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Israeli Government Twitters the War
It’s mostly PR, but it’s a kind of PR that the Israeli government hasn’t historically shown the capability to produce ...
The Holocaust, the First War in Lebanon, and Gaza Today
Last night a friend and I went to go see Waltz With Bashir, the animated Israeli film about memories of ...
Do Apples Even Grow in Germany?
Herman Rosenblatt has become famous for his amazing story of how he met his wife. He claimed that while he ...
The Conspiracy of Covering Up
Because it’s impossible to write enough stories on Hasidic Jews and sexuality, Nextbook has an article on dressing modestly in ...
Back to the Ghetto, Yemen-style
The son of the head of Yemenite Jewish community (that is, the Jewish community still in Yemen) was shot and ...
Avraham Burg is Throwing his “Personal” Belongings at the Fans
I try not to write about Israeli politics. I really try. Lately, I’ve become a bit jaded on the subject ...
Bush = Santa
Dammit! I so wasn’t going to mention Santa on the Interweb today. And I was never going to mention the ...
Subverting – and Loving – Islam
A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times did a story on Muslim punk-rock teenagers — and we ran a ...
Kosher Shavers
Traditional Judaism prohibits men from shaving their face with a razor. While many (or most) Ultra-Orthodox Jews don’t shave at ...