A Message For HRH Prince William: Mazal Tov!
For the Royal Simcha, a video from Jewlicious Festival and JConnectLA Artist-In-Residence Marcus J. Freed:
Glee, Jews and their noses
Episode 18 of the second season of Glee, titled Born This Way deals with a number of issues: OCD, beards (not the kind you grow on your face), bullies and Lady Gaga. However,…
Live At Stubb’s Vol. II: A Flowing River Of Passion
Live At Stubb’s put Matisyahu on the map, creating a nation-wide following. In 2010 Matisyahu returned to Stubb’s, the place where his musical footprint was first established, and recorded a new live album….
Is This Freedom In The Air?
Happy Passover and Happy Easter to our readers. Sadly, it is anything but a peaceful Holyday, even with the Pope’s message and all. Reports are still unclear surrounding the death of a Jewish…
Passover Detective: Streit’s Passover Kichel vs. 2002 Honda Odyssey
The kiddish table at the Happy Minyan on Passover included plates of Streit’s Passover Kichel that would have made a great pairing with the herring – if they were edible. Members had a…
Oy Canada
As Canadians are gearing up for their federal election May 2, the country is attentively listening to what each Party can do for them. One issue important to Jewish Canadians is each of the…
All Jew need is love
Let the cheesy headline not deter you. I’m trying to make amends for messing with “our SEO” the other day. I came across an interesting article on Welt Online about the Museum of…
Let My People Eat Quinoa
The New York Times just picked up on the debate about quinoa on Passover – and if this mushy stuff from the Andes is fit for consumption on Pesach. The article missed the…
Happy Passover… Videos!
What a crop of festive Passover videos we got this year! Golly. Here are some of my faves. The first one called “Going to a Seder” is sung to the tune of “Gonna…
Gaudeamus igitur iuvenes dum sumus
(I couldn’t really think of a title, so I’ll resume the Latin lessons for Muffti.) Speaking of songs, Rotfront are releasing their new album “VisaFree” on 20th May and start their “From Berlinstan…
Murderers of Fogel Family Caught and Named
The military censor lifted the publication ban and now it can safely be revealed that the killers were Amjad Awad 19, and Hakim Awad 18. The two suspects were from the village of…
Shabbat Tent At Coachella
Southern California’s largest music festival is getting a little more soul. The Shabbat Tent team are gearing up for Shabbat Lunch at this year’s festival. Details of where you can find them below…
US-Israel Relations: An Interview with Gil Hoffman of The Jerusalem Post
Interview with Gil Hoffman, Chief Political Correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. by David Bratslavsky Gil Hoffman is the chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post. I met him in Cincinnati, where…
In search of a Seder Recipe?
Passover approaches. Some are scrambling for a unique Pesach recipe. Earlier this week, even Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook’s co-founder, tweeted that she was in need of a recipe for her Mexican-themed…
Coal Pharaohs And Mountaintop Removal
Six months after freezing the rubber-stamping of mountaintop removal mining permits, the Obama administration is considering reinstating fast approval for these devastating projects. The issue is up for public review until April 18th,…
FBI: Tupac Shakur Was a Victim of a Jewish Group
I was too busy worrying about Bibi and Bieber to pay attention to the latest document releases from the U.S. FBI, yesterday> These documents contains more information on musician Tupac Shakur and his…
Will Grace Oberhofer Make it to Harvard?
When I first read about Grace Oberhofer in Gawker, I didn’t know what to think. See, Grace was waitlisted at Harvard. Maybe to relieve some stress, Grace wrote a song and then recorded…
Justin Bieber vs Bibi – What’s going on?
Israel has been at less than it’s best behavior during Justin Bieber’s visit ahead of his show in Tel Aviv tomorrow night. Yesterday according to the Bieber Zone, he visited the beach in…
Mind, Body and Soul in Synagogue
Romemu, NYC For some people, temple is temple and yoga is yoga. They don’t mix. You may not want to see your Rabbi doing downward dog, or saying “Namaste” instead of “Shalom.” I…
Israel Catches Bieber Fever
In yet another blow to the failing BDS campaign to delegitimize Israel, Justin Bieber, one of the world’s most popular pop stars, landed in Tel Aviv this morning. Bieber, 17, will be performing…
Shiva Watch
We lost several unique people this past week, including: Sidney Lumet: Mr. Lumet passed away Saturday morning in Manhattan at the age of 86. Born in Philadelphia, his Polish born father was an…
Good to the Last Afikomen: The new Maxwell House Haggadah
After searching a dozen supermarkets in three U.S. states, I finally snagged my copy of the 2011 Maxwell House haggadah, as well as some Maxwell House Kosher for Passover coffee products. Maxwell House…
Steinhardt kicks some Buffett Butt?
Did anyone catch investor and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt on CNBC’s Squawk Box telecast this past week? Steinhardt, the Chairman of Wisdomtree Investments bashed Warren Buffett, the Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and prince of…
Fresh Garlic Season at the Shuk
What’s a fresh garlic??? Anyone who has been to the shuk in Jerusalem (or pretty much any vegetable market in Israel) can’t help but notice that it’s fresh garlic season. North Americans, used…
Will Lone IDF Soldier Kevin make it to Coachella?
The countdown clock is running. There are a mere 7 days left to one of the most popular festivals of the year: Coachella! Can you help a lone soldier make his dream come…
Can You Retract a “Blood Libel”? Also: Itamar Mayor Speaks
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