Shemspeed affiliate Eprhyme (Waywordwonderwill, Darshan, Boom Selectah) is about to drop his third solo album on legendary indy label K Records. “Lost Tapes and Found Sounds: 2006-2012”...
Jewish Peoplehood: Is that even a real thing?
Well, obviously it is a real thing, but what that thing is depends on who you talk to. Almost any meaning can be attributed to the concept and so many diverse agendas can be fit into it that...
ESC Eurovision 2013: As Goes Israel, So Goes Europe
Israel’s entry to the 2013 ESC Eurovision Song Contest did not make it through to the finals, even though in my opinion, it should have placed in the top three. But the three top entries chosen...
Babs Nabs Fab Slab at Confab
Director, producer, actress, musician, and philanthropic leader, Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary Ph.D. when she visits Israel in June to sing at the conference honoring the 90th birthday of...
How to Have Fun in Traffic
Traffic is lame…but there are ways to make it less frustrating. Here are a few of my favorites: 1. Sing loud to your favorite music. The louder you sing, the better you sound, right? It’s...
Time is Money
Imagine you are driving on the freeway and see hundreds of dollars passing by every moment. You can’t grab the cash as you drive, but you see it get completely wasted, $100 at a time...
First Legal Women’s Prayer Service at the Western Wall in Decades
Protest gets violent at Women of the Wall’s first prayer service at the Kotel after landmark court decision; will conflict escalate in the Middle East after Israel’s strike on Syria?;...
Hipster Glasses? Not Kosher!
Oh hipsters. Time Out New York begged us to kill them in 2007. Indeed, hipsters have suffered a slow and lingering decline since – dying but not quite dead yet. The snarky art students of yore...
Girl, Wake The F$@K Up!
I am sick and tired of your insecurities! I wish there was a way for me to give you confidence; but I am aware that life is not that simple. Too many women (and men, but that is for a separate blog)...
Shavuot: Bedtime for Bibi
Guest Post by Yonatan Sredni Last Friday night, Israel’s Channel 10 reported that, as per the Prime Minister’s office’s specific request, a special “rest chamber” was installed in...