Puppets Are Funny
I’ll admit it; I’m part of the Muppet Generation–not quite old enough to remember when Jim Henson premiered his Muppet creations on Saturday Night Live (Scred, anyone?), but old enough to have learned…
Alan Dershowitz is Sexy
That was my attention-grabbing headline. On the right is an eye catching photo to add additional interest and variety to the post. By the way, that swimsuit is available for sale at Newport…
Internal Chuckle, Courtesy of the Westin
Every year, the United Jewish Communities (UJC) holds a conference for representatives of Jewish Federations across the country; it’s in a different city each year. This year it’s in Los Angeles from November…
גיוס לכוווולם
If I was one of those people who allowed introspection to disturb my preferred state of placidity, which I’m not, because I have better things to do, like eating cereal three meals a…
How is my company commander? Biche?
Join Nahal regiment 931 as they attack a Hizballah stronghold in south Lebanon. A fierce battle erupts, Hizballah terrorists wearing full IDF uniforms are encountered and people are hurt. Itai Anghel from respected…
Lion of Judah Drugged by Political Correctness
Gever or Friar? (a mentch or a fool?) A lot of pundits are spending their time lately evaluating “what went wrong” with the recent war in Lebanon. An excellent article by Ari Shavit…
Bouncing Baby Bookstein Boy!
The shvitzing of naches just doesn’t stop here at the house that Jewlicious built! We’d all like to extend a hearty Mazal Tov to Long Beach Hillel Director Rachel Bookstein, Hillel Chaplain and…
A Variety of Views on Conservative Judaism
With apologies to Michael who hates when I post comments, I thought Becca’s comment in Phoebe’s post is simply terrific and deserves to be seen by more people: So much complicated stuff, so…
One paper gets it, the other doesn’t (the other being the Israeli paper)
For some reason the Jerusalem Post is reporting the recent CAIR-Mearsheimer-Walt Hate-The-Jews Hate-The-”Jewish-Lobby” Fest as if these folks know about what they’re speaking. (You can find some of my previous articles on these…
Funny and insightful
Bradley Burston for Haaretz. Maybe that’s our answer. If assassinating or abducting the Hezbollah leader is still on the agenda, as Israeli officials maintain, why not put Nasrallah to useful purpose? Look at…
Putting the “Yes” in Yeshiva: Tel Aviv Opens “Secular Yeshiva”
Israel’s newest yeshiva has it all: Hassidism. Kabbalah. Gemara. Halacha. Combining military service and Torah studies. And every two weeks, on-site Shabbat observance. Huh? If this sounds ideal to you, then consider enrolling…
Moderation UPDATED
Before going to college, libertarianism always struck me as an appealing ideology, if I were the sort to follow political ideologies. All that freedom! That classically liberal combo of fiscal conservatism (to shock…
Well, maybe there is a way to do a run-around
To those who haven’t heard, Olmert is trying to game the situation by bringing in investigative committees that will have little power to research what went wrong in this war and essentially be…
That’s Dr. Muffti to you!
Our own grandmuffti was just yesterday awarded a PhD in Philosophy from Rutgers University. Next week he will begin teaching at a West Coast University. Mazal Tov to the muff for this, the…
“Dear Jerusalem: Just Not That Into You. Love, El Salvador”
Embassy Math: Costa Rica and El Salvador are the last two embassies in Jerusalem. Costa Rica leaves. Ten days later, El Salvador leaves. Both re-establish their embassies in Tel Aviv. This leaves Jerusalem…
Throw a Jewish Party, get FREE Money!
The Forest Foundation wants you to throw a party this year to celebrate Rosh Hashanah (Jewish new Year). They have buttloads of cash available for serious people ready to put on a really…
The Warning
Just before this war began, a leader of the Al Aqsa Brigades in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria remarked publicly that they would seek to develop a rocket capability that would be used…
Rav Shmuel for Best Singer Songwriter 2006, Oyhoo Jewish Music Awards
Oyhoo Music Award Nominee, Rav Shmuel for Best Singer Songwriter 2006 If you want to do something positive today (among the many other positive things that you may do, like have a nice…
Hitler Restaurant to be Renamed
Bowing to protests from India’s tiny Jewish community, diplomats from Israel and Germany, and outraged people of good taste around the world, the owner’s Mumbai’s Hitler’s Cross Restaurant have agreed to rename their…
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!
The news from Gaza regarding the fates of kidnapped Fox correspondent Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig is good. The kidnappers, belonging to the shadowy and previously unknown Holy Jihad Brigades, gave the…
Don’t bother reading this post, it’ll just put you in a bad mood
Ynet reports that the Sunday Times reports today that on the first day of the war against Hizbullah, Dan Halutz called Olmert after the IAF successfully destroyed Hizbullah’s Zalzal rockets – these were…
Back from Canada
After a few wonderful days of communing with the ghost of Saul Bellow and the spirit of Rufus Wainwright, I am back in New York. Little-known fact: I am part Canadian. Although I’d…
Sound of the Shofar
Thirty days before Rosh Hashanah, the sound of the shofar can be heard. It’s the world’s most ancient alarm clock. “Get off your tush, take an accounting of life, dude.” And I start…
David Grossman’s Euology for His Son, Uri
We’ve discussed the horrible tragedy that befell the Grossman family. I’ve been seeking the translation for the eulogy by David Grossman for his son, Uri, who was killed on the day prior to…
Options on Iran
David Horovitz, editor of the Jerusalem Post, covers Giora Eiland’s (former national security adviser) analysis of the situation and options (all of the bad) as to what can be done with Iran. It’s…
