Jerusalem is suffering through a garbage strike right now. But it is not because the sanitation workers have gone on strike. It is Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat who has ordered that trash not be...
Housing Values Rising in Jewish Ghettos, Jewish Kids Getting Fewer Awards, Rabbis Allowing Mixed Seating on ElAl, and...
It was just two weeks ago when The Wall Street Journal reported on the plan to restore part of the ancient Jewish catacombs under Rome’s Villa Torlonia. The government will allot €1.4 million (about...
Israel Off the Beaten Path: Mahane Yehuda
Join us as we visit epic sites in Israel that are a little off the beaten path! Mahane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem We begin this journey at Jerusalem’s outdoor Mahane Yehuda fruit and vegetable...
Monster In Kahlon’s Closet Demands More Sweet, Sweet Tears Of Shrinking Middle Class
If unfed for too long, report observers, the monster lashes out by causing social unrest and terrorism Jerusalem, January 18 – The creature lurking in Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon’s...
Recall in Aisle Zwei – The Winter Boot Ohne Sole und Schatten
SUCH A TEMPEST IN A SHOE BOX! Conal International Trading Inc., a Los Angeles area importer and distributor of footwear, created a blitzkrieg of contempt and ridicule when a Reddit poster (ein...
JewliciousReels: Yiddish at Sundance – and Other Highlights 2017
On Thursday, January 19, 2017, the Sundance Institute will convene the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with additional screenings in Salt Lake City and Sundance. The festival will run...
JewliciousReels: Highlights at The 2017 New York Jewish Film Festival
The 26th annual New York Jewish Film Festival opened last week and is filled with stories of the diversity in the Israeli and diaspora Jewish commmunities. It runs in Manhattan’s Lincoln Center...
Military Court Convicts David Of Murder For Killing Disarmed, Wounded Goliath
Advocates for David called the move excessive, and criticized Israelite media for making the family of the slain Goliath into the victims of the incident. Elah Valley, January 12 – A panel of...
Hey John Kerry — Please Just Shut Up And Ride Off Into Obscurity Already
(This post first appeared in Jewish Business News.) Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned incoming U.S. President Donald Trump against moving the American embassy in Israel from Tel...
Moses Switches To Quill, Parchment After WordPress Scores ‘Readability’ Low
“I write in Biblical Hebrew, which doesn’t even use vowel markings, let alone periods or commas,” he explained. Mount Horeb, January 4 – The Israelite lawgiver known as Moses...