Has Amy Chua won? Can her frightening “traditional Chinese” parenting methods actually be valid? Her daughter Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, just got accepted to Harvard – that’s some...
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A Gay Girl in Damascus
Amina describes herself as an out lesbian, and her blog presents her “…thoughts on life, the universe and so on.” What’s remarkable is that Amina lives in Damascus...
Lara Logan, Tahrir Square Rape Victim: First Interview
60 Minutes presents Lara Logan’s first interview since being viciously raped at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Someone in the crowd shouted that she was an Israeli, a Jew. Neither is true. But to the...
Holocaust Memorial Day / Yom Hashoah in Jerusalem, Israel 2011
Known officially in Israel as Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, it is Israel’s day of commemoration for the those who perished in the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis and their allies...
Glee, Jews and their noses
Episode 18 of the second season of Glee, titled Born This Way deals with a number of issues: OCD, beards (not the kind you grow on your face), bullies and Lady Gaga. However, the Jews are most...
Happy Passover… Videos!
What a crop of festive Passover videos we got this year! Golly. Here are some of my faves. The first one called “Going to a Seder” is sung to the tune of “Gonna be Sedated” by...
Murderers of Fogel Family Caught and Named
The military censor lifted the publication ban and now it can safely be revealed that the killers were Amjad Awad 19, and Hakim Awad 18. The two suspects were from the village of Awarta, adjacent to...
Will Grace Oberhofer Make it to Harvard?
When I first read about Grace Oberhofer in Gawker, I didn’t know what to think. See, Grace was waitlisted at Harvard. Maybe to relieve some stress, Grace wrote a song and then recorded herself...