It’s September, which means all the kids are back in school, and Jewish communities are kicking off the fall season with festivals galore across the US–books, music, and pickles are all...
Author - Esther Kustanowitz
Tzfat Artists Touring NYC Area This Week
This week, artists from Tzfat are visiting three locations in the NYC area, displaying their wares and enabling New Yorkers to buy Israeli art in support of the artists whose livelihood has been...
Guy Ritchie Attends Shaarei Sheinah
Particularly tired because of jetlag and jujitsu, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, now known as Mr. Madonna, fell asleep during a recent Kabbalah meditation service. Falling asleep in shul? Now he’s just...
Nerds Wanted for Top-Secret Shabak Duty
MEMO From: Shin Bet, c/o STATE OF ISRAEL To: Countries Who Like Israel RE: Geek Recruitment Initiative (via Chicago Tribune) The world might view us as shadowy and sinister, but at the Shin Bet, we...
Hex Begone!
Well, we all knew Kabbalah (much like Jesus) was magic, what with its red-stringy goodness, May-December DemiAshtonness, and Madonnaness. This reputation was cemented with Madonna’s offer to...
Looking for Some New Furniture?
“Hey honey, you know what would look so perfect in the den next to the flat-screen TV? Hitler’s desk!” A London dealer has announced that Hitler’s desk is going to be...
Puppets Are Funny
I’ll admit it; I’m part of the Muppet Generation–not quite old enough to remember when Jim Henson premiered his Muppet creations on Saturday Night Live (Scred, anyone?), but old...
Internal Chuckle, Courtesy of the Westin
Every year, the United Jewish Communities (UJC) holds a conference for representatives of Jewish Federations across the country; it’s in a different city each year. This year it’s in Los...