Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the 11th month (yes, the original 9/11) is finally over. I’m glad because I am kind of starving. I’m also glad because we seem to have emerged relatively...
Tisha B’Av Laff Riot!
Hey! Remember how everyone was all freaking out about how these skinny, delusional, pimple faced er, I mean extreme right-wing Jewish settler underground bad-ass dudes were planning on blowing up the...
Tisha B’Av and Senselessness
Today is the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av. This has been one heck of a day for the Jews. It marks the day both the first and the second holy temples were destroyed, the day the fortress of Betar...
No Chicken Soup for me, I’m vegetarian!
I was reading this post and lively commentary on halachah and vegetarianism when it struck me just how many people around me do not consume flesh. Let’s see… I guess it started with...
Dirty Little Jew! or How not to court the Jewish vote
So let’s say you’re running for Sheriff of Palm Beach county, and let’s say you’ve decided that getting local Jews to vote for you would be a great idea. So you get your staff...
Google Fight Results
Sure kids – try this at home: Jews vs. Arabs – and the winner is … Jews! Jewish Religion vs. Jewish Fashion – and the winner is … Jewish Religion! Sharon vs. Arafat...
Lets Conga! From Gaza to Jerusalem!
Reuters reports that over “100,000 Israelis have joined hands in a human chain from Jerusalem to the Gaza Strip to protest against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan to pull Jewish...
“It’s for people who, like me, who wouldn’t...
So I was reading this article that I found thanks to Jewschool (Dull Piece on Jewish Cool). Titled “From Jew to Jewcy: Has a pop culture phenomenon replaced the need for community?” it...
Desecrator Offed
An Israeli helicopter attack in Gaza killed two members of the Islamic Jihad, one of whom was believed to have “jubilantly displayed the severed head of an Israeli soldier two months...
Canuck Jews donate $10,000 for sick Muslim kid
The Hamilton Ontario Jewish Federation raised $10,000 to help pay the medical expenses of Djamshid Popal, a 9 year old Afghan boy sent to Canada by Canadian Army medics for treatment. Djamshid is...