Amidst heavy rains in Vatican City came these Latin words: “Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam” (“I announce to you a great joy. We have a pope” It’s official...
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Locust Kabobs A La Ramat HaNegev
Without passports or visas, nor even Birthright Israel applications, millions of locust have crossed from the Sinai into Israel this week. The swarms can eat and destroy over half a field of...
Jewlicious Book of the Week: Herring Today. Not Gone Tomorrow
Before we talk about the book, let’s talk about me – just as if we are schmoozing in a long line at an appetizing store’s counter on the Lower East Side. I am not a Litvak. Well...
Did Bris Joke Get Penn Admissions Rep Fired?
The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper of The University of Pennsylvania and the Chronicle of Higher Education have reported that a regional admissions counselor was removed from her position...
Pope Gives Final Blessings for Purim
Vatican City, Feb 24 – Pope Benedict XVI (Yud, Vov) offered his last Angelus prayer as the leader of the Roman Catholic church on Purim, telling the approximately 200,000 of the faithful...
Try The Goat Cheese Hamantaschen?
I might joke about Marduk and Ishtar, but when it comes to hamantashchen: I am a purist. Mine must have poppy seeds to activate their symbolic Spring fertility. Below are some that non-purists might...