Episode 18 of the second season of Glee, titled Born This Way deals with a number of issues: OCD, beards (not the kind you grow on your face), bullies and Lady Gaga. However, the Jews are most...
Live At Stubb’s Vol. II: A Flowing River Of Passion
Live At Stubb’s put Matisyahu on the map, creating a nation-wide following. In 2010 Matisyahu returned to Stubb’s, the place where his musical footprint was first established, and...
Is This Freedom In The Air?
Happy Passover and Happy Easter to our readers. Sadly, it is anything but a peaceful Holyday, even with the Pope’s message and all. Reports are still unclear surrounding the death of a Jewish...
Passover Detective: Streit’s Passover Kichel vs. 2002 Honda Odyssey
The kiddish table at the Happy Minyan on Passover included plates of Streit’s Passover Kichel that would have made a great pairing with the herring – if they were edible. Members had a...
Oy Canada
As Canadians are gearing up for their federal election May 2, the country is attentively listening to what each Party can do for them. One issue important to Jewish Canadians is each of the four...
All Jew need is love
Let the cheesy headline not deter you. I’m trying to make amends for messing with “our SEO” the other day. I came across an interesting article on Welt Online about the Museum of...
Let My People Eat Quinoa
The New York Times just picked up on the debate about quinoa on Passover – and if this mushy stuff from the Andes is fit for consumption on Pesach. The article missed the major point of...
Happy Passover… Videos!
What a crop of festive Passover videos we got this year! Golly. Here are some of my faves. The first one called “Going to a Seder” is sung to the tune of “Gonna be Sedated” by...
Gaudeamus igitur iuvenes dum sumus
(I couldn’t really think of a title, so I’ll resume the Latin lessons for Muffti.) Speaking of songs, Rotfront are releasing their new album “VisaFree” on 20th May and start...
Murderers of Fogel Family Caught and Named
The military censor lifted the publication ban and now it can safely be revealed that the killers were Amjad Awad 19, and Hakim Awad 18. The two suspects were from the village of Awarta, adjacent to...