“If they find out about going to Palestine I’ll get booted off” That was the germane part of the email sent by one prospective Taglit-birthright israel participant to her worried...
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RCA and Israeli Rabbinate Reach Agreement
A little while back, we reported on what appeared to be a rift between the Rabbinical Council of America and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The rift was said to have been caused by the Chief...
Stop The Presses! Babwa’s going on tour!
Barbra Streisand announced today that she will play 20 concerts in the US this coming October and November. Well, Barbra didn’t exactly make the announcement, her manager Martin Erlichman did...
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead. Finally.
See it as it happenned: Yeah, yeah. We got it wrong once before. But this time the evil Al-Quaeda henchman is dead. For sure. Some in the West have regretted his death, like Michael Berg whose son...
World Cup Madness!
American Apparel celebrates US Soccer team in Israel The World Cup of Soccer Football is set to begin on Friday. What does this mean for the Jews? Well, there have been a number of Jew/Soccer...
Fear of a Black Planet
In 1990, Public Enemy released their 3rd album Fear of a Black Planet. Considered by some as the most revolutionary disc since Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, its impact was...
Stephanie Lowenthal of NYC Set to be 100,000th birthright israel Participant
  OK, so I got it wrong on my previous post. I thought it was worth a shot. Sue me! Apologies to NASDAQ employee Erika Farber for messing up. But enough about that, let’s talk about Miss...
Matisyahu in Israel
It seems like every time Matisyahu is in town, I run into him on Ben Yehuda street. Well this time is no different. Matisyahu is in Jerusalem with his wife and kid (Miniyahu) to celebrate Shavuot...