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...
Did Bruce Jenner Pick Shabbat Tazria-Metzora For Transition?
Last week, the number-one rated television show in the U.S. was ABC’s 20/20 interview with Bruce Jenner. It garnered a 5.2 rating among 18-49 year-olds, which in context, is nearly 300% more...
Newsbits: Jewish Saliva, Jewish Hair, and Jewish Strength
The Gainesville Sun in Florida reported today that The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was closed by the University of Florida – effective immediately – when it was learned that a veterans group...
Does Your Jewish Nursing Home Have a Sex Policy?
Perhaps, not since “The World According to Garp” has the issue of sex in healthcare facilities been in the media so prominently. In the U.S., National Public Radio broadcast a story last...
Dateline Capetown: Hope for Botched Circumcisions
There may be hope for victims of circumcisions that do not end as expected. In March, Stellenbosch University reported on a successful penile transplant. Dr. Andre van der Merwe, head of urology at...
ShivaWatch: A dimmer, a developer, a delight
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...