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File this under: Duh.International study: Israeli kids irritable Recent World Health Organization report shows Israeli children exhibit more signs of ...

Okay, my new music column is up — which discusses the infamous “Bart & the Hasidim” episode of “The Simpsons,” ...

I have an admitted bias towards anything related to Aramaic. My dad studies modern Aramaic, and one of my best ...

I love Weeds (Notice the “s,” Mom), and while I’m not the target audience for JVibe magazine (it’s a magazine ...

People may be enjoying turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie this weekend, but how about some humus atuf— ...

I’m a big fan of religious controversy.  I like it when people stand up and say things that make any ...

Residents of Ashkelon recently found a bottle with a message inside–a love letter, written in Arabic, probably sent from Gaza.Ashkelon ...

Scrubs star Zach Braff is hanging out in Tel Aviv these days, and in an interview with Haaretz it sure ...

In the mid-’90s, Israeli television personality Gil Kopatch brought Rabbi Mordechai Gafni on his sports/talk/news show to discuss the weekly ...

The L.A. Times ran a piece a few days ago on Muslim punk-rock teenagers, which mostly served as an excuse ...