What’s with all the cheese on Shavuot thing? Shavuot is the holiday that commemorates “Zman Matan Torah” – the time when the Jews received the Torah from God at Mount Sinai...
Tel Aviv Pride 2016
Pride Week in Tel Aviv began on May 29 and continues till June 4 this year. Chock full of fun events, of which the annual parade is always the highlight. This year we also have an official Tel Aviv...
In Texas, Haboobs Not Okay But Hamsins Might Be Fine. Algebra, too
In happened in Lubbock Texas (West Texas to be more precise). It has been covered by media outlets in Houston, Washington DC, Dallas, Jerusalem and places beyond. The storm got kicked up Sunday...
Jewlicious and Westboro Baptist Church: The Jewish Angle
The story of how a twitter exchange between Megan Phelps Roper and, well… me, helped Megan and her sister Grace leave their hateful Church, has already been broadly covered. This coverage...
JewliciousReels: Cannes Award Goes to Israeli Film(s)
An Israeli graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem received the top student film award at Cannes last week. Or Sinai won first place for her short film, ANNA. She was one...
Dizengoff Arrives in NYC – a Lost Weekend of Hummus
While President Barack Obama busied himself in Vietnam eating a $6 pho meal with Anthony Bourdain**, I focused my time in New York City eating hummus at a variety of locations. Over the past 72...
News Tidbits: Bat Mitzvahs and Bad Mitvahs
The Washington Post this week reported on the adult bat mitzvah ceremonies of some retired women in their 80’s and 90’s who are residing in a retirement center Four women at the Five Star...
Is “Renegade Jew” A Glimpse of Comments To Come
Beware the true believers; they can be raw and scary. Some fervent supporters of Bernie Sanders have made death threats against local pols and even their grandchildren. And even the online media...
You’ve never seen Jerusalem like this
We’ve seen Jerusalem depicted so many different ways over the centuries, in paintings and mosaics, in songs, in poetry, in photography, in films, you name it. But you have for sure never seen...
Iran: Kim Kardashian is a Secret Agent
James Bond’s classic weapon was a Walther PPK. The KGB dispatched its enemies with a 9mm Makarov. The Mossad’s weapon of choice is a Beretta Model 70 using .22 LR ammunition. Now...