London, are to enter into liquidation is not just very sad - it threatens the future of this small and shrinking community,...

Feb 28, 2020, 11:25 AM

TV Comedy: Headline Return of the Jewish Pig Farmer

London filmmaker Gary Sinyor was born to create ‘The Jewish Enquirer’ Jewish audiences like to nit-pick over the details. Non-Jews just laugh at the jokes. Gary Sinyor’s 1992 movie Leon the Pig Farmer ushered in a new era of Anglo-Jewish comedy....

Feb 17, 2020, 11:26 PM

Grappling with the Gate

Writer/performer Robbie Gringras showcases new one-man play in Jerusalem on Feb. 19 More than 15 years after Robbie Gringras’s acclaimed one-man tragi-comedy “About the Oranges” won plaudits around the world, the Manchester-born actor/playwright is stopping in Jerusalem for a one-off...

Jan 27, 2020, 12:19 PM

Daytrip to the land of Jerusalem’s unicorns

OurCrowd Summit in February is the hottest ticket in town

Dec 23, 2019, 11:59 AM

Creating design and dance for ‘Rothschild & Sons’

Designer Roxane Goodkin-Levy working on a set for the Encore! production of 'Rothschild & Sons' (Photo: Bentzi Binder)

Meet the women behind the look and movement of the musical opening in Jerusalem in January

Dec 10, 2019, 4:02 PM

Meet the cast creating the ‘Rothschild & Sons’ musical in Jerusalem

‘Rothschild & Sons’ at the Hirsch Theatre, January 7-16 “Rothschild & Sons,” the latest family musical from Encore! Educational Theatre Company, will be performed from January 7-16 at the Hirsch Theatre in Jerusalem. Directed by Robert Binder, with musical direction by...

Dec 2, 2019, 1:56 PM

Fiddler on the Roof creators’ Rothschild musical comes to Jerusalem

Encore! director Robert Binder and musical director Paul Salter in rehearsal
(Photo: Brian Negin)

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Aug 31, 2019, 10:31 PM

Twitter’s Curbs on Hate Speech: #Fail

Measures to remove hate speech from social media are targeting the wrong people and being abused for political purposes. On August 29, a campaigner against hate speech was suspended from Twitter. Jeffrey Samuels QC, a distinguished British lawyer, was locked out...

Jul 12, 2019, 6:12 PM

Bad News: PR and the art of storytelling – Chapter 1

I recently moderated a "Pitch the Press" panel at the OurCrowd Global Summit in Jerusalem, where some of the world's most prominent business reporters discussed how to alert them to a story - and how not to. In more than...

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Matthew Kalman, a former Middle East correspondent for international media, is chief content officer for OurCrowd, the world's largest equity crowdfunding platform and Israel's most active high-tech investor.

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