The Gaza Flotilla Battle – On Twitter
[Reposting my Jewish Week article from this week...which features comments from none other than the noteworthy "ck." ] The Gaza Flotilla Battle – On Twitter Israeli forces approach one of six ships bound…
Desperately Needed Fauxtilla Humanitarian Aid blocked by Hamas
Uhm… Aren’t people starving in Gaza? How can the people managing The World’s Most Desperate Human Rights Disaster ™ deny their people the desperately needed humanitarian aid they so badly need? CNN reports…
Etgar Keret reports on the flotilla
Does this picture soothe you? It soothes me. While we are all frantically consuming as much news as possible, filling up the comment sections of sites that slander either one side or the…
More video from the flotilla attack
Massive intelligence failure by Israel. They sent their soldiers into a battle unwittingly and unprepared.
Israel rehabilitates Palestinians crippled by Hamas
If you listen to people like Norman Finkelstein, they like to make the point that Hamas was elected democratically. What they typically neglect to mention is that Hamas, in order to take over,…
This kid from LA has balls
Bravo! Seriously. And he’s only 17. Also, pretty eloquent and principled considering his age. Update: The young man’s name is Daniel Pereg.
Flotilla death to Jews chant
They are singing Khaybar ya Yahood. Essentially, this is a call to attack and defeat the Jews, and either enslave their women and children (while killing the men) as Muhammed did to the…
While the Israeli government struggles to deal with its self-inflicted wounds, Iran gets the bomb
Self inflicted wounds: Ramat Shlomo debacle; Dubai hit debacle; keeping Chomsky out debacle; Goldstone Report debacle (absence of credible response to Goldstone to this day despite months since his report was released); Lebanon…
This man should be Israel’s prime minister
I have no idea who Zvi Hauser is, but according to Ha’aretz’s coverage of the decision-making process that took place regarding how the flotilla should be handled, he was the only person perspicacious…
The morons who run Israel
It’s incomprehensible. Earlier yesterday, before the Propaganda Flotilla floated across the Mediterranean toward Gaza, yells of “Khaybar Khaybar al Yahud” could be heard from the boats. This chant essentially implies violence and death…
The Islamic Thinkers Society Creates a Video
The Islamic Thinkers Society describes itself thus: We are less than a handfull [sic] of Muslims from Ahlus Sunnah wal jama’ah who give public da’wah to society, where we invite the society to…
Live-Blogging the Eurovision
All timestamps are approximates, CET. Five more minutes to go. One of my brothers and I are going to watch, snack, and comment. 9:00pm: artsy, retro trailer. Mentioning of “Waterloo” by ABBA. My…
Jewlicious Heritage Month Reception At White House
Jewlicious Festival Alumni (left-right) Eli Wikelman (Challah For Hunger), Sarah Lefton (G-dcast), and Shawn Landres (Jumpstart) enjoying the reception in honor of Jewish Heritage Month at the White House with future Jewlicious Presenter…
Los Angeles – Israel Advocacy Happy Hour
Israel and Drinking Can Mix Join me for a drink and an engaging speaker next week, ‘How to Talk Israel: It’s Not What We Know, It’s What They Hear’. It promises to be…
A lil’ Russian Israeli literature for your Shabbat
I get sent links from Dina Rubina on an almost daily basis, because all the Russian Jewish ladies read Dina Rubina. (By the way, that biography of her is horribly translated.) In Israel…
Can You En(Euro)vision?
It’s rare that Israelis and Germans share a strong passion with Americans generally being pretty much indifferent toward it all. One such passions is the Eurovision Song Contest, and I’m happy to let…
A Jewcy Deal for You?
What Jew can resist? So you should already know about Jewcy, right? Jewcy claims “over 120,000 unique visitors connect to Jewcy.com every month. Jewcy has twice as much traffic as any other Jewish…
Does York University Subsidize John Greyson’s Anti-Israel Activism? Here’s his cheesy Elton John video
Hey Elton John Here is the cheesy video by John Greyson that’s intended to goad Elton John to cancel his Tel Aviv concert in June. Greyson is a professor of Film at York…
Videos from Last Night’s Shemspeed Rap Fest!
Shemspeed’s Rap Fest last night went off like a house party, the vibe was amazing! For those of you all who missed out on the magic, we posted a bunch of videos below:…
NYC Event: Zoe Klein, Heeb Magazine and Drawing in the Dust
Free stuff for Jews, June 8th Zoe Klein believes that “There is a thread of love which holds everything together.” What this has to do with anything we’re not really sure, but Klein’s…
The Toilet as a Sign of the Times in the University of California
Over the years, we have brought our readers numerous posts about the anti-Israel movement at UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and recently UC San Diego. These movements are typically led by those schools’ Muslim…
The inexcusable situation into which Jewish students are placed by their universities
We’ve all seen the video of the Muslim Student Association student at UC San Diego, who, during their anti-Israel week’s events attended a David Horowitz lecture and said she was “for” Nasrallah’s statement…
Pumping Iron for the Payes Set
I need to re-post my Jewish Week article from this past week, which is yet another exploration into the ostensibly odd ways that haredim and hipsters are coming together over exercise in the…
