5th Annual New York Peace Film Festival Offers No Attacks on Israel
When a press release from the organizers of the NY Peace Film Festival popped in my email, I naturally braced myself for the usual torrent of anti-Semitic graffiti masked as criticism of Zionism we have learned to expect from any event with the words Peace and Festival in the title. To my very pleasant surprise, someone at the 5th annual festival has decided—imagine!—to dedicate the entire program to films discussing peace efforts around the world.
Why I Love Working at the Jewish Press (I)
I plan to make this a series of articles, pointing out how the Jewish Press effectively removes the poison from the fangs of the Jewish media stories, putting things in context and perspective and providing a Truth that represents both reality, and by definition, our Torah values.
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…
Why Is the Left So Concerned with Haredi Dropouts?
There's something hollow, even vacuous, certainly vulgar, about people who manage their personal relationship with God through newspaper articles and television tidbits.
Pushkar, New Mecca for Israelis, Even Has Chabad ‘Missionaries’
Calcutta News this morning reports on Pushkar, 130 km from the state capital of Jaipur, where many signboards and menus are in Hebrew.
Sharansky Complaining Iran Fears Hurt Aliya Stats
Sharansky told Israel Radio on Sunday that potential immigrants who had finalized their plans to move to Israel have delayed their arrival by several months because they are afraid of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities and an Iranian response.
Lie to your TV
It makes me wonder if why we even bother to report on stuff.
Foster Son of Jewish Mom Leads Italy to Final
Mario Balotelli, who scored two amazing goals against Germany June 28, to take Italy into the Euro 12 soccer championship final against Spain on Sunday (which they lost 4-0, and were totally outclassed by the world champion) – grew up as the foster son of a Jewish mother. Balotelli talked about his adoptive Jewish mother when the Italian national squad visited Auschwitz ahead of the start of the games.
At Last Indonesia Has Its Very Own Nazi-Theme Café
"I have a right to design my restaurant with anything that attracts people to come."
Chinese Government Demanding Stricter US Gun Control
Even I, an adamant advocate of gun control, got the urge to go buy me a six shooter in response to that idiotic item.
Most Stupid Pope Headlines of the Week
New pope to bind simplicity with ‘complexity’
Gun Appreciation Day Is Coming – Do your Shopping Early
The Supreme Court and I differ on what the Second Amendment means in reality.
Will Naftali Bennett’s ‘Broken Chip’ Kill the Hopes of a Million Voters?
In the end, what the media in Israel has been selling at high volume is that Naftali Bennett retracted.
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."
Memo to Obama: Mid-East Peace in 1 Hour or your Money Back
Mr. President, this memo is written in a children’s book format for several reasons:
1. To force simplicity and brevity
2. To demonstrate how uncomplicated the...
Holy Smokes, Rabbi
According to the State, Rabbi Meshulam Rothschild, 26, was moving about 3,600 cartons a week of illegal cigarettes with no tax stamps out of his warehouse on Spencer Street in Williamsburg. At $50 a carton in taxes, that's a very nice income, although not so steady, it turns out…
Supreme Court President on Demolishing Illegal Mosque: ‘Must Kill Them when They’re Young’
A miracle of sorts took place today at the Israeli Supreme court, which could be the sign of good things to come.
‘Natural Born Killers’ Murdered ‘Jewish Sounding’ Victim
Anti-Semitism in some parts is apparently so rampant, it's enough to have a Jewish sounding name for your life to be in danger. A couple of rampaging murderers who are up for several murders in Oregon and California, said in a jailhouse interview after their arrest that one of their victims, Cody Myers, was killed because he had a "Jewish sounding" last name. Myers happened to be a devout but extremely unlucky Christian.
‘Ashkenic’ Jews to Celebrate the Passover with Brisket and Kuegel
In Woody Allen's 1973 comic Sci Fi masterpiece "Sleeper," an underground band in the far future is trying to revive Allen's memory by acting out scenes from his childhood in Jewish Brooklyn. One of the men, in the roll of Allen's father, urges him, "Stop whining and eat your shiksa…" That was the feeling that overcame me when I read the article in Monday's Daily Mail of New Baltimore, NY, under the headline "Church brings Jewish traditions to life."
Liberman: ‘We Should Consider Reoccupying Gaza’ – Again?
In Liberman's book, our memory is about 8 months long, give or take.
Matzel Toff? Really?
Punning might be the most annoying form of art save for mime (a punning mime, now that would be hateful). Check out the Monday NY Post (a paper known for outrageous punning, not enough mime) for verification. They claim that an outfit named Urban Nosh, which got its start making Matzel Toff, a chocolate-covered matzah, is adding a new, year-round version of the same dubious treat, called Matzel Bits, and are also conspiring to launch yet another new product, called Holy Macaroons. Help…?
Pity: 11 Non-Racist Iranian ‘Wall Street Downfall’ Festival Finalists Were Excellent
The Festival in Tehran awarded first prize to three Jews praying in front of a Western Wall that's been transformed into a Wall Street bank.
First They Impose Gun Control, Then They Send You to Auschwitz
Samuel Wurzelbacher aka “Joe the Plumber” is in hot water (which, professionally speaking, he should be able to repair) over his comments blaming the Holocaust on gun control.
Jewish Teen Asks Kate Upton to Prom over You Tube, Gets a Maybe
He should register his chutzpa as a lethal weapon.
State Says Terrorists Can’t Use Social Media – and You Can Help
Are they lurking on Facebook? Tweeter? Find out and take them down!
Video: Bea Abrams Cohen – California’s Oldest Female Veteran
Bea Abrams Cohen, who turned 102 in February, believes in mitzvahs. "Pay back. It works," she told the LA Times. Bea enlisted during World War II and worked for more than seventy years supporting the U.S. military and charity organizations.
The Jews who Celebrated Erev St. Patrick’s Day
"An advertising agency was trying to get some business for Moskowitz & Lupowitz, which was a Jewish restaurant."
Cox Celebrates Black History Month with Jewish Intermarriage
The fictional love story between an Orthodox cantor and a black lady from Alabama.
‘Hineini’ by Any Other Name…
I don't have a problem with the documentary, only the title.