Suppose someone has the nerve to build a combined Jewish/Arab school with the goal of teaching tolerance in a southwest Jerusalem neighborhood. Then suppose you’re a kabbalist currently being...
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Everything Jewish and Delicious
Home again, home again, jiggity jig
To market to market to buy some fresh figs? Finally, I made it back to Israel. Six weeks and three continents are just too much. I never want to leave my apartment again. Or at least not until I get...
Advertising Genocide?
***(SEE END FOR UPDATE)*** “Come to Sudan, and kill someone different from you…” OK, so that’s not what today’s advertising supplement to the New York Times really said...
“When Do We Eat?”: The Review
Everyone loves a seder. Or two, for those of us outside of Israel. Unless you don’t. I mean, the vibe of the seder itself, once you get into it, is a cool thing–people of different...
Israeli News Quiz
How well do you know Israeli news? Here’s a brief quiz: According to an Israeli Kabbalah sage, the recent cases of avian flu in Israel were caused by: a) Women seductresses trying to gain equal...
Himmelman’s Imperfect World
Peter Himmelman has fascinated me since I heard he wears tzitzis and is son-in-law to Bob Dylan. He’s been recording since high school, lives in LA, does tons of music for TV and Hollywood, and...
Gematria Girls Gone Wild
I hate gematria, the assignment of various number values to Hebrew letters, usually in the service of creating an additional layer of meaning to a biblical text or situation. As far as I’m...
Another Group Jews Are Involved In!
A while back Laya posted the following claim: It’s no secret, and no coincidence that Jews have historically been at the forefront many important movements of proactive social change. We know...