It’s my friend Amihai’s Birthday this week, and he is decidedly Jewlicious. Amihai was one of the first people I met and befriended when my life started over in Israel. I was fresh off...
Author - Laya Millman
“Cohen stops being PC, admits latkes are superior”
It sounded like a title The Onion would publish, but it’s actually completely legit. Yesterday marked the 58th annual Latke-Hammentaschen debate (58 years of this??) at U Chicago, where it has...
Adventures in the land of plenty
As you may have picked up on, I have taken a little trip to North America. Zionist guilt be damned. Even though I grew up in America, Western culture is tripping me out. I suppose I’m young...
Kol B’ramah
If you’re a night night owl in need of some funky Jewish music, you must check out Kolbramah.com between the hours of 1 and 5am EST. No Miami Boy’s Choir here (not that there’s...
Soldiers in the ring
Three IDF soldiers on special 10-day leave will be boxing in Brooklyn on Dec 11. They are Merhav “the Sergeant” Mohar, Nimrod Koren and Israels only female professional boxer Hagar...
Filmmaker killed, violence erupts, Dutch reconsider tolerance shtick
This is starting to sound like a movie itself On November 2, Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh (yes, a relative of Vincent) was shot, then repeatedly stabbed, then had his throat cut with a butcher knife...
Something personal and philosophical to counter the G-strings and boobies
Contrary to popular belief that religion ‘gives you the answers’ I have found the opposite to be more true; the more you believe in, the more you have to question. I’ve been going...
Campfire
If you are in the Los Angeles area, you have a great opportunity to go see Israel’s submission for Best Foreign Film, Campfire, by Yoseph Cedar at the AFI Festival. Campfire was the winner of 5...