Twitter by the Tisch
Di herst, Yoelish? Hast mein Twitter geleint? Did you chap my tweetlech? Today, I was on Twitter and my Tweetdeck software was monitoring my usual words (Jewish, hiphop, etc) when I saw a…
The New Modesty Patrol: Anti-Indulgence Activists
Charedi activists in Brooklyn have begun to increasingly vent anger at a new perceived threat to the heim. Not immodesty. Not secular or non-Jewish music. This time it’s restaurants. As the charedi newswire…
The Obama Squad?
The above video is from Kansas City, where a middle school teacher has recently landed in extremely hot water for what some people are terming “political indoctrination.” Eighth- and ninth-graders from the Urban…
…And More From Ahmadenijad
The Iranian FarsNews newswire just released a new statement from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad as to what, in his analysis, the reasons for the Wall Street downfall are. Speaking to journalists, he blamed…
Where The Music Ban Is Going…In a Handbasket
While some of us have been ranting furiously about the new tyrannical music ban making its rounds in the Orthodox world (and its contrasting action, the harassment of Rav Twerski for daring to…
Ugly, Ineffective Anti-Semitism
Thursday’s Democratic primary in the hotly contested Tennessee Ninth District saw anti-Semitism rear its ugly — and ineffective — head, resulting in a decisive victory for the Jewish candidate targeted by the smear…
With Friends Like These…
Iranian VP Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei wants you to know something. Iran is a friend of Israel and the Israeli people. Really. Iran has no enemies in the world and is also a good friend…
Holocaust Revisionism 2.0, or 3.0
Hamas, in their ever-vigilant pursuit of new moral and ethical lows, have opened a Holocaust remembrance exhibit in Gaza, IsraelToday reported today. A journalist from the Palestinian Al-Ayyam newspaper accompanied a group of…
Y-Love’s SXSW Debut!
This year I have been privileged to be part of the South by Southwest Festival 2008, the yearly music-slash-promotion fest which takes over the streets of Austin and gives aspiring musicians the opportunity…
The American Jewish Women of the Veil?
Not too long ago, I had my first abaya-sighting. For the first time, I saw one of the followers of veil advocate Rabbanit Bruria Keren decked out in hijab sal and abaya…in Boro…
Knock-off Cartoon Rabbits Who “Eat Jews” – Now On Hamas Jr.!
Al-Aqsa TV, the people who brought you Farfur the Mouse and Nahoul the Bee now present…Assud the mujahid Bunny! Hamas’ first venture into Warner Bros. copyright infringement, Assud the Bunny, is the newest…
What’s up with “Jews” and Amazon.com?
Do me a favor. Go over to Amazon.com and search for “Jews” (no quotes) right now. The travesty returned by such a search is in the screenshot at left. “Related Searches: jewish, protocols…
L’chaim, anyone?
Apparently anything can be made treif: introducing Bacon Vodka. Existing at the nexus of raw pork and fine spirits, the Brownie Points culinary blog gives us this creation, perhaps the most audacious attempt…
Why is this issue being kept under wraps?
Jewish women? Wearing burqas and abayas/jilbab? In Ramat Beit Shemesh? Haaretz reported recently of a group of charedi women who, under the tutelage of a Rebbetzin Bruria Keren, have sought to take tznius…
Y-Love Marches Against Racism
On Monday, I merited to take part in the New York March Against Racism sponsored by TroopsOutNow.org in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Co-sponsored by literally dozens of co-signing organizations and leaders,…
Meanwhile, in Brunei…
I had to post this little tidbit I found on RanoAdidas.com. (Ranoadidas.com is Brunei’s No. 1 social news site. And now you know.) Apparently, a Bruneian school decided to, as a change for…
Angry Reflections on the JBA
(UPDATE: Since I wrote this article, the NY Daily News has since deleted
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…
It’s Official: Madonna Is A Gentile
In case anyone was confused (or still cared): Madonna is not Jewish. Madonna’s husband, Guy Ritchie, set the story straight for newsmagazine Extra — Judaism’s “newest ambassador” is more Mayflower than Red Sea…
No Poking in Damascus: Syria Bans Facebook
So Bashar al-Assad’s administration has done the audacious act of implementing a nationwide ban on access to Facebook.com from inside Syria, WashingtonPost.com reported Friday. What’s most interesting is the story given to many…
Life’s A…
P. Selvakumar’s new wife is a real bitch. The 33-year-old man from Tamil Nadu province in Southern India, the Associated Press reports, married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony designed “to…
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…
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…
Judaism’s Newest Ambassador
Will you get a load of this? UPI brings us the story — Madonna has declared herself an “ambassador for Judaism”: Madonna celebrated the Jewish new year in Israel with her husband Guy…
Boycott Israel? Boycott us too!
Almost 300 educational leaders have signed a letter speaking out against the threat of an Israeli academic boycott spearheaded by Britain’s University and College Union (UCU), Boston’s Jewish Advocate reported today. Among them…
First Authorized Hebrew Translation of the Qur’an to be Released
As-Sharq al-Awsat noted this past week, a historic undertaking — the first official translation of the Qur’an into Hebrew was underway and, according to officials, will take “over a year”: The translation of…
