The amazing video below of a chasidic wedding band performing Lady Gaga is produced by Yoel Brach Productions. But I didn’t find this myself — reposting here via Jewish Chronicle writer...
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The Curse That Rocked Great Neck
Today I’m reposting my Jewish Week story for this week, because it is perhaps one of the craziest stories I have ever written. Enjoy, and feel free to leave comments below. The Curse That...
Israel’s Independence, Rhode Island Style
This weekend, while visiting a friend in D.C., I ventured for the first time to the Newseum, a 250,000-square-foot colossus that offers a window into hundreds of years of news headlines, news history...
Progress for LGBT Jews (and non-Jews) in the UK
(I know I live in New York, but today I need to comment on an issue surfacing across the Atlantic Ocean — in the United Kingdom.) If a new bill passes next month in the United Kingdom, British...
Do I turn off the light or do you?
He’s not quite Kim Kardashian, her sister Khloe, or even John Edwards – but he’s pretty damn sexy. You know, those sagging man-boobs, that voluptuous beer gut (wait, Muslims can’t...
Super Bowl XLIV: “I’ll Do It for the Saints”
The countdown to Super Bowl XLIV (that’s 44, people) is exactly 2 days: 2 hours: 42 mins: 2 secs, but since the Giants aren’t involved, I honestly couldn’t care less. What I...
@HerzliyaConf goes live on social networks
For David Saranga, Twitter and Facebook remain the best weapons in an ongoing battle to maintain a positive image of Israel and make the Jewish State easily accessible and approachable to everyone...
MOMORight Israel: Inside Scoop
Boarding the E-train en route to my most recent international reporting endeavor, I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect. I was about to tag along with 40-some-odd American peers who were...