In Kiev next Sunday?
Then don’t miss the “DJ is Drunk”-party of/by Mama Diaspora vs Yuriy Gurzhy. For those that are missing out, this is what you’re missing:
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel, a revolutionary who always ‘lived within the truth’
Havel, who presided over a free Czechoslovakia, was tireless fighter against totalitarianism and oppression By James Kirchick NEW YORK DAILY NEWS In 1985, then dissident and future Czech president Vaclav Havel, who died…
Coming This Summer to a Theater Near You! Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator!
Sacha Baron Cohen is doing his part to make sure the Arabs love us with his new movie “The Dictator.” His character seems kind of loosely based on Libya’s Muammar Gadafi, but with…
Claire Danes on Conan: Tel Aviv is “…the Most intense Party town I’ve ever been to…”
Clare Danes, the star of Homeland, a 24-like show based on the Israeli series Hatufim, was on Conan the other day when the subject of Israel came up. She had been there to…
Yeah. Paper Birthday Cards are Over. Even Israelis are Getting Romantic.
The stakes have gone up. For your significant other’s next birthday, if you think a card, some flowers and dinner is going to cut it, forget about it. Here is what Meny Hilsenrad,…
Bibi Kills Abbas then Chops Up Body for Stew
Literally! But before you get outraged or excited, depending on your perspective, I’m not talking about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu and President of the Palestine Authority Mahmoud Abbas. This had nothing…
Battle of the Jewish Tweeters Lists
Once again, a Jewish website has decided to publish a list based on Twitter. Apparently people really like lists. Does anyone make significant decisions based on Twitter rankings? I hope not. @jewlicious published…
Mac Miller Hits #1 on Billboard Charts this Week. Yes. He’s Jewish.
Mac Miller, the son of a non-Jewish Father and a Jewish Mother hit #1 on Billboard this week with his new album “Blue Slide Park.” Miller, 19, whose real name is Malcolm McCormick,…
Girl Lookit my Shlomo: Circumcised!
LMFAO Parody goes Viral! Check out this Jewish cover of LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know it” it’s called “I’m Jewish and You Know it” and is set mostly on the tayelet in Tel…
Something Happened in France and it’s Bad
Ceci n’est pas un prophète Last Week, Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, released an issue “edited” by a fake depiction of some religion’s founding Prophet. The cover depicted said Prophet stating “1000…
I Want to Hold Your Challah
Paul McCartney wants to join the Tribe. This at least according to sources at the National Enquirer. McCartney, who recently married Jewish American Nancy Shevell, told his wife that he wants to convert….
Open Letter to Gilad: What you missed these last 5 years
Gilad, Let me first say that there are no words to describe the feelings that your release has triggered. A weird mixture of relief, happiness, and hope swept over me when I first…
Why Can’t Jewish Foundations be THIS Cool?
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division from President Bill Clinton Jewish Foundations can learn a thing or two from this video. The Clinton Foundation’s celebrity brain trust is already SO Jewy, it wouldn’t be such…
Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt get all Kissy-Face in NYC
Since leaving now ex-hubby Ryan Reynolds last December, Scarlett Johansson has been linked to a number of new suitors including Sean Penn (gross!), Kieran Culkin and Bradley Cooper. But now US Magazine brings…
ANDY MILONAKIS & Y-LOVE!?!? (THE TAKEOVER!)
“The Takeover,” is the lead single from the forthcoming Y-Love LP. The song explodes with African rhythms and clever wordplay, featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Tj Di Hitmaker, and super star comedian/actor, Andy Milonakis…
Happy Bar Mitzvah Google; Shana Tova Facebook
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took time off from his busy schedule to wish Google a happy Bar Mitzvah. Google was founded 13 years ago by MOTs Sergei Brin and Larry Page. I…
Jewish Girls Gone Wild
It’s been a pretty wild week in world of Jewish womankind. To say the least. And that’s not a good thing. This week’s events were preceded by the news, shortly before what would…
Spielberg, Can You Hear Me?
Dear Mr. Spielberg, It’s time to take back the Jewish film. With the announcement that Mel Gibson aims to helm a Judah Maccabee picture and the immediate hell-no-we-won’t-go-response of the Anti Defamation League…
Mel Gibson: My Jew Movie
Looks like Mel Gibson is going to be teaming up with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Betrayed, Music Box) to produce a movie about Judah Maccabee. I know. Weird, right? And on…
Galliano Guilty Verdict for Racist Rants
Former chief fashion designer at Christian Dior, John Galliano, was found guilty of making “public insults” based on origin, religion, race or authenticity after an incident where he spouted racist and anti-Semitic insults…
Dip Your Apple
Ein Prat Fountainheads wish you a Shanah Tovah! Dip Your Apple is the name of the latest video by the Ein Prat Fountainheads, a music group made up of Alumni from the Ein…
Today in Jews, August 23, 2011
Today in Jews, August 23, 2011 (Los Angeles) With Jews under attack in Israel and strange news from J Celebs in the press, revolution in Libya, earthquake near DC, it’s just been a…
The Rent is Too Damn High
In all the hullabaloo about the J14 Tent protesters in Israel, we seem to have neglected the plight of the guy that may have started it all, Jimmy McMillan, the founder of New…
LoveFest in LA, Aug. 11th Celebration of Tu B’Av
LoveFest is produced in honor of an ancient day of joy and matchmaking on the Jewish calender, Tu B’Av, when eligible maidens and bachelors would meet out in the fields on a full…
This Week in “Stupid” Jewish Pop Culture
Ordinarily, I might have dedicated a post to each of these stories but it’s all so damned stupid that I just can’t do it one by one. The first item is “Black and…
R.I.P. Amy Winehouse
Via the BBC: [. . .] Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, has been found dead at her north London home. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and…
