Actress, musician, Canadian Jessica Lowndes tweeted that #HatersGonnaHate about her #smitten affair with comedian Jon Lovitz. Is it a Purim parody? Is it the start of an April Fools Joke? Or is it...
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Will NYC Welcome Israel’s New Consul General Dani Dayan?
“What Trenton Makes The World Takes.” Those are the words on a New Jersey bridge. We can amend it. “What Brazil Rejects, NYC Gets.” This morning, after months of fighting with...
Georgia School Bans Namaste… Will Shalom Be Next?
Ummmmmmm… I mean Ohmmmmmm….. Yoga is supposed to reduce tsurris, not create it. Bullard Elementary in suburban Atlanta has banned the use of the word “namaste” in school. It...
AIPAC at Colonus, or The Blind Boys of Alabama Can’t Fix This
In Sophocles’ play, Oedipus at Colonus, and the later Brooklyn rendition of it as Gospel at Colonus starring the Blind Boys of Alabama, Oedipus is blind and near the end of his life. He comes...
Shiva Watch: Leon, Hilary, Geoffrey, Anita, Andy & Meir
LEON H. CHARNEY passed away this week, before Erev Purim in New York City. He was a behind the scenes “spy for peace” who helped President Jimmy Carter push forward on the Camp David...
Manhattan’s NOJFF: Naturally Occurring Jewish Film Fest
Once every 19 years – or so I heard – a Jewish Film Fest naturally occurs in Manhattan. It is a Naturally Occurring JFF, not to be confused with an Aging In Place NORC Retirement...