Paging Wine Guy; Come In, Wine Guy
I’m sorry to say that even after a fine presentation by not one, but TWO Wine Guys at Jewlicious @ the Beach in April, I still can’t really taste the difference between a…
Guest Blogger Michael weighs in on orthodoxy
Written by Michael While evidence indicates that probably the Amidah and certainly the synagogue predate the destruction of the Temple, I see what you’re trying to say. My problem is this: when the…
This Space For Rent
A Utah woman has tattooed the name of an internet gambling site on her forehead; she sold the space for $10,000 on Ebay, and says that she needed the money to pay for…
Gay Pride Parade makes it to Jerusalem
The 4th annual Gay Pride Parade just happened outside my balacony. The decision to ban the event was overturned by a court on Sunday and Mayor Lupolianski was ordered to personally pay court…
Jewtopia Now a Triple Threat
Hey, remember Jewtopia? Allow me to quote myself (October 22, the Jewish Week): ‘Jewtopia’ is a complicated place. Here, Adam (a Jew) has to date a Jewish woman (for his family), but can’t…
Another Brilliant Palestinian Victory!
Mohammed Dahlan, the Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister, suggested Wednesday that Israel’s planned Gaza pullout was a victory accomplished “through the sacrifices of thousands of martyrs and wounded.” Dahlan has also accused Israel…
Russia drops hate inquiry into Jewish text
I swear I would have blogged about this earlier but I thought it was an elaborate joke. Yesterday Russian prosecutors dropped an inquiry into whether or not a Russian translation of an ancient…
Just How Many Palestinians Are There?
About 1.5 million less than what you thought. Most population figures are based on a highly flawed 1997 projection. The number cited is 3.8 million, but turns out that the actual number, based…
AOL uses Porn Stars on AIM
AOL Uses JDate Marketing Technique? Thanks to boii for the heads up on this graphic that shows AOL using porn stars as models on their AOL Instant Messenger. You may recall that we…
Rabbi David S. Fine Gets Off!
No, not like that silly. Rabbi Fine is that guy that socked a stupid Nazi at an airport. Anyhow, they were both charged with disorderly conduct for fighting but moments before the hearing…
Gush Katif Envy -or- Orange you glad we made it to Jerusalem
Coming back from work yesterday, it took me almost two hours to get home on a route that usually takes 45 minutes. Lining both sides of the road, (yes, sides, not blocking traffic,…
This Just In: Southampton Chabadniks “Not Martians”
(Cross-posted from My Urban Kvetch) That’s right. A lesson so important, it’s worth repeating and using text emphasis: Chabadniks (Lubavitch Jews) are not, I repeat, NOT, Martians. According to this feature in New…
Paris Hilton to Marry Below her Station
You’re asking how is this possible? I mean yeah, she’s rich and all, but she’s appeared in widely distributed amateur porn, everyone in the world has seen her oral technique, she’s a ditz,…
Could Lead to Dancing
If you believe that mixed dancing is the end of Jewish civilization as we know it, and yea, verily, even the demise of any remaining vestiges of morality and propriety in an increasingly…
Spielberg set to film Vengeance
The Heartwarming Story of 11 Whacky Palestinian Terrorists and their Alien Friend OK. I was kidding about the alien friend. But yes, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the George Jonas novel Vengeance is currently…
Tom Cruise tried to Convert Scarlett Johansson
Unless you’ve been holed up in a Tibetan monastery or something you probably know by now that Tom Cruise is engaged to his beard newest girlfriend Katie Holmes. What you may not know…
Bagels and White Collar Crime
Meet Paul Feldman. He’s a former defense analyst who decided to go into the bagel business. He got the idea after years of providing his co-workers with bagels – see he would go…
Fashion!
Belgian photographer Jean Van Cleemput has a new book out called Beluga, which features scantily clad models posing with sea food in a Belgian Chinese restaurant. Van Cleemput is a fairly well known…
Jewsweek is Jewcy-Licious!
Imitation? Flattery? As you all know, Jewsweek just got more Jewcy. We say Shalom to the inimitable Benyamin Cohen who has landed a full time gig at Atlanta Jewish Life, and instead say…
Spies like Us
This week’s parasha is about the spies. It’s also my Birthday parasha, although growing up reform/conservative I didn’t know these things until I came to Israel. That’s not totally true, I must have…
Rav Binny on Selach – Torah u’madda
Binny Freidman takes a look at Parasha Shelach as an interesting allegory… The Jews in the desert were, in a sense, living in the Garden of Eden. Now they would have to work…
Interesting Image
. Once upon a time, Jews were forced to wear stars. . (image from Ha’aretz) . Amotz Asa-el writes an interesting opinion piece about the Gaza pullout being the beginning of the end…
North American Chai-dol: Chancellorquest 2006
As you might recall, Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor Ismar Schorsch has announced his retirement, to take effect June 30 of 2006, so the search for his replacement is on. The winner will have…
Join the Israeli army, go to jail, learn Hebrew
Ynet brings us the wacky story of soldiers who violated rules, were sent to prison, and while there began to take Hebrew lessons. Apparently, these soldiers who are immigrants from the former Soviet…
I rarely agree with Ehud Olmert, but…he calls some settlers, uh, stupid
In straightforward undiplomatic Israeli style, Olmert, who really does not suffer fools and is no angel himself, made a public declaration in an interview with the Jerusalem Post that: “I am sick and…
Late Night, Old City
I saw Ezra downtown and he told me about a party he was having, so I went. You may recall Ezra was the dude that led kabbalat Shabat for the Jewlicious birthright Israel…
