This Week's Links

By | Jul 24, 2009
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leopardmezuzahBy Michelle Albert

  • Ivanka Trump received a Swarovski crystal-covered, lepoard print mezuzah when she completed her conversion to Judaism. Thanks to online shopping, you can bling out your doorpost, too! [PopJudaica]
  • Can’t get to the Western Wall in Jerusalem? No problem. Now you can tweet your prayers to Israel. [@TheKotel]
  • The New York Times’ Idea of the Day Blog lists Moment‘s article on Jews in Fashion from the July/August 2009 issue as part of their recommended reading. [IdeaBlog] Or, go straight to the source at momentmag.com.
  • Three New Jersey Mayors, two state assemblymen, five rabbis and 34 others were arrested for involvement in the kidney-selling and money laundering scandal sweeping New Jersey and New York. An Apple Jacks cereal box was also involved. [NYTimes]
  • A rabbi’s son served as the FBI mole responsible for the arrests. [Forward]
  • Planning a Jewish wedding? Jewcy has a list of resources to help out with upcoming nuptials. [Jewcy]
  • Israel is working to improve its image, one Facebook status at a time. [Haaretz]

One thought on “This Week's Links

  1. nadine epstein says:

    I grew up in Deal, New Jersey….

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