This week’s parasha is about the spies. It’s also my Birthday parasha, although growing up reform/conservative I didn’t know these things until I came to Israel. That’s not...
Author - Laya Millman
Rav Binny on Selach – Torah u’madda
Binny Freidman takes a look at Parasha Shelach as an interesting allegory… The Jews in the desert were, in a sense, living in the Garden of Eden. Now they would have to work for a living...
Megadeth Hearts Israel
Well, I don’t know about the rest of the band, but Megadeth founder and Jewish born Dave Mustaine, sure does. As he told the Jerusalem Post: I love Israel – I’ve been back since the...
Dirty Israeli hippies are HOT!
I think so anyway, though ck does not seem to agree. I was recently commissioned to do a story for the World Jewish Digest on different summer festivals in Israel. With little time to spare, I...
If you ever have to wear a shaitel….
Make sure it’s from the new Rebecca Keys line. This one is called the “Pink-Punk-Shabbos-Yom-Tov-Princess†Shaitel, with the caption “Make way Shabbos Queen, here comes the true...
He’s got everything he needs, he’s an artist, he...
Bob Dylan’s birthday today and the biggest party is in India (Bob Dylan nite, Shillong’s biggest festival after Christmas, 33 years running). Go Figure. If you happen to be in his...