I know one so-called university that will not be getting a donation from me in 2011. The Senate of the University of Johannesburg in South Africa voted this week to suspend its two-year-old joint...
Author - larry
It Gets Better – The Jewish Angle
Last summer, each week, the news had a story about a young teen who was bullied for being gay or being perceived as gay who then committed suicide. Dan Savage, a Seattle based sex and relationships...
On Prancer, On Dancer, On Jacobs?
Last year, Rabbi Eric Yoffie announced that after 16 years as the leader of the Union of Reform Judaism, he would retire. The white smoke has risen above their offices, and a new leader has been...
Helen Thomas Bares All in Playboy
Helen Thomas bares it all in the April 2011 US edition of Playboy Magazine. And by “ALL,” I don’t mean her naked skin, I mean her naked, unashamed, dislike of Jews, or just Israel...
I said Hamantaschen, Not HumanTaschen
Yes. It is nearly here. The Jewish holiday cycle is nearing a new completion. Purim is almost upon us, and the full moon will be closer to the planet Earth than it has been in over a decade...
NPR’s Ash Wednesday Morning Massacre
There was a staff position massacre at National Public Radio (NPR) in American today. Vivian Schiller, NPR’s President of CEO resigned, as did Ron Schiller (no relation), the President of the...