Image source: Review.org Like Atlas who carried the weight of the world, or Sisyphus, who struggled with a weight on an incline, Columbia University Senior Emma Sulkowicz is carrying around her navy...
Its Because We’re Jews!
So I have been reading all sorts of Facebook posts and editorials since the fighting in Gaza first began two months ago that have been critical of the international media’s coverage of the conflict...
Joan Rivers 1933-2014 RIP
Joan Alexandra Rosenberg (née Molinsky; June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known by her stage name Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host, best known...
Jewlicious Reads: A Calculated Shiva
What if a mob of socially inept math geniuses crashed your mom’s shiva? The Mathematician’s Shiva. A novel by Stuart Rojstaczer (September 2, 2014, Penguin, 384 pages mixes Jewish family...
Jewlicious Eats: Bitter To Swallow
A unique cookbook appeared in my kitchenette this week. It is BITTER by acclaimed chef Jennifer McLagan. McLagan, an Aussie who splits her time between Toronto and Paris, is the author Bones (2005)...
Black Jihad Flags Fly Over Jerusalem
In the wake of Journalist Steven Sotloff’s horrific recent public beheading by ISIS (don’t click on that unless you want to see the actual ISIS video of the beheading), I felt the need to...
And in the end, the Love you take is equal to the offers you make.
I believe you can only truly hate a person if you at one point loved them. You don’t even necessarily have to be aware of it. It could be a such a small acute version of love- fleeting, for a...
Outrage as Israel Seizes West Bank, Chicago and Stamford?
The government of the State of Israel announced Sunday that it would take nearly 1,000 acres of land in the West Bank for affordable housing. 1,000 acres is one of the largest acquisitions in three...
Zara Holocaust Shirt and Sweatshops
Spanish fashion retailer Zara earned the ire and incredulity of people worldwide after tweets aimed at the company lambasted it for producing a child’s sheriff star shirt that resembled the...
The Hounourable Woman: Part II
If you haven’t read my first post about The Hounourable Woman, then you should do so before reading this. First I must say how surprised I was with all of the comments that my review of the first...