It’s been raining in Jerusalem all day. Any rain in Israel is a good thing given how we’re usually this parched miss in the middle of the desert. It’s doubly good today because...
Dear Rabbinical Council of America
The RCA is one of the world’s largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis and is the main professional rabbinical association within Modern Orthodoxy in the United States. Recently, the RCA passed...
Transgender Jews in Orlando; Achtung Must Be Paid, Biff; and Other Newsbits
In Orlando, Florida, this week, many of the leaders of Reform Judaism are meeting. On Thursday, the group is expected to pass a far-reaching resolution on transgender rights. The resolution under...
Next to Normal in Jerusalem
[slideshow_deploy id=’32289′] No. This isn’t a commentary on the current situation in crazy, stab-happy Jerusalem. Next to Normal is the latest production by the J-Town Playhouse at...
The Canadian Jacket That Fights Holocaust Deniers
Remember four years ago, when John Galliano, the British fashion designer for Givenchy and Dior, was drunk and insulted Jews and vomited a string of anti-Semitic comments? Two years later he atoned...
Is Your Rabbi Jewish and Other Rabbi Tales
I was surprised to read about Rabbi Karen Deitsch in my latest issue of ELLE, the beauty magazine. In a profile titled “Is This The Face of New New Age,” Chip Brown profiled several...
JewliciousEats: The $2 Bagel
World Series, Violence, Presidential Debates, Refugees…. all pressing news, but the news that touches me the most is the $2 bagel in NYC. I am a fan of Absolute Bagels on Manhattan’s...
NEW & Limited Ed. Semitic Keffiyeh, (Version 5)
To celebrate the launch of the new site, The Semitic, we are launching a limited version of the Semitic Keffiyeh . This latest version measures 45? x 47?, 100% cotton and best of all, it features...
ISIS Wants to Kill ALL the Jews
According to a new video put out by ISIS, once the Caliphate kills everyone in Syria (which should be soon apparently), they will kill all the Jews in Israel and in the whole world. No seriously you...
The Terrorists Have Already Won
All it took was 18 days and just under 30 attacks. In that brief time period, with under 30 casualties (victims and perpetrators included), we Israelis have lost our minds and seriously eroded our...