Strolling down the street the other day I came across a display by those nice people at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Not content to liken meat with murder, they have now taken...
Google Job Opportunities
Any Israelis out there have some special forces experience? Looking for a super easy post-army gig? Google is looking for a bodyguard. How hard can it be to protect a search engine? “SIR! Step...
same sex announcements
The Detroit Jewish News has decided to publish announcements for same-sex couples. Upon hearing this, local resident Ida Finkle immediately called the newspaper to announce that she and her husband...
Madonna sighting
My friend Tzvi reported the first Madonna sighting of the Holiday season. Just after midnight last night he was stepping out of the home of an actual kabbalist in the old city when he saw a man and...
Abu Chomsky
One thing i both love and hate about us Jews is our propensity, bordering on obsession, to be self-effacing and existentially aware of ourselves. I love the fact that we have different voices, even...
Michelangelo’s David is 500 Years Old
Florence, Italy is marking the 500th anniversary of the unveiling of Michelangelo’s famed statue of David today. It was exactly 500 years ago today that the statue of David, the slayer of...
Sergeant Pfeffer’s Lonely Hearts Club Blog
The Jerusalem Post’s first foray into blogland is by Anshel Pfeffer, Deputy Managing Editor of the Jerusalem Post, who “has started the Web’s first ever miluim (reserve duty)...
Celebrating 350 Years of Jewish America
Today was the first day of the New York Jewish Music and Heritage Festival. Taking place from September 7-14, the byline reads A one-week cultural celebration of the 350th Anniversary of the first...
This is real…
I’m having spiritual issues. It’s Elul again, and I honestly don’t know where the last year went (I think I was too busy moving half a dozen times to realize what was happening)...
Passion sells like hotcakes!
4.1 million hotcakes that is! That’s after one day too. Crazy huh? So now we get a mini version of the initial brouhaha surrounding the cinematic release of the film, thankfully minus any...