A recent OECD survey found that Israelis are generally healthy eaters who still know how to indulge. The survey, which compared food consumption in 25 developed countries, showed that Israelis eat an average of 435.6 pounds of vegetables per person per year. Israel fell third in this ranking behind Greece and Turkey. But the survey also showed that the average Israeli consumes 85.5 pounds of chocolate and candy every year, once again third behind Luxembourg and Mexico. Israel ranked ninth in meat consumption …More

Dianna Agron and Taylor Swift are besties, and that’s not even the groundbreaking news we’re reporting on at the moment. At some point over the last few weeks the two blond stars became super close, letting the whole world in on their antics with a series of Instagram photos. Now Taylor and Dianna can be seen all dolled up in bizarre costumes, part of a circus-themed birthday celebration for the “Glee” actress herself. Looks like someone was channeling her bat mitzvah days of old. Taylor …More

Women flock to Jason Segel. Well, at least, YouTube women do. Remember the battle of the YouTube ballads back in January? Well, not every female will fawn over “The Five-Year Engagement” star. In an appearance on Jimmy Fallon last week, Segel confessed to receiving some pretty official mail. “Everyone always asks me … ‘Who is the mother?’” Segel said. “Because it’s been almost eight years ‘How I Met Your Mother.’” “Every time on the …More

Facebook is now giving its 900 million users the opportunity to share their organ donation status on their timelines in an effort to raise awareness for organ donation and potentially save lives as a result. In a statement released by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, they state that US and UK users may now include a life story on their profile pages. Under the subdivision “Health and Wellness,” users can share what prompted their decisions to become donors. …More

“Tell me a story,” commands the first sentence of Etgar Keret’s “Suddenly, a Knock on the Door.” Three men with guns and cleavers command Keret to entertain them in the opening title, continuing, “Don’t you go and dump reality on us like a rubbish truck. Use your imagination, man, create, invent, take it all the way.” And Keret does just that, with 35 tales of the absurd, heartrending and most human of emotions transmuted through the magical lens of his unique …More

Jeffrey Goldberg breaks down the politics separating and uniting Benjamin Netanyahu with his late father, who passed away yesterday. [Bloomberg] Meanwhile, the Tablet discusses how Bibi can use his father’s legacy, Revisionist Zionism, to shape the Jewish state today. [Tablet] Elsewhere, Israel Hayom lays out a series of supposed failures on Tzipi Livni’s behalf, just hours after the Kadima politician resigned from the Knesset. [Israel Hayom] A Rochester foundation makes a half million-dollar …More

A trial is set for dozens of individuals charged with extorting money from a Holocaust survivor trust. Among them is a Toronto woman, whose identity was revealed last week by the CBC, Canada’s broadcasting network, after FBI files were uncovered. Now, media attention is focused on Luba Kramrish, who authorities believe was part of a scheme to falsify documents in an aim to swindle a German survivors fund out of millions of dollars. Some estimates have the total figure of stolen money at $60 million, …More

Delmon Young, the Detroit Tigers outfielder who was arrested in New York for allegedly attacking a group of men and making anti-Semitic remarks, was suspended without pay for seven days. The suspension is retroactive to April 27, when he was placed on the restricted list. His loss of pay amounts to more than $250,000, according to the Detroit News. Young will not contest the suspension. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the suspension Monday night, saying that "Those associated with our game …More

Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry wants Israelis to "think green" and has launched a new smartphone app to help guide consumers to a greener lifestyle. The interactive tool is the latest addition to the Ministry’s Lets Think Green Campaign, which began in January 2011. The Let’s Think Green Campaign marks the first time the ministry has linked green living and consumer spending and hopes to promote both a more environmentally friendly lifestyle and cost savings for Israeli families, …More

David Allouche, NoCamels - Israeli Innovation News Fishing is central to the livelihood and food security of approximately 200 million people worldwide, while one in five people depends on fish as their primary source of protein. But according to an estimate by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, over 80 percent of the world’s fish species are either fully or over exploited, or depleted. The alternative to overfishing has been the development of “fish farms” – enclosed …More

A middle school teacher in South Carolina faces assault and battery charges, after a Holocaust lesson found one student shoved under a desk. Patricia Mulholland stopped a 12-year-old pupil on his way to sharpen a pencil, instead saying, "Come here Jew," before pushing him under a desk and telling him, “This is what the Nazis do to Jews.” The class had just finished a Holocaust lecture the day before and Mulholland’s attorney said the teacher was trying to extend the lesson. The student later …More

We always knew Jack Black had musical talent, and now that extends to the Hebrew lyrical tradition, too. In a recent interview with Conan O'Brien, Jack told the TV host he would do just about anything to get his kids into a good school. In one instance, that meant trying to wheedle his boys into a prestigious Hebrew institution, prompting Black to pull out all the Jewish tools he had. “I am a Jew, technically. I’m allowed to take my kids there, and my wife is too, but also we have not been to …More