A B'racha for Barack? The Obama Kiddush
By Mandy Katz
Raise a glass tonight and every night through January 20. You don't have to know Hebrew to intone this one (though i...
12
Nov
12
Nov
Netanyahu Kidnapped Obama's Web Designer
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Not really. But check out the above screenshots of Obama and Netanyahu's respective websites. See?!! Yn...
12
Nov
Nir Barkat Elected Mayor of Jerusalem
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
We had a preview of Jerusalem's mayoral election earlier this week. Now we can declare software entrepren...
11
Nov
Bataan Death March Survivor Lester Tenney Reclaims His Judaism
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
The Washington Post has the story, in honor of Veteran's Day. A teaser:
Being bar mitzvahed circled the old...
11
Nov
Son of Jewish Refugee Elected Prime Minister of New Zealand
By Nonna Gorilovskaya
John Key, son of a Jewish refugee, was elected the next prime minister of Middle-earth New Zealand, the country ...
10
Nov
Al Franken Gets Serious
by David Paul Kuhn
Al Franken leans over the scattered papers atop his desk. He puffs out his pasty cheeks. His round brown glas...
10
Nov
Post-Obama Fix: Jerusalem's Mayoral Election
In a haze of post-Obamania deflation this week, I turned for a political fix to Jerusalem and the hotly contested mayoral election ta...
07
Nov
World Leaders React to Obama—Drama Ensues
Everyone is talking about Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to president-elect Barack Obama. The letter, according to Iranian...
07
Nov
Obama's Jewish CIA Director: Anthony Lake?
The New York Times claims Lake can have the job if he wants it. While it's not clear that he does, he's certainly in the running for ...
07
Nov
The Jewish Schaivo Dilemma
The Washington Post reported today on a controversial circumstance regarding an Orthodox Jewish boy on life support. The boy, Motl Brod...