Sweet… I am a huge fan of Israel’s trains. They are clean, fast, economical and really comfortable. There is no better way to travel along the coastal corridor. Now comes news that train...
Derrida and Dangerfield Deceased
It’s been a sad week for the Jews. As if the tragic deaths in the Sinai were not enough, we must also deal with the news of two other deaths – that of comedian and actor Rodney...
Sinai Bombings: Whodunnit?
al-Qaeda? Nope… Well, looks like an al-Qaeda group calling itself Brigades of the Martyr Abdullah Azzam has claimed responsibility for the Sinai bombings: The Brigades of the Martyr Abdullah...
Bad News
The Hilton hotel at Taba, apparently full of vacationing Israelis (sukkot), has just had a massive explosion. Reports indicate many wounded and dead. The Israeli government had been warning Israelis...
Winnipeg?
Apparently, 600 Jewish families have moved to Winnipeg over the past two years. Enrolment in Jewish day schools is up 15%. Winnipeg. Brrrrrrrr. Okay, this brought up the question of Canadian Jewish...
One Day It’s a Faux Pas, the Next It’s a NOBEL
Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko have just won Israel’s first Chemistry Nobel Prize. “The scientists found that proteins that could cause disease are “labeled” for...
Maybe I Could be King!
There is a difference, I suppose, between stupid people and people who merely do stupid things. Rabbis who call for instituting an Israeli monarchy and beseech God to cause the death of elected...
How many Chabad dudes are there?
I just got back from New York City and it seemed like everywhere I went – from Battery Park, to Union Square, to the Lower East side, to Midtown, Upper West Side, … everywhere –...
Faux Pas of the Year
These are not stupid men. Why do they say stupid things in public fora and put Israel’s best (only?) ally in such an awkward position? I present to you one of Arik Sharon’s principal...
Four Types
From www.everythingjewish.com On a deeper level, the four species are often compared to four types of Jews. The etrog has taste and smell, so it stands of people who possess both learning and good...