By Maxine Springer
I was delighted to discover that one of my favorite blogs, CakeWrecks, had a special post dedicated to Passover. (If you're not familiar...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
We know some families have struggled for centuries with the age old quandary of breaking a matzah in two perfect pieces. In my...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
In their most recent gimmick, Heeb has outdone even their own high standard of Jewish tomfoolery. Really outdone it. The idiosyncratic Jewish quarterly...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Highlights from Israel's World Cup Qualifier against Greece this weekend:
They play Greece again (this time at their place) on Wednesday.
With nine points, Israel...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
David Ignatius has a column today (also in the Washington Post) about tax-exempt charities that donate to various Israeli settlements in the West...
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Check out our cover story on Bernie Madoff, the man who ran what was perhaps one of history’s largest Ponzi schemes, remains...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Here's the trailer for Quentin Tarantino's newest bloody assortment of moving pictures. This one's called Inglourious Basterds and includes Brad Pitt and a...
By Jeremy Gillick
In February of 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Now, as the country of two million--almost all of whom...
By Jeremy Gillick
Two years ago, Ha'aretz correspondent Lily Galili profiled the right wing Israeli politician and founder of the Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel is our Home")...
By Jeremy Gillick
Following celebrations in Kiev in honor of the 150th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's birth, developers destroyed his house.
The great Yiddish writer would...
By Jeremy Gillick
Yes, it's true. Barack Obama has ordered Guantanamo closed. That's big news, at least symbolically. But the bigger news, the decision that could...