Shidduch Crisis Solved!
It was right under my nose the whole time! So I was watching excerpts from “Unattached” , a Documentary Channel film, about the Shidduch Crisis focused on the Upper West Side of New…
Summer Prayer of a Hebrew Redneck Wannabe
Every summer, right in the hot, soft belly of July/August, I’m hit with it in the head, like the skillet of an angry housewife: the urge to play Alan Jackson loud with the…
Counsellor and one Teen Killed in Tel Aviv Gay Community Center Attack
Today will be a black day in the history of Israel. Let’s hope people can get past petty differences and that we’ll be able to unite as a nation and as a people…
FBI AIPAC Sting Motivated by Anti-Semitism? No Way!
Way! The FBI Investigation into AIPAC that resulted in dropped charges against two AIPAC staffers accused of passing classified information to Israel may have been motivated by anti-Semitism according to Larry Franklin, who…
Holy Land Gang Land
Us? Criminals? Of course it figures that any time a story on Israeli organized crime comes up, my family name (Abutbul in Hebrew) figures in there somewhere. OK, so the Netanya branch of…
Jews can’t marry in Israel
Maybe it’s just the fact that Tisha B’Av is winding down for me and I’m writing this in a spate of hunger/anger that rivals the Hulk’s. But you know what I think is…
Remembering the Captive On Tisha B’Av
A Jewish man and an African-American woman are both imprisoned, thousands of miles apart, under very disparate conditions. On this national day of mourning, Tisha B’Av, both deserve our attention. Noam Shalit, the…
Not your grandma’s couscous
Today I got proof that I’m really a good Jewish boy. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as shrimp couscous before I read Lisa Goldman’s brilliant article in the Forward,…
Obama gives Israelis something they can agree on
Today’s NYTimes carries an Op-Ed from Haaretz Editor Aluf Benn, “Why Won’t Obama Talk to Israel?” His article is clear and concise and asks who is the fool behind the Obama administration policy…
Ben Cabelli Interview: This is why Tel Aviv is Cool
Seriously. Spare me the self important Social Networking Experts. Or yet another full of himself tech guru. Ben Cabelli, man. He is the shit. I can’t even tell you what he does. I…
Hideous Israeli Wedding Dress Awareness Day
As you may be aware, living in Israel can have serious consequences. That’s because the State of Israel commits horrible crimes against humanity every day. These manifest themselves in the form of hideous…
Rachel: Was it worth it San Francisco Jewish Film Festival? Was it, really? Really??
Did I really have to witness folks cheering Ahmadinejad at a Jewish Film Festival? Was it absolutely necessary to be subjected to the catcalls and the rudeness of the anti-Israel crowd who tried…
World up in arms over phony Gaza hospital telethon that falsely vilified Israel
Actually, the world doesn’t care. I had to hear about it from Kelsey who heard about it from The Forward which heard about it from the JTA which actually unearthed this story. I…
Ghost of Rachel Corrie haunts the SF Jewish Film Festival
The Jewish Film Festival has for years been a source of pride for my mom. She enjoys the great films they screen, buying a pass most of the last 20 years. My mom…
Hot Russians invade the Knesset (no, it’s not me this time.)
Every time I am in a majority-Jewish setting, such as in a synagogue, an Israel event, or TJ MaXX when they are having their 50% off sale, I get the feeling that other…
More Fun in the South of Lebanon (Part Deux)
After last Tuesday’s hoopla, UNIFIL has decided to step their activities up a notch. They’ve increased their activities in southern Lebanon. Saturday, UNIFIL troops attempted to search an abandoned building in Bir el-Salasel,…
ROI Wrap Up
Guest post by Heshy Fried of Frum Satire No longer actively involved in ROI, I agreed to let Heshy be my eyes and ears at the recent ROI Summit in Ramat Gan/Tel Aviv,…
From SouthLeb to SouthMeaShe to SouthPTikva
From South Lebanon to South Mea Shearim to the field of South P Tikva… it, sadly, all seems the same. As Jewish Maccabia athletes from around the world — from New York to…
More Fun in the South of Lebanon
UNIFIL – the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. They are the peace keeping force in Southern Lebanon. Part of their job is to monitor what Hezbollah does in the South of the…
Taking A Flying Leap: Skydiving over Israel
Sometimes you have to meet your greatest fears head on. Well, in this case it was feet first. Jumping out of an airplane at 12,000 feet to celebrate my birthday recently, hoping it…
Obama should speak to all of us
That is the headline of Ami Eden’s blog on JTA. And he is right. President Obama will be meeting in the White House with 16 leaders of Jewish organizations at 3 p.m. Monday….
Best Ad Ever? Most Offensive?
You decide: Produced by McCann Erickson, it has divided the nation as some are horrified by the use of the Separation Barrier as a prop in a light-hearted cell phone company commercial, while…
A Picnic in Susya
Guest Post by Joseph Dana aka Ibn Ezra Yesterday, members of Ta’ayush set out to have a picnic at an illegal outpost unrecognized by the Israeli authorities next to the settlement of Susya…
P.A. to Establish Counter-Terrorism Task Force
According to a Jerusalem Post report, Israel may allow the P.A. to establish a counter-terrorism unit, to act against Hamas terrorism. The French have volunteered to train the unit. The French do have…
Maccabiah 2009 Invades Israel!
The Jerusalem Post reports that “3,500 international athletes and 1,500 accompanying relatives from 60 countries are staying in 1,700 hotel rooms for 14 nights… And that’s only a portion of the 5,000 athletes…
Projekt Mr. B-irthright or, How do YOU Israel?
People, we have a crisis on our hands. No, it’s not my Photoshopping skills. We’ll address those later. Right now we are in triage mode. The issue at hand is that Mr. B…
