Happy Passover and Happy Easter to our readers. Sadly, it is anything but a peaceful Holyday, even with the Pope’s message and all. Reports are still unclear surrounding the death of a Jewish...
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The Thin Jew Line
Brilliant Daily Show piece on eruv controversy in the Hamptons. Especially hilarious part about eruv meaning “loophole” and that all laws can be broken in the eruv. The Daily ShowTags:...
Let My Botox Go
Whether one should have plastic surgery in midlife has become a topic debated almost as voraciously as who should rule over Jerusalem. Jewish women have been repairing their noses for years at...
Jews are All Over the Oscars
Yes, Israel may have been shut out from the nominations this year, but the Jews did not fare as poorly, to say the least. Last year’s Oscars were pretty Jewlicious, and Jews were even mentioned...
Jews and Trees: The Relationship
Article by Rachelle Menshikova Photo credits: Edward Kaprov, for more of Edward’s photos, go here. Is there a special relationship between Jews and trees? There must be. Planting a tree in...
Sarah Palin and Blood Libels
A slight furor, or perhaps simply raised eyebrows, came about when Sarah Palin used the phrase ‘blood libel’ to describe the attention paid to her (and pundits like her) rhetoric. Jewish...
Kissinger Dissed Soviet Jewry
Newly released Nixon tapes show Kissinger betraying Soviet Jewry. After Golda Meir came for a visit to the White House, the following was recorded: An indication of Nixon’s complex relationship...
Who Owns Rachel’s Tomb?
“And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.” — Genesis...