We lost several unique people this past week, including: Sidney Lumet: Mr. Lumet passed away Saturday morning in Manhattan at the age of 86. Born in Philadelphia, his Polish born father was an actor...
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Good to the Last Afikomen: The new Maxwell House Haggadah
After searching a dozen supermarkets in three U.S. states, I finally snagged my copy of the 2011 Maxwell House haggadah, as well as some Maxwell House Kosher for Passover coffee products. Maxwell...
Steinhardt kicks some Buffett Butt?
Did anyone catch investor and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt on CNBC’s Squawk Box telecast this past week? Steinhardt, the Chairman of Wisdomtree Investments bashed Warren Buffett, the...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: A Century Later
On March 25, 1911, at 4:45 PM a fast moving fire erupted at a Manhattan sweatshop, a garment factory caught fire and led to the deaths of over 146 garment workers, most of them young immigrant women...
JBurg Craps on Ben Gurion
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...
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...