Maria Altmann is 89. She lives in L.A. and has been negotiating with the Austrian government in the hope of receiving back family paintings taken during the Nazi era and now sitting in an Austrian...
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Truly Awful Passover Jokes Guaranteed to Make You Cry
Well, maybe not guaranteed. 1. A group of leading medical researchers has published data indicating that Seder participants should NOT partake of both chopped liver and charoses. It seems that this...
Famous Canadian Lawyer Opposes Hate Speech Laws
Eddie Greenspan rakes in the big bucks as a criminal defense lawyer in Toronto. Recently he gave a speech at the Hebrew University’s Halpert Center for Canadian Studies (what the hell is there...
Hamas reads Jewlicious, expresses opposition to premarital sex
After careful consideration of the latest Jewlicious posts and comments about premarital sex among the Orthodox Jews – or lack thereof among other Orthodox Jews – Hamas has decided to...
Orthodox Jews who hug
Are cool. Jus’ sayin’.
Sharon demonizes people who want to kill him
Arik Sharon is visiting the U.S. Earlier today, he made remarks that raised some eyebrows and which he later modified to suggest that he had meant that the tension in Israeli society is very high...
PBS Frontline on Kahanist and other extremist settlers
Tonight, PBS Frontline series broadcast a documentary called Israel’s Next War, produced and created by an Israeli team of filmmakers, including Dan Setton. The film was fascinating and focused...
Edward Bronfman is also gone
Edward Bronfman, one of Canada’s most successful businesspeople and a very active philanthropist in many areas including the Jewish community, has passed away at 77. His son, Paul, is convinced...