– – – Dear Yitzhak Herzog, Please just shut up and go away already. In case you haven’t heard the news yet, you lost the elections that were held two months ago – badly. Why is it...
Natalie Portman’s Directorial Debut at Cannes
It’s been wall to wall Natalie Portman this week. After being mostly out of the spotlight after her Oscar for Black Swan in 2011, she is suddenly everywhere. Portman is set to be the latest...
JewliciousReads: Einstein Reviewed, Hitler Returned, and Joan Exhumed
EINSTEIN HIS SPACE AND TIMES BY STEVEN GIMBEL Yale University Press Jewish Lives series Publication Date: April 28, 2015 only 191 pages. Poor Dr. Einstein. His face and wild hair is used as pop...
ShivaWatch: Sudden Tragedies in Chicago, Mexico, and Nepal
In synagogues last week, we read about how Aaron was comforted after the sudden, untimely deaths of his sons. And in the media, we read of an outpouring of comfort to the families who lost sons and...
Israel: What if there’s no coalition by tomorrow’s deadline?
Guest Post by Arieh Kovler The state of play Yesterday, Yisrael Beiteinu rejected the offer of joining the next Israeli Government. Likud immediately signed a coalition agreement with Shas, leaving...
Thanks for the Holy Seating Initiative
I would like to thank my Ultra-Orthodox Jewish brothers who insist on our G-d given right not to sit next to a woman on an airplane. I realize that causing two recent El Al flights from JFK to Tel...
Baltimore & Jerusalem protests Affect Perspectives on Parshah Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
The rioting and protests in Baltimore, as well as the protests in Jerusalem this week, are affecting sermons and thoughts related to this weekend’s Shabbat double parshah: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim...
Comedians Try To Dull Bigoted NYC Subway Ads With Jokes
New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has tried to ban bigoted ads from its subway and bus systems. For quite some time, they have rejected ads from a the American Freedom...
YIVO Gives a Zetz To Jewish Wrestlers As Mayweather and Pacquiao Prepare to Brawl
Thursday evening, 48 hours before the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas, YIVO in Manhattan opened a small exhibit dedicated to the YIDDISH FIGHT CLUB – Yiddish speaking boxers and...
Refused a cigarette, she burned his car down
A woman in Jerusalem was recently arrested as a result of an incident captured in this video. The suspect approached a man who was fueling his car at a gas station and asked him for a cigarette. When...