Mobius is giving the blogosphere a reaming in the motherboard over the rightwingosphere’s dive tackling keffiyah-sporting Rachel Ray in the knees. Far be it from me to comment too much further than the grand-daddy of the topic has already done. But since Mobes made me more aware of the keffiyah trend, I really did a [...]
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Rachel Ray ain’t got nothing on the Israelis
Jun 11th, 2008 Humor, Israel and X-posted to Jewschool 3 Comments
The minds of two terrorists
Two shockingly intimate interviews, one this first-person article published in Der Speigel from a Qassam-making shed in Gaza and the other with a disillusioned Al-Aqsa commander from Jenin in Haaretz. A view into the minds of two terrorists, one active and the other depressed. I have no time for extended commentary except to say that the [...]
Apr 4th, 2008 Israel, Musings, War and X-posted to Jewschool 0 Comments
UPZ plays games with “Final Status Issues Taboo” and other taboo games
(X-posted to Jewschool.com) The Union of Progressive Zionists announces “Final Status Taboo” in a clever pun on my all-time favorite game, Taboo, in which players attempt to describe final status issues, such as Jerusalem, right of return, etc., without loaded words like “holy,” “Dome of the Rock,” “wall,” “Israel,” “capital” or “religion.” “While the premise [...]
Nov 24th, 2007 General, Judaism, Politics and X-posted to Jewschool 0 Comments
A Complex Relationship with Peace
(X-posted to Jewschool.) You know, you’re right out there in TV land. I’ve not heard much of a hopeful word out of the many folks who I know are down with peace (almost damn near everyone, despite varying caveats of right-wing or left-wing severity). And it’s rightful to be a cynic and skeptical of the [...]
Nov 15th, 2007 Favorite Posts, Judaism, Politics and X-posted to Jewschool 0 Comments
I Yid It Myself
Deliberate faith and faith led unconsciously are not equally valued in Jewish tradition, said best by the parable of the little boy who couldn’t even read the Yom Kippur prayers on an eve of God’s severe judgment over his village. “I do not know which prayers to say, Lord, so here, I give you the [...]
Oct 8th, 2007 Favorite Posts, Judaism, Writings and X-posted to Jewschool 1 Comment
The Kosher Fad is Sure to Fade
When I was growing up as one of the only Jews in most of the places I lived, including college at a Catholic university, I would frequently attract as friends converts-to-be who wanted to ask me all about my faith. Why these people wanted to convert was always a mystery to me. Jewish culture inherits [...]
Jul 27th, 2007 Favorite Posts, Food, Judaism, X-Posted to JCarrot and X-posted to Jewschool 0 Comments
Why Israel is after Azmi Bishara — and why it matters
Azmi Bishara, in JTA’s words, “abruptly ended a parliamentary career built on denouncing the Jewish state from enemy capitals and then dodging charges of sedition at home. ” He quit from outside the country in protest of allegations for spying for Hezbollah during this summer’s Second Lebanon War. But comparing himself to Alfred Dreyfus, Azmi [...]
May 8th, 2007 General, Israel, Politics and X-posted to Jewschool 0 Comments
Cum to Israel
X-posted to Jewschool.com: In the latest PR effort to make Israel more, uh, “attractive,” diaspora males have been given the next best tease to travel to Israel: Maxim mag babes. Maxim to gloss Israel’s image (JTA) Israel’s image-makers are turning to the pages of the American men’s magazine Maxim. A magazine popular among Anglophone males [...]
Mar 22nd, 2007 Favorite Posts, Humor, Politics, Sex and X-posted to Jewschool 1 Comment