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...
Tag - Jerusalem
Beit Avichai’s Jerusalem and the Jewish People
Jerusalem Day, or Yom Yerushalayim (×™×•× ×™×¨×•×©×œ×™×), commemorates Jerusalem’s reunification in 1967. This day begins on the 28th day of the month of Iyyar in the Hebrew calendar or, this...
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day 2014 from the Shuk in Jerusalem
This video was shot today at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem. Holocaust Remembrance Day began last night in Israel. All the flags are at half mast and last night there was a ceremony at Yad...
Richard Silverstein Knows Nothing About Judaism
How many things can one person get wrong in one post? When you’re Richard Silvertsein, Jack-Off all trades, master of none, nothing surprises me anymore. A recent post of his likened the arm...
Ding Dong The Wicked Witch Is Dead or Goodbye Ehud Olmert
“Our long national nightmare is finally over.” Those were the words spoken by Gerald Ford as he took office following Richard Nixon’s resignation, almost forty years ago. He was, of...
Jerusalem Purim 2014 – Admit it, you’re jealous
Purim in Jerusalem this year was totally off the hook. Parties and events took place from Monday night to Sunday at First Station, Betzalel Academy on Mt. Scopus, Machaneh Yehudah, Safra Square...
Division Avenue Jerusalem Review
Yesterday was the opening night of the Jerusalem production of Division Avenue. The aptly titled play written by Miki Bone is ostensibly a story about hipsters, Hasids, bicycles and a street called...
Birthright Israel, Snow in Jerusalem and Giving Back
Those of you who followed my twitter feed, or had any friends visiting or living in Israel last week, were in all likelihood inundated with photo after photo of Jerusalem buried in three-days worth...