Britney Spears’ new Kabbalah-inspired Hebrew tattoo actually has the letters reversed, making it meaningless.
It’s proof once again of how hard it is to find a tattoo artist who graduated from a decent Hebrew School.
From Edah On March 26, 2000, Pope John Paul II came to Jerusalem, to the heart of Israel, to that city to which all Jewish hearts have turned for 2000 years. He came to the Western Wall, adjacent to the Temple Mount. He placed a prayer in the Western Wall. It read: God of our…
From the Scotsman Rabbi Rules on Sticky Problem Your chewing gum has just lost its flavour, but there is no rubbish bin in sight. What do you do? According to Jewish law, get ready to swallow it. A prominent Israeli rabbi has ruled that spitting gum on a pavement or hiding it under a desk…
Nothing like some good old fashioned anti-Semitism to start the day! From Today’s Michigan Daily newspaper: Ethnic remarks stir MSA elections By Donn M. Fresard, Daily News EditorMarch 17, 2005 Students reacted with varying degrees of concern after the campaign manager of a party running in next week’s Michigan Student Assembly elections questioned whether it…
From the Wall Street Journal (11-19-04) By SHARON BEGLEY When scientists theorize about why racism is pervasive — so much so that some have suggested it is hard-wired into us — they come up with something like this: Back when humans were venturing out of the species’ birthplace in east Africa, each little band mostly…
ALAN KING, 1927-2004 “I don’t like going to shul because people recognize me. My rabbi said that if I came more often, people wouldn’t care so much”-Alan King By Lukas I. Alpert Associated Press NEW YORK – Alan King, whose tirades against everyday suburban life grew into a long comedy career in nightclubs and TV…
Shalom TV made national television news last night–albeit on the comedy channel–when Samantha Bee of “The Daily Show” featured the Jewish-oriented network in her report called “This Week In God.” After playing a Shalom TV clip in which Rabbi Mark S. Golub welcomes viewers to “the first national Jewish television network in America,” Ms. Bee…