By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRhFezNgbDM] NPR reported on Yiddish and Klezmer in Russia today. Judging by the above video, I'd say it's doing just fine. Still corny as ever. Thanks to Heeb for pointing out Rahmfacts.com. Spend some time at the site and learn such brilliant nuggets of dubious...
[caption id="attachment_1454" align="alignleft" width="114" caption="L'Plouffe. L'Axelrod. L'Chaim. "][/caption] 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 it helps if you daven in a leftward direction): Barack atah Illinois, Eloheinu melech...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="attachment_1466" align="alignnone" width="330" caption="Obama's site"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1467" align="alignnone" width="336" caption="Bibi's site"][/caption] Not really. But check out the above screenshots of Obama and Netanyahu's respective websites. See?!! Ynet caught it as well, and asked some Netanyahu people about it: "We view the comparison as a compliment,"...
Everyone is talking about Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to president-elect Barack Obama. The letter, according to Iranian news agency ISNA, congratulates Obama and expresses Ahmadinejad's wish for real change in US policy towards Iran. Every major newspaper has an emphatic headline for Ahmadinejad's letter,...
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 something important. After all, Bill Clinton's former National Security Advisor backed Obama from the start, as Robert Greenberger...
Who is Rahm Emanuel (Barack Obama’s new Chief of Staff)? For starters, he’s Jewish. He, his wife Amy, and their three children attend the Anshei Sholom B’nei Israel modern Orthodox Synagogue in Chicago. His father, Benjamin Emanuel, was born in Jerusalem and was active in the...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU] Under a section called "The Age of Obama," Ynet has two interesting pieces. One contains a reassuring statement from an adviser to Rep. Rahm Emmanuel (Obama's not yet official White House chief of staff), and the other quotes Israelis advising patience regarding Obama's work on...
[slideshare id=724345&doc=electiondaypix-1225911790283203-8&w=425] In case you were just unfreezed from a cryogenic state, Senator Barack Obama was elected president yesterday. He will be America's first African-American president. I took the (admittedly very amateur) above photos/videos between midnight and 2:30 am this morning in front of the White...
More than 200 professors of Jewish studies have joined to form the latest Jews-for-Obama group, reports The Jewish Daily Forward. But the Republican Jewish Coalition poo-poos the new alliance's potential impact. Jews won't listen to eggheads, reasons RJC executive director Matt Brooks. "[T]hese elites in...
Even if you've been following the election only half-heartedly, you've no doubt heard about the rumors behind Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Maybe you got an email saying he was schooled in a terrorist camp in Indonesia, or you heard that he was sworn into the...