Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has released the very first nano-bible. A clever ploy to bring people closer to religion, er, I mean nano-technology. The entire bible has been inscribed on gold-coated silicon surface smaller than the head of a pin. This is not an attempt to make the holy book more portable, but an [...]
The New York Times is reporting that after many years of friendship and artist development, Matisyahu has apparantly become too big for his britches and has dropped Jdub Records as his management. Mobius, who is taking this very personally, has a biting post over at Jewschool entitled “Honor Not A False Messiah.” Ouch.
On Memorial Day in Israel, we not only remember our fallen but also victims of terror. The radio plays sad songs and the television plays home video after home video of soldiers who have fallen in battle. It’s gut wrenching to watch. It’s an intense and somber day and even those of us who haven’t [...]
Happy Channukah to everyone. I happen to live in the town where historically the Maccabees originated. In fact, I live Channukah every day of the year. I always thought that Modi’in’s city slogan should be “Modi’in, where it’s Channukah 365 days a year.”
Walking this afternoon through the old Tel Aviv neighborhood of Kerem Hatemanim en route to my apartment after spending a few hours at a Sheinkin Cafe, I overheard the following exchange between an ambulance driver/medic and a woman who apparently had called for the ambulance for someone else. The medic had just gotten out of [...]
Help me resolve something that is tearing my household apart. I grew up with a huge traditional breaking of the fast with gargantuan servings of bagels, bialys, lox, lasanga, herring (two kinds!), tuna, egg salad and blintze souffle. My wife grew up with the tradition of drinking a glass of orange juice and having a [...]
So I lied. My previous post is not actually my last post about Madonna. This probably isn’t either. I wasn’t planning on mentioning her again but when the opportunity arose for an insider view of Kabbalah conference’s gala dinner I couldn’t resist. I’m glad I didn’t. It’s golden. The writer will remain anonymous for fear [...]
Jesus Christ. So it appears that Messianic Jews run a club called The Jamm at the Russian Compound. They host concerts that attract what they call “non-believers.” I first heard of this joint several months ago when Yidcore came to Israel for a series of concerts. I hadn’t been to the Russian Compound [...]
I work in a religious neighborhood not too far from the central bus station in Jerusalem. Many people from my office head to the ultra-orthodox supermarket across the street to pick up some lunch or dinner. The store is called “Zol Po” in Hebrew, meaning “cheap here”. You wouldn’t really be able to tell the [...]
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