For years now those of us who have the great fortune of attending Jewlicious Festivals have had the pleasure of meeting the Weiss brothers, Gabe and Shimon. These are two very nice young men who are...
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Finally, an op-ed on Iran by somebody who knows and understands the drill
Israel’s Last Chance to Strike Iran By Amos Yadlin February 29, 2012 Tel Aviv – On June 7, 1981, I was one of eight Israeli fighter pilots who bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak...
Something to remember next time somebody complains about Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails
This murderer who sat in an Israeli prison and refused to divulge the whereabouts of the body of one of his victims, used his time in prison to receive a free university education courtesy of the...
Kol Isha Alert – What happens when you let things fester
Raymond Ibrahim writes for Middle East Forum and extensively covers the fate of Christians in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Today he published an article about the hijab that I think should serve as a...
It’s time to accept that Obama will be a two-term President
Look, I don’t want Obama as President of the USA. He coddles the criminals who brought us to the brink of a depression, he does a poor job of running this economy, his foreign policy has to be...
I am so sick of Tom Friedman
It’s not just that his analysis is so frequently off the mark, it’s that he says foolish things sometimes, even if he doesn’t intend them to come out they way they do. In an attempt...
Avoiding a civil war in Israel
The crazy rabbi who pronounced recently that if the IDF allows women to perform in public, then observant men should immediately leave the area even if it’s against military regulations and...
What was the one missing ingredient from the YU anonymous sex story? A music video!
Hat tip to New Voices, which also broke the original story. Thanks to them, I plotzed when I saw it (I have no idea what plotzing means because I didn’t grow up with any Yiddish in my household...