Birthright Israel has just announced a photo contest that will culminate in two winners being sent to Israel for free! Just visit the contest Facebook page or the Web site before August 14, 2013 at...
“Weiner’s Campaign Manager Quits, Deflating Already Shrunken Staff.” Oy.
Yeah, there’s no shortage of oh so clever Anthony Weiner related headlines. What else can you expect when a guy called Weiner becomes involved in SO many penis related scandals? While running...
Gil’s Top Ten List of Things I’ll do when People Finally Realize That I should Be Made Dictator of...
10) Make the talentless people who insist on singing and/or playing musical instruments in public places like the Shuk or Ben Yehuda St. for charity pay the passersby money in compensation instead of...
Mikey Pauker on Top of the World
Top of the World (prod. diwon) by Mikey PaukerTop of the World is the first leak off Mikey Pauker’s “Extraordinary Love” LP which will be released via Shemspeed Records on October...
The Internet Project That Could Change Jewish Learning Forever
Reactions to the news of renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks; Israeli quilt artist Maya Haimovich comes to America; one-man show “Buyer and Cellar,” starring Michael Urie, takes the...
Can I Blame Weiner’s Parents?
Writers at David Letterman and Heeb Magazine have already created lists of alternative online-sexting names for former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner. He had been using the name “Carlos...
“Bürgermeister” is not a drink
It’s just the German word for “mayor”. The idea of interviewing NYC mayoral candidates has been around for a while. But I didn’t want copy&paste-statements and political...
Farewell to ESPN
It was recently announced that ESPN will cease its broadcasts to a number of regions including Israel as of the end of July. This means that neither Hot, the national cable company, nor Yes, the...
Shimon Peres: Our Father Our King
There was something a bit disturbing about watching Barbra Streisand serenade Shimon Peres at his 90th birthday party with a rendition of “Avinu Malkeinu.” Avinu Malkenu, our father our...
Kashrut Certification and Hashgacha Pratit
There’s an old Jewish story that goes something like this. A frantic man goes to a rabbi and says, “Rabbi, I did a terrible thing. I ate non-kosher food in a non-kosher restaurant. What...