If BP was trying to make a Jewish connection to the oil spill off the Louisiana coast, they got it all wrong. Yesterday marked the 49th day of the BP oil spill. Perhaps BP was going for the Hanukkah story connection, which is “The Oil lasted for 8 days.” Instead, BP got confused with the…
The Jewish boxer Yuri Foreman, who is originally from Haifa Israel and training to become an Orthodox rabbi, just lost in a TKO decision to the Puerto Rican fighter Miguel Cotto at Yankee Stadium. While I was disappointed that Foreman lost his title, I thought it was funny that at the end of the fight…
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James Besser, Washington Correspondent and New Media Editor of The New York Jewish Week, asked me to come up with a Top Ten list of uses for leftover Passover matzah. But being busy trying to catch up with post-Passover work, I was only able to come up with five. (Who am I kidding? Even if…
Cross-posted at Jewish Techs As we approach the Passover Seder, here are a few cool sites and videos to enhance the Passover experience: Bangitout.com – Seder Sidekick 2010Isaac and Seth Galena, the brothers behind the popular Jewish humor site Bangitout.com have once again published a Seder Sidekick to help bring some levity to the Passover…
As tensions between the United States and Israel seem to intensify, it looks unlikely that President Barack Obama will be able to broker a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. So, I was thinking of who might be the best negotiator to sit down with Bibi Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas. Jerry Seinfeld seems…
A couple of years ago, I wrote about the signs at Balducci’s, a New York grocery store, that advertised their ham as “Delicious for Chanukah.” Today’s issue of the Detroit Jewish News features a full-page ad for the local Plum Market chains of grocery stores. In large print, the ad proclaims Plum Market as “Your…
I am a finalist in the January/February 2010 Moment Magazine caption contest. Please vote for me by clicking here. This is the cartoon (by Bob Mankoff) and the caption I wrote: Thanks, Mr. Gates, but I think I’ll just wait for Apple to release its version. My other submissions for a caption to this cartoon…
For some reason, whenever the Jewish holiday of Purim rolls around, my brain uncontrollably starts coming up with parodies, satires, spoofs, and just plain silliness. Here’s a collection of the news items circulating in my head. Happy Purim! TOO JEWEY! By Rabbi Jason, the Official Rabbi of the 2010 Olympic GamesSponsored by Toyota: “Toyota… We’re…
Costco has been working hard to appeal to the Kosher consumer. A few Costco locations in Michigan have begun selling refrigerated kosher beef produced by Colorado Kosher. I was at one Costco location today in Michigan and was surprised to see free samples of Kosher chicken being offered. Of course, the chicken was being cooked…