That’s what Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat’s widow implied when she stated that there was a spiritual significance in the timing of her late husband’s exhumation, just two days before...
6 Major Falsehoods About the UN Vote for Palestine
It’s not my beat to write about politics. I usually leave that to The Middle and CK. But I can’t help but put down some ideas in the wake of the UN vote to create a Palestinian non-member...
You’ve Never Seen Jerusalem like This!
Do you want to see Jerusalem as you’ve never seen it before? Then check out this trailer for Jerusalem, coming to an IMAX theater near you in 2013. It features, among other things, low altitude...
Sephardic Music Festival Vol. 2 in time for the Holidays + Full Festival Schedule Announced!
Shemspeed’s 8th Annual Sephardic Music Festival hits NYC December 8th. To celebrate, we are releasing Volume 2 of our SMF Compilation. You could pre-order the CD for the holidays today. Every...
Technion Geeks Create Rube Goldberg Hanukkah Awesomeness
Not all technology in Israel HAS to be of the high-tech, start-up, make-the-world-love-us variety. Some of it can be, you know, stam – just for kicks, a flight of whimsy if you will. Sure...
StandFour – Eight Nights – Hanukkah Mashup
StandFour are 4 former members of the Maccabeats who graduated from Yeshiva University but still can’t shake that A Capella bug. They produced this video, a Hanukkah themed mashup of...
Matisyahu “Happy Hanukkah” and Hurricane Sandy Relief
A new Hanukkah song and a Hurricane Sandy Relief Campaign? OK Matis, that no beard thing? All is forgiven! So yeah, as per the Web site: All proceeds from Matisyahu’s new song “Happy...
Gangsta Hanukkah
This holiday video doesn’t feature any song parodies at all. It’s just a couple of gang bangers, Jaquann and Luis, making latkes and using off color language (heaven’s no!). But...
B-Boyz Hanukkah 2012: Please Smoke Marijuana
B-Boyz aka The Borenstein Boys sent me their 2012 Hanukkah video. Titled “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To DREIDEL)” it’s meant to be an homage to the Beastie Boys and late...
In place of cards
I was going to send all of you a holiday card (to Stephen Fry as well as sort of a repentance-thing, because I don’t want lousy hope for nice gifts this year – anybody need a handwritten...