A recent Pew poll found that 67% of Kurds agreed with the statement that “being whiny and nagging about Jews will get you recognition faster than historical, moral, or ethnic reasons.”...
Blumenthal! Goldman! Soros! Oh My! – A Tic Tac in His Mouth Can’t Freshen It Up
What a campaign! Tic Tac and Skittles had to issue statements after the Trumps used them in less than glowing ways. I will stick to Elite candies… or even a Crembo. But on a less sweet...
Before The Beginning — Part I
(If you like my stories and posts please be sure to share them and if you want more than please donate whatever you think is fair to my Paypal account. A guy’s got to pay the rent too. Ask for...
Happy Yom Kipur!!!
(This post first appeared here three years ago) A lot of people are probably wondering if I am kidding when I say Happy Yom Kipur. I am definitely not. The Talmud cites Yom Kipur as one of the two...
Monday The Justice Skipped Court – Or Why The First Monday in October Was Quiet
The late author Harry Kemelman and his character, Rabbi David Small, would be proud to know that on Monday The Justice(s) Took Off. “The First Monday In October” is known as the first day...
Why Is Your (Jewish) Surgeon More Likely To Vote For Trump?
It all started at Yale University with a study on whether the political affiliation of your physician affected treatment. Professors Eitan D. Hersh and Matthew N. Goldenberg (they might be Jewish...
Amy Schumer – Transgendered Aliyot – Days of Awe(some) – RBG and More
Truly these are the ten days of awe(some). Just look at the latest news. The Daily Mail and other sites reports on Amy Schumer and her instagram video from her walk with Rachel Feinstein to shul on...
JewliciousReads: Is Elena Ferrante an Italian-Jewish Author? Outing a Best selling anonymous author
Is best selling author Elana Ferrante actually Anita Raja, a Jewish Italian translator at Edizioni E/O in Italy? So said the gossip site DagoSpia months ago as well as Claudio Gatti in The New York...
The 10 Days of Repentance: A Time for Forgiveness
So now is the time of year when we are supposed to ask people to forgive us if we did anything to harm them in any way in the past year. People post to social media and say to friends things like...
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Love Each Other
Are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump really a couple? With all the talk about the Clinton-Trump debate this week I saw something which literally no one else noticed. Forget the Presidential election...