http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/israel-masterchef/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-masterchef Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/israel-masterchef/comment-page-1/#comment-27843 ConvertConfidential Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=160455#comment-27843 I've seen a few articles about this now and am surprised to see how thrilled people are with the new MasterChef winner, and that a lot of the frenzy around his win has to do with the fact that he's a Jewish convert, and not a born-Jew in Israel.  As a Jewish convert to-be, I find this to be an interesting element of the story.  If you're interested, you can read about my process converting to Judaism on my blog: www.convertconfidential.com I’ve seen a few articles about this now and am surprised to see how thrilled people are with the new MasterChef winner, and that a lot of the frenzy around his win has to do with the fact that he’s a Jewish convert, and not a born-Jew in Israel.  As a Jewish convert to-be, I find this to be an interesting element of the story.  If you’re interested, you can read about my process converting to Judaism on my blog: http://www.convertconfidential.com

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/israel-masterchef/comment-page-1/#comment-27809 Aaron Endelman Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=160455#comment-27809 Why the tendentious remark in the on-air teaser about the show "reinforcing stereotypes", followed by judge Michal Anski's enthusiastic, humorous comments about Tom Franz (2:38)? I hear no prejudice in the actual story, but the teaser was horrid.  We hear this kind of garbage all the time from BBC; come on, The World, you can do better! Why the tendentious remark in the on-air teaser about the show “reinforcing stereotypes”, followed by judge Michal Anski’s enthusiastic, humorous comments about Tom Franz (2:38)? I hear no prejudice in the actual story, but the teaser was horrid.  We hear this kind of garbage all the time from BBC; come on, The World, you can do better!

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/israel-masterchef/comment-page-1/#comment-27801 mzmecz Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=160455#comment-27801 show me the recipes !!! show me the recipes !!!

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