Joel S. Spira, a prodigious innovator and physicist brought illumination to the world, or at least allowed people a choice to dim or to brighten their lives, passed away in Eastern Pennsylvania at...
Newsbits: Jewish Air Passengers, Sabado Gigante, and More
What a week for newsbits. Last Friday, as Passover was concluding, The New York Times published a front page.. FRONT PAGE… story on some male, Orthodox Jewish air passengers who ask for seat...
Dating in Los Angeles vs. Tel Aviv
PRE-DATE Los Angeles Guys: Hi there! Tel Aviv Guys: Az ma cacha v’zeh? Los Angeles Guys: Why don’t we talk this week and see what your schedule is like. Tel Aviv Guys:...
Remember My Name at AACI
The AACI is of course the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel. Among the many services they provide to English speaking new immigrants to Israel, is one whereby they host the J-Town...
Tak Boleh Tahan. What if Singapore Cheryl was Jewish?
Perhaps you heard about the math problem from a Singapore high school Olympiad exam that is stumping people on the internet-lah. Ah gong was acting like a ya ya papaya, pretending that to a Singapore...
My Aunt Selma Was That Jew for Rand Paul
Are you aware of that hubbub, that tempest in a kosher for Passover teapot over Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) U.S. presidential campaign website? The web designers behind Rand Paul’s...
My Passover in Israel
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...