Shabbat with Leora Laor
Untitled #107 Playing around, searching for Israeli art that I’d enjoy, I discovered the terrific work of Leora Laor. From her online bio: Leora Laor was born in Israel. She graduated in Film,…
How winning a contest doesn’t exactly make you a better catch
AP reports on Yahoo News: A Manhattan librarian emerged as a champion couch potato after three rivals gave in to sleep deprivation or nature’s call. Stan Friedman won the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch…
I speak Hebrew and English
Browsing the toys section at alljudaica, I came across this cuddly plush version of ck. My other favourites there include the Mitzvah Kinder Mentschen, the Ten Plagues Finger Puppets, the Noah’s Ark’s Children’s…
Rep. Tom Lantos will retire due to cancer
Tom Lantos (that’s him with his wife Annette on the right) will finish out this Congressional term but then will not run for re-election. The reason is that he has cancer of the…
Jewishy Filmmakers/Themes at Sundance
Sundance Film Festival Jewishy Filmmakers “An American Soldier,” Director and Screenwriter: Edet Belzberg Uncle Sam wants you! A compelling exploration of army recruitment in the United States told through the story of Louisiana…
Don’t read my lips
Haaretz reports that any and all forms of Jewish prayer are forbidden on the Temple Mount. Not even moving your lips. It may provoke the gentiles! A Jew is not allowed to pray…
Y-Love.fr (and .co.uk)
While the illustrious DJ Handler may have broken the news, that Y-LOVE made his European debut a few weeks ago, and that the capacity shows in Paris and London were huge successes, I…
Ahmadinejad’s Blog
It seems these days everyone has a blog. My Mom does not have one yet, though she’s already achieved her measure of Internet fame with that shakshuka thing (the recipe not the Brazilian…
Walking in Portman’s (Vegan) Shoes
In case we thought that Natalie Portman’s avowed vegetarianism was merely an attempt to get around kashrut issues when dining out, Miss P takes her devotion to live animals one step further by…
Big buzz on ‘People of the Book’
Crossposted on JewishLiteraryReview.com Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks has a new book out called “People of the Book,” and it’s getting lots of attention. It’s a novel inspired by the true events surrounding…
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more bizarre…
. . . you learn that the Jews are responsible for the false treatment of cancer patients. THE JEWS have killed two billion people with morphine, chemotherapy and radiation treatment according to the…
Y-LOVE / SHEMSPEED EURO TOUR
a.k.a. What we did over winter break. 1. Went to Paris to check out L’As Du Falafel, the famous falafel spot that the celebs all eat in. 2. Went to the Jewish quarter…
