Fresh for 2015, Bonhom made up of James Coleman and Diwon release their much anticipated dreamy-pop record, “Sex War” today. Seven of the tracks have already been played and premiered on...
Mazal Follows Michael Douglas. Wins $1MM Genesis Prize
What fortune Michael Douglas has! You know the story of the two diamond merchants who spend their life selling the same diamond between themselves, back and forth, raising the margin up a little at a...
Ellen Luvs Them Bar Mitzvah Boys
You remember how Ellen Degeneres has invited 13 year olds (or Madonna lovers) with unique Bar Mitzvah videos onto her nationally televised talkshow? This week, she hosted 13 year old Jesse Kaufman of...
JewliciousReads: The Reckoning
I told someone that I was reading The Reckoning, about self-righteous and ruthless people. “Isn’t that Mike Huckabee’s new polemic,” they asked. “No,” I replied...
Mabrouk, Abu Mazen!
Mabrouk, Abu Mazen! A thousand times Mabrouk, Mahmoud Abbas! (Or as we say here in Israel, Mazal Tov!) It would be a shame for us Israelis to not recognize you on your 10th anniversary this Thursday...
Jon Stewart is an Assho%$#
Jon Stewart is an asshole! There I said it. In his show last night Stewart dealt with the issue of president Obama’s not having attended the mass rally held in Paris on Sunday to show solidarity...
Islamic Terror and Islamophobia: Thoughts from Israel in the Wake of the Charlie Hebdo Massacre
As I write these lines, the trail of murder and violence continues to stain Paris with blood in a series of hostage taking situations motivated by radical Islam. From fascism in the early 20th...
NewsBits: A 3 Rabbi Huppah
Just some newsbits that I wanted to share: At Wharton, decades ago, I once ate a chicken salad platter (with sliced green grapes, how cool was that) with Leonard Lauder. I have felt connected to him...
3 Million March in Unprecedented Paris Rally
The string of deadly terror attacks began on Wednesday when brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi attacked the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, murdering 12, including 2...
Will Attack in Paris Increase French Jewish Fears
This morning, Americans awoke to the news of a brutal, murderous terror attack in Paris against the offices and employees of the satirical publication “Charlie Hebdo.” Its offices had...