[caption id="attachment_1144" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="(Flickr/Mayank Austen Soofi) "][/caption] Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari got woman trouble. During their meeting at the United Nations, Zardari told the Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin that she was "gorgeous" and hinted that he just might hug her. Wrong answer! "Gushing compliments...
The Jewish Journal reported earlier this week that Iraq's first lady, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of President Jalal Talabani, paid a visit to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The First Lady reminisced about her relationships with Jews of her Kurdish hometown, and, according to the Journal, toured...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgHHX9R4Qtk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1] Trying to push American Jewish seniors to vote Democrat, the Jewish Council for Education & Research has enlisted Sarah Silverman as the face of its new hilarious canvassing campaign, "The Great Schlep." Besides Silverman's outrageous tactics (that often flirt with the inappropriate) are talking points...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Svdpy4MtPQ] Sir Paul McCartney is soooo the man. He's bringing "a message of peace" to Israel. [JPost] This is definitely not kosher: Charedi men were caught sneaking to computer labs late at night and looking at porn. [Ynet via Geek Heeb] Getting tired of Ahmadinejad talk yet? Too...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="286" caption="Ahmadinejad tries to make out with Jewish man"][/caption] In an effort to improve his standing among Jews, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tried yesterday to make out with a member of the ultra-Orthodox sect Neturei Karta. Ahmadinejad has been in the dumps among pro-Semites...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGdyEv_irmA] Watch Joe Biden deliver last night's opening speech at the National Jewish Democratic Council's Washington Conference. Jewish politicians known for their support of Israel lashed out against the Republican Jewish Committee this morning, accusing it of dividing America’s Jewish community for the sake of politics. During a...
We don't think this needs much of an introduction. For more information on the UN meetings this week, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech in particular, go to CNN, BBC, AP, or Al Jazeera. New York, September 23, 2008 In the Name of God the Compassionate, the...
By Inthemoment contributor Larry Kessner A few years ago, not long after my daughter's Bat Mitzvah, I was talking to a good friend who had attended the service at our large, Washington DC-area Reform temple. My friend, whose politics are similar to mine, was raised Baptist...
What with non-stop hoopla at the convening of the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York, we offer a quick recap of the main issues to help you sift through the news coverage. Predictably, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has created the most amount of...
Remember this name: Mithal al-Alusi. He is a Sunni member of the Iraqi parliament who visited Israel two weeks ago to attend a counter-terror conference, and his life is now in danger. Not that this is the first time. In September 2004, al-Alusi made his first...
