I know, I know. I’m a bit late to the posting party. Michael already opened the series about our Oranim / Taglit-birthright israel / Jewlicious bus (Oranim #466) perfectly. If I were that kind...
Author - Esther Kustanowitz
birthright Blogging
[Have I mentioned how much I hate the fact that the official spelling for “birthright” is a lowercase letter? It’s just wrong, I tell you. That said…] The Jerusalem Post has a...
On the Chareidio…whoa-ah-oh-oh-oh…on the...
Someone read the letter you wrote me on the Chareidio…and it told the world just how you felt–about your four kids pounding on the bathroom door before Shabbes, and how they try to get to...
Shavuot is Yom Tov for Insomniacs
…but not so much for the lactose-intolerant. The holiday of Torah study and dairy products is once again upon us, and here in New York, Upper West Side supermarkets respond in the only language...
10 Things I Hate About Commandments
The latest in mashup trailers, which illustrates just how much images can be manipulated with editing technology and the right soundtrack… What’s next? “There’s Something...
Yossi Banai, Israeli Cultural Icon, z”l
From the JTA: Yossi Banai, an Israeli cultural icon, died Thursday at age 74. Banai was buried at Kibbutz Givat Hashlosha on Friday. He was a member of Israel’s leading entertainment family and...