Kissinger Gets Felt Up by the TSA
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger., who's turning 89 this month (may we suggest holiday in Vietnam?), was spotted last Friday at LaGuardia airport in New York, getting routed to the pat-down line while going through security.
Cartoon Rehab: Oh, Go Ahead, Surrender, You Know You Want To…
Welcome to the Jewish Press Online Cartoon Rehabilitation Project (JPOCRP), or, in short (suggested by our colleague Rafi Harkham) Cartoon Rehab. We found this cartoon on the ADL website. They say it was originally published in Oman, April 12, 2012, and the original text, written in blood, says: "We Will Never Surrender."
Barbara Boxer Bashing Bibi on Obama
It's the stuff of early education: "my deep disappointment" and "contrary." The deep sense of betrayal oozing from every well chosen word...
Dr. Helfand and MK Feiglin Debate Good, Evil and Nukes
At some point, MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud) walked in.
Genocides All Over the Place
April 7th is the 19th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Designer Leon Max Is Buying Up Britain
The Sunday Daily Mail features a colorful spread on fashion designer, owner of the Max Studio upmarket fashion chain, Leon Max, or Leonid Maxovitch Rodovinksi, "one of a clutch of rich Russians buying up chunks of Britain." The piece recalls another billionaire, Roman Abramovich, who bought the London Chelsea soccer team. But instead of buying soccer clubs, Max has purchased "a spectacularly beautiful English stately home." Love those Jews and their wonderful money…
Is CUNY Planning a Jewish Quota?
CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein has stepped into a gigantic mound of odoriferous matter, and it isn't clear if and how he's getting out of it, and, worse, what will the cleaning bill be. What's worse, it's possible he didn't even intend all the mean things people are saying about him. Maybe all he wanted was to help…
Musical Putsch: Balkan Beat Box Gig in Munich on Holocaust Day
The Israeli band Balkan Beat Box will continue its successful world tour with a concert on Wednesday evening in Munich, Germany – striking a nerve for some in Israel because it is the start of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. All entertainment venues, from shows to restaurants, are shuttered in Israel on this day.
Facing IDF ‘Restraint’ Hamas Rocket a Show of Force and a Threat
Home Front Command investigating why there was no warning.
No One Protesting Death of Prisoner in Palestinian Custody
The PA attorney general denied that the prisoner was tortured or beaten during interrogations.
Yori’s Jewish NuzeKlips, Feb 29/12
On the menu this morning: A Yiddishe Robbery … The Birds, The Bees, And The Jews … Latter Day This … Albert Brooks? Try Albert Speer! … and Human Rights Watch Guy Gets Watched Back. We're weird, we're borderline freaky, we're Jewish – get used to it. Or don't, we get paid either way.
Mudar Zahran: King Abdullah Will Be Toppled in 2013
Zahran predicted that by the end of 2013 King Abdullah, whom he calls "the only non-Palestinian in Jordan," will be toppled, and at long last the Palestinians will be free to conduct their lives in their own country.
Righteous Gentiles Honored in Warsaw, But Poland’s Record Remains Abysmal
Unfortunately, as highly as Jews praise the sacrifices made by brave Poles, it is difficult to overlook Poland's abysmal record in caring for its Jewish citizens.
Video: Ultimate Haredi Western Featuring Assassination over Get Refusal
The world is full of people without a sense of humor, as was discovered recently by Vanya Heiman, Anat Vershovsky and Amit Shimoni, all students from the "Bezalel" Academy of the Arts, who created the clip "Der Mensch" for the Visual Communication Department at the Academy. It was only supposed to be a genre exercise…
Seattle LGBT to Visiting Israeli Homosexuals: Gay Aveck!
In the solidarity business, life can be unpredictable. Take, for instance, the story of the LGBT commission representing the gay community in Seattle, which this month canceled a Friday reception at City Hall for a visiting delegation of Israeli gay leaders. They argued that Israel was "pinkwashing" its treatment of the Palestinians by showing the world how fabulous they are on gay rights.
The Migron Saga – the Animated Version
The entire story of the Migron outpost explained in 3 entertaining minutes, including the missing link, the one component the High Court is yet to offer in this sad trampling over justice and lives: proof of Arab ownership.
Blogger Puts Congressional Aide’s Get Refusal In Context
The case is, predictably, another ugly and scary and very personal one, which is why I stayed off it all this time. But as the pressure campaign is increasing and even Fox News is dumping on the husband (a Republican!), I went looking for some context. Now you can, too…
Iran VP Says Talmud to Blame for Drugs Trade
Rahimi's remarks came at an international anti-drug conference in Tehran, attended by many foreign diplomats, and AFP says it was "a rare diatribe by an Iranian official targeting the Jewish faith, rather than the state of Israel."
Poles Unhappy with Obama’s Retraction, as Entire Polish Economy Is at Stake
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk demanded a more "explicit reaction" to Obama's "Polish death camp" comment. Poland fears being sued for billions of dollars worth of property appropriated from Jews.
Keeping Voter ID Honest May Boost Democracy and Sanity
Making ID verification open and handy is not a left vs. right issue.
Singalong: We’re Gonna Tear Hitler Down
My good friend Jonathan Mark posted this video clip on his website on the same day some mad mega-Haredim sprayed Yad Va'Shem with graffiti accusing Zionism of causing the Holocaust. It occurred to me that blues man Leadbelly, who recorded his Hitler tune in 1942, could teach those crazy folks a thing or two about history.
Mr. President, Please Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!
Drawing red lines is never a politically wise move.
How I Lost My Liberal View of Reform Jews and Started to Fear Them
When I began covering the Women of the Wall, the flagship of the Reform insurgency in Israel, my initial take was sympathetic.
Will ‘Jesus’s Wife’ Parchment Alter Christianity?
Probably not, but it's fun to consider "that man" coupled with what logically must have been known as "that woman."
Jewish State from River to Sea a Better Place for Arabs
Remember what Albert Einstein said about the definition of insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?
Feminist German Minister Retooling the Creator’s Gender
To many Germans Christians, such a suggestion was an outrage.
Samuel L. Jackson: We Don’t All Look Alike
Jackson milked the faux pas to the last drop.
Israelis Are Picking the 19th Knesset (Video)
In Israel they have a cute commercial where a cop revokes your whining license for 4 years if you fail to vote.
Mayan Calendar Expires, No Apocalypse So Far, See You in 2240
By the way, Rosh Hashana 6000 falls on Monday night, October 1, 2239.