It is the Wednesday before Rosh HaShanah, and newspapers around the world, from the Manhattan’s Upper East Side to Toronto’s High Park, from the U.N. General Assembly to LA’s Pico...
One Thousand Naked Israelis
Last Saturday over 1000 Israelis posed naked for American art photographer Spencer Tunick. After 75 similar shoots around the world, this was Tunick’s first in the Middle East and was meant to...
Palestinian statehood or Abbas and Erakat sharing a shakshuka recipe?
Go ahead, click on this…you know you want to… By the way, here is the post with Dave Abitbol’s mom’s shakshuka recipe. It’s a classic.
A Question About Palestinian Statehood and the Security Barrier (aka “The Wall”)
Um, if the security barrier is racist and leads to apartheid, why do the Palestinians seek to establish a state with no Jews in it on land 92% of which sits to the east of this barrier? Let’s...
Lulav Wars
Lest anyone think that I am overstating the animosity towards Jews being displayed by Egypt, Egypt today banned all exports of Lulavim to Israel. So despite desperately needed money for poor...
Nutty Roseanne Barr’s Women’s Jewish Retreat: Unshelled and Ready for Tishrei
Roseanne Barr is running for the office of President of the United States (POTUS) in 2012. She is also running to be the next Prime Minister of the State of Israel (PMOTSOI), although you probably...
Tom Friedman and his upside down world with Israel at its bottom
A couple of weeks ago, I had to write a response to an unbelievably biased and error-riddled NY Times editorial. Since then, that paper has published two more egregiously wrong editorials, but since...
How Robert Lantos disengaged from York University because of John Greyson
I have no way of verifying the authenticity of this email, although its contents are accurate enough and on the basis of the stand Robert Lantos took back during the 2009 attempts by some pro...
Martha Stewart in Israel: It’s a Tov Thing
As Rosh haShana approached, Martha Stewart visited Israel and blogged each day about her experiences. Why Israel? Why not. The trip was funded by Israel’s Ministry of Tourism. Ms Stewart...
Jewlicious Reads: Craving Our Jewish Meat
Tired of those Jewish and Kosher cookbooks that focus on Passover dishes, blintzes and desserts? Do you crave the real food: meat and poultry? Do you celebrate the carnivore that you are? Then this...