Geraldo, why don’t YOU shutup?
Is it really necessary after all these years to spell out exactly what a malignant joke Geraldo Rivera is? If his history of shenanigans somehow escaped your radar, a quick glance at his…
The Soulful Messages
The Soul Messengers, who you will be hard pressed to find an album of, until now, headed to Dimona to record messages of hope and peace. During the Yom Kippur War, the Soul…
In Honour of Ephraim
As predicted, I’ve also made the cheesecake Ephraim had given me the recipe for, just that I used a square springform tin. I love sour cherries as well, so the cake was pretty…
What? Not the roast chicken?
It may not be kosher, but the Hoopoe was chosen on Thursday as Israel’s national bird. The Hoopoe, or “Duchifat” in Hebrew, is listed in the Old Testament as unclean and forbidden food…
R.I.P. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack, son of Russian Jewish immigrants to the US, died yesterday at age 73. Pollack directed a large number of films, including such modern classics as “Tootsie” and “Out of Africa”. In…
They tried to make me go to rehab and I said “Sha-a-lom!”
Lame title I know, but… guess who is coming to Israel? Why none other than embattled 5-time Grammy award winning songstress Amy Winehouse! While she will not be attending the ROI Summit for…
God doesn’t Play Dice with Auction Prices…
Man does, though. Einstein’s recently sold letter to Gutkind caught the auction house a price of about $400000. The letter contained a nice, short summation of Einstein’s views on the torah and the…
Neot Kedumim Shabbat
Neot Kedumim Archeological dig in Neot Kedumim biblical landscape park, west from Jerusalem (image source). Shabbat Shalom!
Think twice before pulling the plug on Bubby
Woman Wakes Up After Family Says Goodbye, Tubes Pulled CLEVELAND, Ohio — A West Virginia woman was being transferred to the Cleveland Clinic after walking the line between life and death. Doctors are…
Israel Qualified!
Just a reminder, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest is on air on Saturday night, 9:00pm CET. This’ll be this year’s Israeli contribution:
Happy Birthday, Brooklyn Bridge!
The Brooklyn Bridge was opened to the public 125 years ago on 24th May; since a large part of the commuters using the bridge are MOTs, it’s time to say “Thanks!” and “Happy…
Gotta Love Grandma!
I’m Beginning to Regret Teaching You That Word, Granny Girl: I saw that movie when it came out, The Passion of the Christ.Grandma: What movie?Girl: The Passion of the Christ. You haven’t heard…
A Close Shave for VideoJew
The Jewish Journal’s Jay Firestone delves (slightly) into the Omer and decides to take it all off for Lag Ba’Omer.
I’ve always mused our lads aren’t hairy by some odd chance
They are just oldskool! Archaeologists say bears and buffalo once roamed, and prehistoric men chipped flint into tools, in what later became the Holy Land. They found the evidence in a huge cave…
Recently on 60 bloggers
The breadth and width of bloggers at 60bloggers is impressive anywhere in the blogosphere —here is a quick peek of some of the recent posts. Go ahead, take a peek. What I Was…
New Voices on Jews and Obama
Event you may not want to miss in NYC if you are obsessed by the campaign. New Voices Presents: Blacks, Jews, and the Post-Racial Candidate Wednesday, May 28th, from 7-9 pm at 15…
Justice for All?
As found on The West Australian: An Israeli tourist tired of wolf whistles from road workers in New Zealand stripped off her clothes in a show of defiance, police say. The woman was…
Mayor Villaraigosa posts on 60bloggers
60bloggers.com has been graced by a number of fantastic posts, and fantastic posters. We have had prominent posters such as Yonatan Gordis, Daniel Brenner, Gary Wexler, Rebecca Honig Friedman, and many others. Our…
Our aboriginal homeland
Leave it to Canada’s brilliant MOT, Irwin Cotler, to lay out this legal and moral imperative justifying Israel’s existence. Yes to justify the existence of Israel. That is really what the current international…
Things I Really Hate
I hate cats. I mean really hate. I think they’re disgusting. It probably has to do with the cat infestation in Jerusalem. I don’t really know, but cats seem gross to me. Sorry….
Birth of a Nation, 1948 – New York Times op-ed
Ruth Gruber has written a brief personal history of a critical moment in the creation of the state of Israel. Fascinating. IT was Friday, May 14, 1948. I was sitting in the press…
Shabbat shalom!
Photo by YanivG. YanivG has an entire set called “Text.” Interesting stuff. SHABBAT SHALOM!
How come all post titles I can think of include “herring curry”?
And I’m not even sure they traditionally eat curries in Indonesia… For ease of reading, I’ll copy from the edited version of the interview here, but since this is really interesting, I’d ask…
Is the writing on the wall? UND vs. Jewish Students
Updates on University of North Dakota campus antisemitic graffiti case: The student accused of writing the graffiti has pleaded not guilty. One of the students has released a scathing letter critical of the…
