If you missed the demonstration this morning outside of NBC studios in drizzly NYC, here’s what went down: A diverse group of about a hundred people, organized by the American Jewish World...
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Water Shortages in the Middle East – and a Bit of Hope
Guest writer Avigail Hurvitz-Prinz Cross-posted at The Jew & The Carrot Today’s New York Times article, The Food Chain: Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water, was a good reminder to...
Postville Then and Now
Although the Agriprocessors/Rubashkins scandal seems to have faded from the news fairly quickly–which seems odd to me, since food and the fitness of food is such an obsession of...
Live From Radio City Music Hall: Israel’s 60th!
Part 1 Outside in the ballagan there were protests and anti protests and anti anti protests. It was all very confusing. Israeli flags and Palestinian flags faced off on opposite side of the street...
A “Beat” on the Seder Plate
Maybe I’m just bitter from working seasonal retail in malls year after year, but I am so tired of the Christmas monopoly on holiday music. I’m tired of jingle bells and Christmas trees...
Happy birthday, Aharon. Happy new year, trees!
Okay, this post is really just about an early birthday present that Aharon Horwitz appears to have received, but I felt awkward saying happy birthday to him without acknowledging the New Year to the...
It may be a bit repetitive
but since ck and I are sitting here shouting “venismekah” at each other, I just wanted to repeat for the rest of you: a little bit o’ this and a little bit o’ that a little...
a little bit of dog and a little bit of cat
because what better is there to do on a cold Jerusalem night… Post comments with links to your favorite youtube/googlevideo hava nagila clips. Some examples: Bollywood Hava Nagila! Thai Hava Nagila!