Mobius Moves On
After some 4 and a half years at the head of Jewschool, Mobius is resigning as editor in chief. According to his blog Orthodox Anarchist, Daniel is going to assume the position of…
The Zohar and Rambam: Too Dangerous for Prisoners?
Interesting story of jail censorship in Newsweek. Officials at the Otisville prison recently removed hundreds of books from the chapel library there—including, Milstein charges in court documents, works by the great 12th-century rabbi…
Post Army Career Opportunities
Imagine you spent 5 years in one of the IDF’s most elite units. As a Navy Commando you stood above the rest of your peers, having been taught ever manner of exotic warcraft,…
Free Don Siegelman
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was wrongly tried and convicted and deserves to be a free man helping the people of America. Instead, he has been jailed, unable to be out on bail…
Boycott Israel? Boycott us too!
Almost 300 educational leaders have signed a letter speaking out against the threat of an Israeli academic boycott spearheaded by Britain’s University and College Union (UCU), Boston’s Jewish Advocate reported today. Among them…
Oh The Shame: Part II
It seems the reports of the harassment suffered by Major-General Elazar Stern may have been a bit off. The Jerusalem Post reported the following: When Stern exited the synagogue after the prayer service,…
Oh, the shame
The Jerusalem Post reports: IDF OC Human Resources Department Maj.-Gen. Elazar Stern received a harsh welcome on Saturday when he attended his daughter’s sheva brachot celebration at the Elazar settlement, with locals hurling…
Shabbat with Ibix
Desert Ibix near Eilat Another week, another round of debates. ~ sigh ~ May this be a peaceful shabbat. Shabbat shalom. (Image source)
Let’s Find Some Jews
Of course you remember our post about Modern Jewish Ethics that declared the “text message” breakup to be both unkosher and remarkably stupid. It was illustrated with a relevant and amusing video on…
Shaul in Concert
Shaul has been writing songs for years and played with many bands in Southern California. He has been working on a very special set of tunes and will be performing live and solo…
Mediocrity 1
Marty Beckerman’s tongue in cheek piece in Jewcy about ROI120 is indeed hilarious. Despite his trademark scathing tone, I know Marty LOVES the Jews and the Jews love him. Yet, despite the good…
Jews and Zeitgeist
It seems as if Jews in North America have always had a presence in popular culture larger than would be justified by their numbers. From Irving Berlin penning White Christmas, to the comedic…
The Cold Truth about “Hot House”
First thing on the morning. From Ha’aretz, a mother of a terror victim laments an Israeli government funded documentary about Palestinian prisoners, especially terrorists, serving sentences in Israeli jails. But Israel, in the…
Oh Man(ischewitz)!
Over the past two weeks I have been quite occupied at peace camp. This is my third summer on staff at Building Bridges for Peace and I was even a participant during my…
A Tale of Two Festivals: Part I – The Wine Festival
אויר הרים צלול כיין What did you do last Wednesday? What about last Thursday? Well, back here, Jerusalem was host to 2 very different back-to-back festivals. The first was the Wine Festival which…
We whined a lot
Golden calf…bad idea. Absolutely one of the funniest Itche Kadoozy episodes I have seen. If you have not seen these so-called kids videos you do not know what you are missing. They are…
Take off your shoes
Rabbi Yaakov Haber’s brilliant discussion of the Parsha from last summer. I have often mentioned the insight I once heard in the name of the Sfas Emes. When Moshe Rabeinu approached the burning…
Tznius Girls Are Hot!
…especially when they swing their arms! Semgirl reports a well regarded Rabbi and Posek from a place that begins with “Lake” and ends with “Wood” put out a Tznius (modesty) CD in which…
Olmert changing Israel’s judicial system
Some of you may have read my post, A Kiss begets a New Threat to Israeli Democracy and felt that it was premature. I’m sad to say that Justice Minister Daniel Friedman, who…
First Authorized Hebrew Translation of the Qur’an to be Released
As-Sharq al-Awsat noted this past week, a historic undertaking — the first official translation of the Qur’an into Hebrew was underway and, according to officials, will take “over a year”: The translation of…
