Three Sabbaths before the Jewish observance of Purim, a special ad appeared on Craigslist. The ad was seeking naughty Jewish boys of all sizes and looks for a calendar shoot. It pays $50. Here is the...
Alt Sounds says Dreams in Static got more soul than the Rolling Stones
Thought you would enjoy this song/video and this post from AltSounds: So who doesn’t love new music? No one raised theirhands? GOOD, because Dreams In Static has released their music video for their...
MH370: Saved By Shabbat – A Crass Parochialism?
Call me a Jewish guy with a shtetl mentality, but all these stories making the news cycle about a man who didn’t fly on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight – MH370 – because it...
Good Shabbos Nebraska a Ratings Coup?
There is something interesting happening in Omaha Nebraska, and it isn’t Warren Buffet offer to pay the person with a perfect NCAA Final 4 grid. Beth Israel of Omaha Nebraska has removed its...
Sid Caeser Alav Hashalom
This is dedicated to my Dad who made sure that I grew up knowing about Sid Caesar. Where to begin to talk about Sid Caesar? Not knowing is why it has taken me a month since his death to write about...
Photos from the Sephardic Music Festival! (more to come)
We just got back from our 4th and 5th event for the Sephardic Music Festival (Shahs of Sinai hookahs, world music and a Persian appetizer buffet followed by our Unplugged day! It was very chill...
Hashgacha Pratit: Part II
This is a follow up to my previous posting about Hasgacha Pratit. If you haven’t already, you should read that one before this. On Monday night March 3d Hasgacha Pratit – private kosher...
Is Putin Repeating the Mistakes of the Past in Ukraine
I know that what is happening now in the Crimea is not a Jewish related topic, but this situation is so patently absurd that I just had to say something about it. If David wants to he can remove this...
Sephardic Music Fest hits LA Weekly, NPR & Jewish Journal
With Shemspeed and Bancs Media’s Sephardic Music Festival set to begin the morning after the epic Moshav and Matisyahu performance at Jewlicious Festival X, this is a great month for epic...
10 Olim Making a Difference
The State of Israel came into being thanks to tireless work and impossible sacrifices by great leaders and olim like Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and countless others. Today, Israel...