Eight have died, including the two drivers, and another fourteen are in critical condition. Over one hundred others are injured. This is the Tel Aviv to Be’er Sheva train and had over 300...
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I’m Moving to Gaza Before the Fire Sale is Over
Here’s my plan: Grow a beard. Put on a knitted kippah. Tear some jeans at the knee while running over them with the car a few times to give them that destroyed look. Fly to Israel and find a...
Another Jewish Education Tidbit
Met another well educated committed Jew, albeit unlike last time when the woman was Orthodox, this time the man is somewhere between Conservative and Reform. He’s a lawyer who makes a decent...
Cholent or Hamin
Shabbat shalom, folks.
Conservative Judaism
It seems that we’ve been going over and over the same debate about the streams of Judaism. It is not only tiresome, but it is demoralizing to watch the unfortunate but undeniably negative...
United States and Israel: A fraying relationship?
There’s been a lot of news in recent months suggesting that the unique and special relationship between the U.S. and Israel should probably take a two-week vacation at a luxury spa. The good...