On March 29th, 2016, Venice will “celebrate” or mark the 500th anniversary since the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, where Jews were forced to live and be locked up in 1516...
Klein, Gottfried, Storch, Zweibel and More Celebrate Golden Age of Jewish Comedians
On March 1, Manhattan’s Center for Jewish History opened a new exhibit titled, “Professional Jokers: Jewish Jesters from the Golden Age of American Comedy.” On hand the night...
Tel Aviv Guitar Hero Gets Guitar Replaced
Last Tuesday evening, Yishay Montgomery was playing guitar for donations on Tel AViv-Yafo promenade when he heard screams. A terrorist was stabbing people. The 26 year old street performer ran...
From Sinai to Ethiopia — A Book Review
From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of Ethiopian Jewry, By Dr. Sharon Shalom, Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Setbon, 300 pages, 2016, Geffen Publishing. In “From Sinai to...
Bernie Won Arab Super Tuesday, But What About Jewish Super Duper Tuesday
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (VT), candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the 2016 race for POTUS, won big in Michigan last Tuesday. Sanders received nearly 70% of the vote from Arab...
On Being Feminine, Not Feminist
In honor of International Women’s Day, I would like to thank g-d and the universe that men & women were not created equal. Women and men are different, therefore in-equal. That...
McGill Students Reject BDS. Again. 4th Vote Coming Up?
Students at Montreal’s McGill University must be really, really tired of hearing about BDS. They have now gone to the polls three times in 18 months in order to try and pass a motion in support...
Israeli Sketch Comedy Show “The Jews Are Coming” Really SUX
– Israel’s comedy sketch television show “The Jews Are Coming” fails to live up to the standards of its many successful predecessors. The show just isn’t funny. Israeli television has had a...
Gloria Dissed, B&H Persists, ElAl Dismissed, Obama’s Jewish Liaison Coexists, and More Tidbits
My lede should be that a national retailer apologized for featuring a Jewish woman in its catalog. That would not be totally correct though. Heidi Stevens in The Chicago Tribune lambasted apparel...
First Date, A Guilty Pleasure
English-Language Theater Opportunity in Jerusalem – Get Ready to Kick Back, Cringe and LAUGH! You know it. I know it. It’s that universal moment of awkwardness that just about everyone...