Hilary the Hawk and Obama the Wimp?
Hilary Clinton, the front running Dem for Pres 08, supported Israel’s attack on a suspected Syrian Nuke facility: During a presidential debate on NBC Wednesday night, the Democratic hopeful said: “What we think…
It’s Over – Let’s hope for Good
Here’s what they say at Engage Forum: The campaign for an academic boycott of Israel has ended today in an absolute and final political, legal and moral defeat. The University and College Union’s…
Palestine Really IS for Lovers!
When one thinks of the West Bank and Gaza, one may think of many things: Palestinian national aspirations, terrorism, bad governance, rampaging gunmen, religious fundamentalism… I dunno, Olive trees? And way, way, way…
To is a preposition, Pork is a verb
That was the original title of Ben Brofman’s piece in the latest issue of PresenTense titled “More Orgies, More Babies: A Modest Proposal.” Perhaps they should have stuck with Ben’s initial title suggestion…
Succot in the City/Launch Party for PresenTense, 9/29
In New York City and craving a Saturday night experience that incorporates music, beer, wine, magazines, hummus, hookah and huts, as well as a venue that’s historical and on the verge of rejuvenation…
Live in a Sukkah
Harvest festivals are always fun, and Sukkot creates not just a time to celebrate, but a place. Sukkot is a place in time and time in place. The holiday of Sukkot helps us…
Heeb Presents: The Heeb 100
I used to think that the guys that run Heeb Magazine were a bunch of douchebags. I was more often than not appalled by their smarmy, self congratulatory articles, their cliquish insider humor…
Sukkot 5768
The Feast of the Tabernacles, the Feast of Ingathering or just simply the Hut Holiday, Sukkot in Jerusalem is certainly a Joyous occasion. Coming on the heels of Yom Kippur, Sukkot is a…
The Price is Wrong…So Wrong
There are some things that just shouldn’t be done. Milli Vanilli reunion tours. Guantanamo commemorative snap bracelets. “Concentration Camp” Lego sets. And, if you’re Giuliani, having a “$9.11 for Rudy” fundraiser where you…
Gingerbread Sukkah
Ha’aretz is reporting that Jerusalem will be constructing a sukkah made entirely of candy: The Jerusalem municipality and the Ariel municipal company are planning to build a sukkah made entirely of candy to…
Did Columbia Get It Right?
Muffti and his fellow posters don’t do this so often, but this is intended as a bit of a question. Muffti’s been thinking about the ethics of inviting Ahmadinejad: on the one hand,…
Questions for Mahmoud
Politically Incorrect with David Kelsey Over at the Kvetcher, our buddy David Kelsey put together a list of questions he would have liked to ask Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had he had the…
Ahmadenijad for President?
Over at DailyKos, one particularly audacious blogger put the question to the public: who would you rather be American president, Bush or Ahmadenijad? Well, the answer was Bush. But only by about 10…
Lies and Pernicious Truths
David Horovitz from the Jerusalem Post on Ahmadinejad’s Columbia speech: But it wasn’t all big lies from Ahmadinejad. He didn’t deny his determination to question the fundamental facts of the Holocaust. And he…
Arcadi Gaydamak: I WILL be the next Mayor of Jerusalem…
Gaydamak visits Machaneh Yehuda Russian born billionaire Philanthropist, Businessman, Sports Mogul, Champion of Sderot, Humanitarian, Diplomat, International Fugitive and Politician Arcadi Gaydamak visited Machaneh Yehuda (Central Market of Jerusalem) and had lunch at…
Jewlicious Folks
So there I am rifling through the Israeli online newspapers and I stumble across the “About Me” section in the Jerusalem Post. This is a place where one can upload one’s image, write…
Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) French/Jewish Mime
As per the JTA: Marcel Marceau, who escaped deportation to a Nazi death camp and went on to become a mime legend, has died… His former assistant, Emmanuel Vacca, announced Marceau’s death on…
Woke up this morning, got myself a gun…
This is NOT a Jewlicious Action Flick After going through a series of necessary and understandable but nonetheless very annoying bureaucratic hurdles, I find myself today a gun owner. When I lived in…
I Like a Boy…
Obama Girl‘s latest video is a tribute to American servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan. But more than that, her tribute was non-partisan as the video also featured Giuliani Girl and the Romney Girls…
They’re going Taser Crazy in Florida!
First they unnecessarily tasered a Jewish University of Florida student – you’re all familiar with that story of course. Now comes news that members of the Ocala Florida PD roughed up and tasered…
May you be sealed in the Book of Life
… and saved in the Database, and blessed for goodness and health. May your RAM and your hard-drive function keep on ticking. May you always stay connected to the network, have a signal,…
Arrest Ahmadinejad
Dear Mayor Bloomberg, On Sunday your city will be hosting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dictator of Iran, one of the most evil men on earth. Just a peek at his portfolio: Ahmadinejad has crushed his…
Precious Jewish Artifacts for the High Holy Days
Jewish Theological Seminary has created a “teaching” website for the high holy days and Sukkot with some interesting images, documents and artifacts that relate to this special time of year. It also has…
Chatimah Tovah And Please Forgive Me for Anything I May Have Done To You…
What a crock of Bullshit… You hear the phrase “Chatimah Tovah And Please Forgive Me for Anything I May Have Done To You… ” a lot this time of year. Before Yom Kippur,…
Nazi Sing-A-Long
Further proof of the banality of evil during the Holocaust is present in this exhibit of photos taken by a leading German Nazi at Auschwitz. Karl Hoecker took photos of the good times…
