If the deity were human, what form would the manifestation take? A cigar-chomping old man? An angsty Canadian singer who tweaks your nose and stands on her head under a tree? A stranger on the bus...
Author - Esther Kustanowitz
(Some of) Today’s News By the Numbers
210 Hezbollah rockets slammed into northern Israel on Wednesday. The number is believed to be the most in a single day since Israeli-Hezbollah fighting began July 12.20 shops in Rome, Italy have been...
From the Israel Notebooks: On Hebrew
On the bus to Tel Aviv is the first time I really hear it. The buzz of it is familiar; the tones and consonantal sounds that surround me are not altogether foreign. But the fact remains–even...
First Nat Loses Hair, Then Head? (For Movie Roles)
Sometimes I feel like Jewlicious should have its own Natalie Portman category. Or maybe a separate category for “actjewesses,” or “Jewspianettes,” or...
Shabbat Shalom (EST)
That EST stands for Eastern Standard Time. Or maybe for ESTher, who’s posting this in what may be an encroachment on the middle’s regular Shabbat shalom posts. So call it an East Coast...
So Long, and Thanks For All the Hummus
At one point tonight, during my last night on the town, a friend turned to me and said, “is everyone you know here from the world of blogs?” I looked around, and more or less, the answer...