“Spaghetti and Matzo Balls” Revisited
Rena Strober’s one-woman show is back for one night only–January 17th–at the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park. She has a limited number of tickets available, so if you want to go, email…
JAP? JAP! JAP?
When I first came across the acronym ‘JAP’, I couldn’t quite picture what it denoted. Something video recorder-technology related maybe? A cross-breed between ‘Japanese’ and ‘chap’ to refer to one’s chums from the…
Arad Shabbat
This is the desert near Arad, in the south of Israel. This past week, over 20 rockets landed on Sderot and the Western Negev. Shabbat shalom!! (Image by Inbal and Nir)
Debunking Post-Holiday Shopping Myths
After finally getting my Wii and spending the past few days manically hooked on Wii Tennis and upping my all-time score to “professional,” I’ve decided that I now need to focus my energies…
Want to make nice with Religious Conservatives?
Secure the endorsement of an Orthodox Jew… That’s kind of, sort of what James (Jamie) Kirchick implied in a recent oped piece in the New York Daily News about Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman’s…
Kfar-Split: Rami and Rita Go Their Separate Ways
[What, you've got a better way to say "Splitsville" in Hebrew?] Rami Kleinstein, he of the beautiful melodies with surprisingly raunchy lyrics (“we’ll drop off the kids by your mother, and [expletive deleted]…
For TheMiddle…
. . . and all others (The maker of this clip does not mean its content to be serious. A gracious curtsey goes to the folks at TheKnish.)
Concert for a Cause
Not busy this weekend in Israel and want to support a great cause? For tickets and details: 077-2164436 or Fiona: 052-3801709
Jewlicious Indoors
Whoever said we may not have fun despite stores being closed and all the snowstorms? Here are a few suggestions on things you can do while stuck and bored at home: Learn Shakespeare…
What “Jew York Times”?
Crossposted at WWPD. The NYT Weddings pages are filled with page after page of couples getting married by rabbis. The paper’s most-emailed articles are often on Jewish-related subjects. And the city in which…
I’m a Patchouli Stinkin’ Hippie
Either that or the ubiquitous Christmas music I’ve been subjected to in the diasporah has seeped into my brain and turned me into a peace loving tree hugger. See, it’s like this. Harry…
Jewlicious LES.
So I was wandering around the Lower East Side, looking to see what kind of trouble I could get into when I ran into these mysterious, randomly placed Jewlicious Festival stickers! I had…
Walt and Mearsheimer rumored to be considering publishing new book: How The “Israel Lobby” Jews Stole Christmas
The Palestinians may have proven themselves to be entirely incompetent when it comes to building a state, but they are the world’s best at propaganda. Here we have THE Santa being arrested by…
Status Quo
ck’s busy, Muffti’s busy, TheMiddle’s still around, and the rest is probably getting their party outfits ready for the Heebonism event (the one time I’m not going to NYC during my break *pout*). But…
How to Make a Man Happy
So, your mame’s been telling you that you may not go to Germany for Oktoberfest and binge drinking with your friends from yeshiva as the beer in Germany’s not kosher? Have I got good news…
Tel Aviv Shabbat
Many more Qassem rockets have fallen on Sderot and the Western Negev since last Friday, not to mention numerous mortar shells falling on those of these communities that are within range. In Tel…
Rain – Geshem
The Original by Meir Banai: The, uh, cover version by Malkat Ha’Plakat: (I’ve posted this video by Malkat Haplakat before)
Shabbat Shalom, from the State of Ice-rael
I know this is traditionally themiddle’s bag, but when I come across a photo like this, it’s just Jewlicious enough to risk invading his territory… This piece of ice was found by Judah…
Goofy Religion News
1) From CNN: If you turn to the Bible — Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 8 — you will see a passage that in part says, “A highway shall be there, and a road,…
Hillel International Professional Staff Conference: Wayne Firestone
I haven’t blogged much the last couple of days because I’ve been at the Hillel International Professional Staff Conference in Washington DC. The plan was that I would join Long Beach Hillel Director…
Desperate (Orthodox) Housewives
[Crossposted on JewishLiteraryReview.com.] In her new novel, I think Naomi Ragen meant to echo the sentiments of Gustav Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary.” But, after reading the first six pages of “The Saturday Wife,” all…
Are You a Heebonist?
If you are, you probably belong at Heebonism…I have to admit that Christmas Carol Karaoke does intrigue me (while strip dreidel does not, actually)…and Heebonism is happening in five cities, so all y’all…
So, You Want to Be A Religious Sex Counselor?
[cross-posted from JDaters Anonymous] The JTA reports that Modern Orthodoxy continues its much-needed push toward modernity with the establishment of a new program designed to teach women to become counselors for couples who…
