On Thursday, as the world was reading about Alice Munro, the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, the IDF SpokesModel (perhaps mad that Philip Roth was not the prize winner) tweeted that...
Daniel Simckes: Nachlaot’s Optometrist
This is another installment in a series of stories about Nachlaot and the people who live and work there When you walk around the small streets and alleys of Nachlaot you find a number of small...
So Remember Kids. Dressing Up like Hitler in School isn’t Cool!
Meet William Ghassemi. William is a 10-year-old boy living in the picturesque English town of Tamworth where he attends the Dorsthill Community Primary School. Like other elementary schools, the...
1% of Orthodox Jews Have Xmas Trees?: Learnings from Pew’s Study of American Jews
Pew Research Center released its newest study of the American Jewish community, and there are few surprises, unless perhaps you would be surprised that 22% (or 1 in 5) replied that they describe...
Jewish Woman in Taiwan Goes Viral
Marina Shifrin leaned in… leaned in so far that her video has gone viral this week and it has accumulated more than 6.6 million views so far – 2.8 million in the past 12 hours. Shifrin is...
The Extraordinary Love of Mikey Pauker
You probably remember Mikey Pauker and his extraordinary love and live performances from the Jewlicious Festivals. Pauker put that love into one of the most amazing folk records recorded. This is a...
Review of Jewtopia the Movie
Jewtopia started off as a sort of coffee table book by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson containing a wealth of irreverent “information” about Judaism and its history. In case you were unsure...
The Succot of Nachlaot: A Photo Blog
Chanting the Names of Pagan Deities During Kol Nidre
So I’m listening to this guy chant the names of pagan deities like Krishna and Vishnu during the live broadcast of Yom Kippur Services over at Lab Shul, and the only conclusion I can come to is...
A Tale of Two Jew Pictorials
This week, the Jewish world was regaled with two Jew-themed pictorials. The first, which received a lot of attention, features Yoel Weisshaus, a Shtreimel toting, peyos wearing, honest to God Hassid...