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This April 10, 1996, file photo shows one of the four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' on display during a media tour of the 'America's Smithsonian' traveling exhibition in Kansas City, Missouri (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)
September 6, 2018, 5:25 pm
Stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ slippers found after 13 years
Iconic ruby footwear from the 1939 classic, one of four pairs made by Jewish costume designer Gilbert Adrian, were snatched from Judy Garland Museum in 2005
By AFP and TOI staff
Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figure is being sold by a Brooklyn-based company. (Fctry via Kickstarter/JTA)
August 14, 2018, 8:34 am
Looking for a little justice? RBG now has her own action figure
Fans of Ruth Bader Ginsburg raise over $600,000 towards production keepsake, set to ship in fall
By JTA
Yittie Lawson (left) and Luis Cruz test-drive their homemade tacos for Tacos Luis, the Jerusalem taqueria they're crowdfunding through a Kickstarter campaign (Courtesy Yittie Lawson)
November 27, 2017, 1:29 pm
Kosher taqueria in capital Kickstarts a campaign, offering food for cash
Tacos Luis plans on offering Jerusalemites homemade corn tortillas and mole sauce made by a native Mexican chef
By Jessica Steinberg
In this photo illustration, a woman holds a fidget spinner, May 5, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
May 12, 2017, 3:12 pm
Was media spun in fidget toy’s invention tale?
Investigation shows that Catherine Hettinger’s original device has little in common with popular spinner sold today
By JTA
Daniel Hoffman (left) playing with local band The Rascals on the streets of Galway, Ireland (Courtesy Daniel Hoffman)
December 15, 2016, 10:21 pm
Can you learn to play the Irish fiddle in a week?
Tel Aviv violinist Daniel Hoffman set out to do just that, in the first installment of a planned TV series on how the violin can help better the world
By Jessica Steinberg
Ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 20, 2016, 8:31 pm
Wanted: $300K to rescue Dorothy’s ruby slippers
Smithsonian launches Kickstarter campaign to restore 80-year-old iconic ‘Wizard of Oz’ props, preserve them for public
By Ben Nuckols
A Magic 8 Ball 'brimming with Jewish wisdom.' (Courtesy)
September 21, 2016, 5:16 pm
Will the ‘Jewish’ Magic 8 Ball fly off the shelves?
Kickstarter campaign runs through end of September for Wisdom Ball that’s ‘cheaper than therapy, and probably the most perfect gift ever created’
By Yaakov Schwartz
Brad and Amy Herzog posing in front of an RV in 2012 (Courtesy Brad Herzog)
July 20, 2016, 9:52 am
Satirical Trump book gets Jewish couple canned
RV association dismiss Brad and Amy Herzog as industry spokespeople because of ‘tone and content’ of their writing
By JTA
Slackliner Heather Larsen makes her way between two ancient citadels at Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum on May 2, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2016, 6:39 pm
Above ancient stones, tightrope walker negotiates already-taut Jerusalem
Slackliner Heather Larsen shows off her sport in support of an Israel-based Kickstarter campaign
By Jessica Steinberg
Some of the Phresh Heroes (Courtesy)
March 2, 2016, 5:34 pm
Kitchen Heroes to the rescue of limp lettuce, sad strawberries
Israeli-developed powder preservative technology keeps fruits and vegetables fresh, without chemicals
By David Shamah
Illustrative image of bitcoins (Courtesy BitsofGold)
July 6, 2015, 11:16 pm
Think bitcoin is dead? Here’s why it’s making a comeback
Since the digital currency crashed in early 2014, consumers have been leery. So why is Israel’s bitcoin community growing, and why are venture capitalists investing in it like crazy?
By Simona Weinglass
What's really in that cheese? SCIO knows (Courtesy)
June 30, 2015, 7:53 pm
Star Trek-style ‘tricorders’ on their way to customers
After raising $2.7m on Kickstarter and wowing reviewers, the SCIO molecular sensor is finally set to ship
By David Shamah
(L. to R. ) ExitValley founders Oded Federbush, Yaniv Shiryon, and Yaron Adler (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 31, 2015, 5:35 pm
ExitValley lets 1,000-shekel crowdfunders choose where to invest
Until now, investing in high-tech has been available only to the wealthy. That’s changed
By David Shamah
Writing on a table surface to input data onto a smartphone? Phree can do that (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 20, 2015, 1:55 pm
Digital pen aims to ‘Phree’ users from paper
Mobile input device works on any surface, modernizes the traditional acts of writing and drawing
By David Shamah
Tusia Dabrowska, who spends half the year in her native Warsaw and half the year in New York, at Dabrowno synagogue in 'The Return.' (photo credit: Scott Anger)
January 25, 2015, 4:30 am
‘The Return’ takes new look at Polish Jewish revival
Five years in the making, Adam Zucker’s documentary is set for film festivals across the US
By Tom Tugend
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