The Temple Institute posted and then deleted information and photos on their Facebook page from a Jewish wedding ceremony that took place on the Temple Mount recently. … a couple asked Rabbi...
JewliciousEats: The 2016 Passover Recipe Roundup
It’s here. No, not Songkran (Thai New year)… although it is. No, it is the Wednesday before the Week Passover begins… the day that many newspapers and blogs publish their latest...
Butt Disease Sucks. Especially if you Support BDS.
Prostate Cancer is no laughing matter. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States and it is estimated that just under 30,000 deaths from this disease will...
Tel Aviv Acroyoga Flashmob. And Shenanigans.
Acroyoga is a super fun combination of yoga and acrobatics that has taken the world by storm. Israel has a very healthy Acroyoga community, meeting informally in parks across the country and formally...
Why Baseball Is More Jewish Than All of the Other Sports
– It is now April, Spring. As any normal and sane person knows this heralds the return of the Boys of Summer and the end of Spring Training. (Spring Training is really a misnomer because it is...
Once You Go Jewish: The Secret Relations of Jessica Lowndes & Jon Lovitz
Actress, musician, Canadian Jessica Lowndes tweeted that #HatersGonnaHate about her #smitten affair with comedian Jon Lovitz. Is it a Purim parody? Is it the start of an April Fools Joke? Or is it...
Will NYC Welcome Israel’s New Consul General Dani Dayan?
“What Trenton Makes The World Takes.” Those are the words on a New Jersey bridge. We can amend it. “What Brazil Rejects, NYC Gets.” This morning, after months of fighting with...
Georgia School Bans Namaste… Will Shalom Be Next?
Ummmmmmm… I mean Ohmmmmmm….. Yoga is supposed to reduce tsurris, not create it. Bullard Elementary in suburban Atlanta has banned the use of the word “namaste” in school. It...
AIPAC at Colonus, or The Blind Boys of Alabama Can’t Fix This
In Sophocles’ play, Oedipus at Colonus, and the later Brooklyn rendition of it as Gospel at Colonus starring the Blind Boys of Alabama, Oedipus is blind and near the end of his life. He comes...
Shiva Watch: Leon, Hilary, Geoffrey, Anita, Andy & Meir
LEON H. CHARNEY passed away this week, before Erev Purim in New York City. He was a behind the scenes “spy for peace” who helped President Jimmy Carter push forward on the Camp David...