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...
It looks like the international system of governance is finally paying off. I mean, despite reports that the US and its allies are looking to bypass the UN in order to impose sanctions on Iran, we can all rest assured. The international system of dialogue...
A mere day after John McCain named his vice-presidential choice, I hatched a clever plan to dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween. Soon after, though, the whole country stole my idea − I even know of one sister-brother pair, still in middle school, planning to...
In yet another intriguing occurrence in the Iranian-Israeli relations saga, a 16 year-old Iranian boy with a particularly vicious brain tumor has been flown to Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in a final effort to save his life. Ynet and Ha'aretz reported that the...
Could this mom on a playground be Sarah Silverman's angelic twin? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAVn1-gC7cg&eurl=http://www.jewsobamaisrael.com/] Take it as a counterpoint to Silverman's sassy, obnoxious and, you almost hate to admit, kind of funny "Great Schlep" video: This clip is sincere, respectful and not even trying to be funny. (It opens...
[caption id="attachment_1207" align="alignright" width="116" caption="Welcome to Israel"][/caption] Ok, time to get your assimilation anxieties sorted out. The numbers of Jews and kinda-sorta Jews and non-Jews married to Jews or who are children or grandchildren of Jews is growing, and that's good, right? No, says Israel's...
Chabad, the ubiquitous Jewish movement best known among American Jews for its outreach on college campuses, is in many ways a mystery. Why, unlike most ultra-Orthodox, do the Lubavitch reach out to rather than reject secular Jews? What do they get when you put on...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DrAp5gzdqc&feature=related] French FM Bernard Kouchner almost got Israel into some serious trouble yesterday, when he misspoke and said Israel would "eat" Iran. Reuters reports: "I honestly don't believe that it will give any immunity to Iran ...
"Should we not bring any snacks with pork?" Maybe Chinese tourists' reputation for boorishness is unfounded, given that this considerate inquiry was one of several posed to managers of the first organized Chinese group tour of Israel for non-business purposes. The first of two 10-day, 40-person...
[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...
