One of the thing I dig about Jerusalem is the juxtapositions. Sometimes they are deep and meaningful, the the juxtaposition between war and peace, desert and civilization, holy and profane. Sometimes...
Author - Laya Millman
Another Prick by the Wall
British musician Roger Waters is in the country for a show at Neve Shalom. Yesterday, he took it upon himself to visit the separation barrier in Bethlehem. With fortuitous timing too, seeing as how...
Yoni’s Translated Friday Ma’ariv Roundup
All the news that apparently isn’t fit to print in English. My roommate’s boyfriend Yoni is a lover of the Hebrew daily paper Ma’aviv, feeling that it’s one of the few sources...
Dallas Basketball Player Voted “Most Popular German Since Hitler”
Dirk Nowitzki, the 7-foot tall dunking member of the Aryan race Dallas Mavericks has won quite a popularity contest according to Broken News. Although rivals call him a “terror”, Nowitski...
In defense of fair criticism
In my literal and figurative travels I have encountered many an open-minded, inclusive individual who is actually, as it turns out, only open-minded and inclusive to those who are also open-minded...
Summertime and the living is easy
We’ll just call this your random saccharine-sweet Israel photo of the day. This was little Immanuel on Ben Yehuda earlier today. What a punim! And I don’t even like kids. Although there...
Happy Herzl Day!
A.B. Yehoshua: Israeli identity kicks Diaspora ass
Causing quite an uproar among Diaspora Jewry, famed Israeli author AB Yehoshua opened the centennial celebration of the American Jewish Committee with talk or the supreme importance of Israel in...