Passover in Israel is a bit different than Passover in the diaspora. There are the obvious differences: one night of Seder in Israel instead of two (unless you heathens only do one or none at all)...
JewliciousEats: Passover Recipes 2015 – from Kaifeng to Milwaukee to Barcelona
In Kaifeng China, about four dozen Chinese of Jewish heritage and their guests gathered in a hotel for a seder on Friday evening. They dined on haroset of red jujube paste and a salad of bitter...
Rambam says: Beware of Matza Stomach
Rambam warns of matza stomach. I mean Rambam Hospital in Israel, not the rabbi. Jesse Lachter, a leading Israeli gastroenterologist and teacher at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa said that Passover...
Passover TV: Mad Men Don Draper’s Seder
A lot of TV choices in North America as the third day of Pesaj began. You could watch four-plus hours of The Ten Commandments on ABC, or the premiere of the final season of Mad Men on AMC. Or mash it...
The New Republic Shamefully Published a Disgusting Cartoon on Binyamin Netanyahu
– – Shame on you The New Republic! At the end of last year a host of writers and editors fled The New Republic in protest of the editorial changes made by its new owner, Chris Hughes, who...
Did Netanyahu Lie? Probably! But So what?
– – The leaders of Israel’s left wing parties are continuing to slam Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu for his supposed lies and dirty tricks during the election campaign this year. Someone...
JewliciousReads: Lincoln and The Jews (He Wasn’t Just a Vampire Hunter)
LINCOLN AND THE JEWS A HISTORY BY Professor Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell Publication Date: March 17, 2015 St. Martin’s Press Thomas Dunne Books We know much about Jews, and lots about...
No Netanyahu Did Not Win Because of Fear or Hatred; The Left Just Plain Lost
– – As promised, here is my analysis of the reactions to Tuesday’s national elections held in Israel and of why the parties either succeeded or failed. I was especially bothered by the...
So What Exactly Was The Result of Yesterday’s Israeli Elections
– – What a ride that was. We waited all day yesterday for the exit polls to be revealed because under Israeli law the media may not say anything about the expected results until the...
Tel Aviv -> Berlin (One way)
If you were to take a sunny afternoon walk around the hip district of Kreuzberg in Berlin these days you are very likely to hear the strangely recognizable sounds of the holy language. In the last...