This year I have been privileged to be part of the South by Southwest Festival 2008, the yearly music-slash-promotion fest which takes over the streets of Austin and gives aspiring musicians the...
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The American Jewish Women of the Veil?
Not too long ago, I had my first abaya-sighting. For the first time, I saw one of the followers of veil advocate Rabbanit Bruria Keren decked out in hijab sal and abaya…in Boro Park, walking...
Knock-off Cartoon Rabbits Who “Eat Jews” – Now On Hamas Jr.!
Al-Aqsa TV, the people who brought you Farfur the Mouse and Nahoul the Bee now present…Assud the mujahid Bunny! Hamas’ first venture into Warner Bros. copyright infringement, Assud the...
What’s up with “Jews” and Amazon.com?
Do me a favor. Go over to Amazon.com and search for “Jews” (no quotes) right now. The travesty returned by such a search is in the screenshot at left. “Related Searches: jewish...
L’chaim, anyone?
Apparently anything can be made treif: introducing Bacon Vodka. Existing at the nexus of raw pork and fine spirits, the Brownie Points culinary blog gives us this creation, perhaps the most audacious...
Why is this issue being kept under wraps?
Jewish women? Wearing burqas and abayas/jilbab? In Ramat Beit Shemesh? Haaretz reported recently of a group of charedi women who, under the tutelage of a Rebbetzin Bruria Keren, have sought to take...
Y-Love Marches Against Racism
On Monday, I merited to take part in the New York March Against Racism sponsored by TroopsOutNow.org in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Co-sponsored by literally dozens of co-signing organizations...
Meanwhile, in Brunei…
I had to post this little tidbit I found on RanoAdidas.com. (Ranoadidas.com is Brunei’s No. 1 social news site. And now you know.) Apparently, a Bruneian school decided to, as a change for this...