Peres and the Fat Man, Sitting in a Tree, P-O-L-I-T-I-C-K-I-N-G
Ok, not such a catchy title, but nonetheless apt. Peres, long, long, LONG time member of the labour party (61 years, 46 of those spent as an MK) resigned his post at age…
Can Soccer save the world? Only Peres and Connery (?) know for sure.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!
Not Your Bubbe’s Chanukah Party Ticket Giveaway!!
Yeah, yeah, you may have heard about this party elsewhere but THIS announcement is both up to date and a little more fun. Why fun? Because we’re going to give away a pair…
Matisyahu in Jerusalem
… and Tel Aviv Matisyahu, the Hassidic Reggae Superstar will be playing 4 shows in Israel, 2 in Tel Aviv (Dec. 6-7) and 2 in Jerusalem (Dec. 8 and 10). Click here for…
Fight the Real Discrimination
We know that there is discrimination in this world. But this story…this is a story that will shock us all. As we read, we will learn about how deep into the sea of…
Politics in Israel: Never Boring
The last week has seen the complete redrawing of the Israeli political map. Amir Peretz, a Moroccan Jew, beat Shimon Peres to gain the chairmanship of the Labor Party. Peretz then pulled his…
That’s it! The EU can keep Madonna
… or, why the Europeans cannot be honest brokers Rather than make you read a tedious analysis by yours truly, I suggest you first read about the “draft” report of an analysis on…
Kazakhstan sues Ali G
Boy, Some Central Asian countries just can’t take a joke. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry has it’s panties all up in ruffle and is threatening to sue comedian Sacha Baron Cohen aka Ali G over…
Esther rips off Ofra.
As you may be aware, Madonna’s latest album, Confessions on a Dance Floor came out last week, and on the strength of a massive media blitz and radio/TV saturation of the first single,…
Lion Kidnapped by Palestinian Gunmen
Khaled Abu Toameh reports in The Jerusalem Post about the latest victims of lawlessness in Gaza: Sources in Gaza City said at least four gunmen armed with Kalachnikov rifles broke into the zoo…
A Reminder About Righteous People, in this case a Pole
Reunited after 61 years were a Jewish woman who as a girl was hidden by a young Polish woman and her savior. The Polish woman, Joanna Zalucka, saved the life of Ruth Gruener…
Another Article About Jewish Blogs
So we’re a mega-blog now (according to Jewsweek)? Did I really say that we offer “a glimpse into the future of mainstream Judaism?” Wow. What hubris! That Town Crier dude was right, speaking…
Buy Nothing Day – Jew style
Today is Adbuster’s official Buy Nothing Day, where: For 24 hours, millions of people around the world do not participate — in the doomsday economy, the marketing mind-games, and the frantic consumer-binge that’s…
112 Research Jobs in Israel for Scientists
One of the more difficult challenges facing those who might consider moving to Israel is the issue of how one might make a living, pursue a career, and feed their family. I stumbled…
Thanksgiving in Jerusalem
Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends! Here in Jerusalem, Americans still cling to their outmoded and foreign customs, refusing to integrate with society at large. They speak the language of the old…
You’re Throwing Stones, Just to Hide Your Hand
Muffti doesn’t keep up much on Celebrity news (he doesn’t want to intrude on Esther/CK territory) but he noticed this in the Jpost.com and thought he’d blog it up while he sits in…
Forbidden Love?
Ya Libnan, a Lebanese News Web site, recently wrote about the discovery of a steamy love letter sent by an Israeli woman to her lover in Lebanon. The letter, sent by a courrier…
As long as we’re being inappropriate
Here’s some preciously funny dialogue from the Web site of a Jewish Yeshiva-trained pimp adult human resources manager and online marketing expert. This is a conversation between him and one of his new,…
Hate Site of the Weak #2
A little sick of hearing the All American Rejects whine on the radio about their dirty little secret? Wish you could hear some music with a message? Made by people who were in…
Hevron Arabs: Lefty anarchists go home!
Hevron Arabs are fed up with ISM-ers Western ways. See, when they aren’t busy harrasing IDF soldiers, and standing in front of bulldozers, it seems these paragons of social virtue are interfering with…
And it Can’t be Much Fun for Them
Beneath the Rising Sun / With all Their Kids Committing Suicide Many Israelis have found out whether or not the old adage ‘suicide is painless’ is true in the last decade, according to…
Spielberg Jewish Film Archives Now Online
I know it’s not as exciting as the Yeshivish Video Subculture but as part of a recent update to its Web site, The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive at the Hebrew University has…
