I need to tell you about the time I walked into The Michael Levin Base expecting nothing and got handed a croissant. It was Bastille Day, or as the French actually call it, “le 14...
Robert Kraft Turned Macklemore Into a Movement. Nice Work, Bob.
Let’s do some basic math. Before Robert Kraft got involved, Macklemore was booked to open eight of the ten remaining shows on Ed Sheeran‘s Loop tour. Eight nights of stadium crowds...
Same Story, Bigger Screen: NAZA and the Treason That Wasn’t, Until It Was
I haven’t seen NAZA. I mention this up front because it seems to be the one thing I have in common with nearly everyone in Israel who is currently furious about it. The film hasn’t...
Macklemore Sells Golf Pants. We Made Him a Martyr.
Macklemore said two words at the MetLife stadium and lost a tour. Yuval Abraham won a prize in Venice for NAZA and a minister came for his citizenship. I am a Zionist and I am asking my own people to...
NAZA Wins at Venice on Rosh Hashanah: What We Missed
If you keep the chag, you’ve been off your phone since Friday evening. Candles at erev Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat and the first day landing on top of each other on Saturday, the second day coming...
What is Actually Going on in Qusra?
It’s the end of August. Chofesh hagadol is over, thank God, and tomorrow morning the kids go back to school. In Jerusalem that means moving season is at its peak, because nobody switches...
The Restaurant Has a Name, Besties!
My parents took me to Paris three times before I ever went with my school, and every single time it was for my own good. That was the actual pitch. Paris would make me cultured. Paris would make me...
Stairs, Ships, Swedish Babes, Menachem Begin and a Tuna
Athens in 1982, a ferry with no beds, my father’s sunken destroyer, and a song about a Walkman and heartbreak. A photo of a staircase showed up in my feed this week and the memories started flooding...
Remember the 17th Commandment…
It turns out there were ten missing commandments. Pretty much everyone has seen the Mel Brroks movie “History of the World Part I,” or at least has heard of the scene where Brooks plays Moses coming...
If Jews Control the Banks, Explain This Menu.
By Jeremy Kossen There are certain conspiracy theories that refuse to die. For centuries, one of the dumbest has been that Jews secretly control the world’s banks, financial markets, and...