I’ve been to the Sinai more times than I can count. I started hanging out there when I was 17 and spent time doing pretty much everything one can do there. I dove in Dahab and Ras Muhamed...
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Can Sarah Silverman help feed the world?
Yes. Yes she can. Sort of. We know that Sarah Silverman managed to win Florida for Obama by encouraging young Jews to shchlep to their grandparents there and convince them that he wasn’t a...
My best birthday present ever!
Thanks Tanya and Noam! So there we have it. Born on the 9th of October 2009, meet my niece Avia Fay Schechter. My sister Tanya and her husband Natan have a thing for Israeli names. When I found out...
Jerusalem Shuk tweetUP: This Sunday!
At the intersection of Fresh Vegetables and High Tech The shuk is going to be hopping this Sunday night as Jerusalem’s twitter community gets together at Cafe Aroma for the world’s only...
Soulico: Exotic on the Speaker ft. Hummus – In stores now!
Soulico‘s latest album, Exotic on the Speaker is available for purchase starting today. It features collaborations with some amazing Israeli and international artists like Ghostface Killah...
Fear of Change: A must read blog post for Jewish Non-Profits
Seriously… Seth Godin wrote a scathing blog post about fear induced institutional torpor found in established non-profit organizations: These organizations exist solely to make change...
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a Jew
Mahmoud Ahmadinejadstein? William Levin’s video was meant as a joke of course, but its depiction of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad applying to join a Taglit Birthright Israel trip turned out to be rather...
No Crocs on Yom Kippur!
or ever… So says Rabbi Eliyashiv, a litvack rebbe, in response to a question by a yeshiva student. The Rabbi ruled that …it is best not to wear Crocs shoes on Yom Kippur even though they...