A Jewish day school in Western Mass, home to Smith College, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and UMass-Amherst is hosting a very creative havdalah this weekend, after Parsha BO is recited. It is a family...
Did NYT Op-Ed Propose Banning Jews and Other NewBits
Bret Stephens, in a January 18, 2018 Op-Ed in The New York Times, proposes banning Jews in “A Modest Immigration Proposal: Ban Jews.” I assume he is making a historical reference to...
Mossad’s ‘Operation: Get Them To Eat Detergent’ Declared A Success
Officials declined to elaborate on the mechanism by which American youth have been made to think ingesting poisonous soap is an acceptable pastime. Tel Aviv, January 16 – Section heads at...
Motorcycle Jackets, Jerusalem and the Jews
If you’ve been out and about in Jerusalem lately, or any major metropolis really, you may have noticed a proliferation of women wearing old-school Motorcycle jackets. What’s going on? Is...
We Need Another War With Israel As Cover For Killing Rivals
By Yahya Sinwar, Hamas Leader It’s been more than three years since we last provoked a war that killed thousands and left tens of thousands more homeless. One can debate the merits or timing of...
ShivaWatch: 2018 Begins on Sad Notes
Aharon Appelfeld passed away this week in Israel at the age of 85. He resided in Mevasseret Zion, just outside Jerusalem. He was known to write in the cafes of Jerusalem. The author of over 45 books...
God Amused At Your Optimism That 2018 Will Be Better Than 2017
The situation isn’t going to improve just because people are resetting their calendars. Eden, January 2 – Heavenly sources reported this evening that the Creator and Ruler of the Universe...
Spotted at the Jerusalem Shuk: Jerry Seinfeld!
Last Saturday night, Jerry Seinfeld performed two back-to-back shows in Tel Aviv. After an hour of jokes, he ended his last set by declaring “Thank you, we love Israel, we stand with you!” Standing...
FREE IMPRISONED JEW!
CALL TO ACTION – a tzadik who is a Baal tzedaka, is languishing in jail with an unprecedented sentence of over 150 years! He is the true definition of a Pidyon Shvuyim (a prisoner to a non...
Poll: Hearing American-Accented Hebrew Worse Than Getting Stabbed
Even the minority of non-American respondents who did not liken hearing American-accented Hebrew to having one’s toenails pulled out with pliers nevertheless rated the experience as negative...