Elephants, tigers, bears and other animals are used for entertainment in circuses. Extravagant animal acts at the circus seem like an age-old tradition that has been part of the fabric of society for...
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Golan Heights Winery wins Gran Vinitaly Special Award
That means they make really good wine. The press release from the Vinitaly International Wine Competition couldn’t be any clearer, even though it’s slight awkwardness testified to the...
The Evolution of Israeli/Kosher Wine
Yum With the high holidays rapidly approaching, this is the season where we buy a lot of wine. Thankfully, gone are the days where the only options we have for kosher wine are sweet syrupy...
Chicago Catholic Family in Custody Dispute Forced to Live as Haredi Jews!
Oh the humanity… Poor Laura Derbigney! The Hispanic Catholic woman married her husband Nelson and then found herself in the middle of a nasty custody battle. See, Nelson married a Jewish woman...
Pork Rinds Are Big
Don’t dig on swine I dunno. I just really enjoyed this video. And not just for the Jewish reference at the end. These guys are Muslims but they remind me of my parents! Small world baby. Small...
Newz Tidbitz
As another week comes to a close, we glean the news for timbits of interest. The most urgent story of the week comes from Reuters and The Jakarta Globe. The Chief of Police for Papua announced a...
A Dream Realized – The Finest Kosher For Passover Slivovitz
It started when we lived in Warsaw and Rabbi Kastenbaum, our shochet, brought community-made slivovitz from Budapest to us for Passover. It was like nothing I had ever tried, was %70+ alcohol, and...
Keeping Kosher @ the Winter Olympics
This was originally posted to YeahThatsKosher.com: Enjoying the Vancouver Olympic Games but can’t find what to eat? Thankfully, there is some kosher food in Vancouver to keep you satiated and...