Eight Days of Chanukah candle lighting – VIDEOS…with VideoJew Jay Firestone
Jay Firestone
December 4, 2007
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Up Front
Beit LosCon greets Shabbat, geek style
Adam Wills
November 23, 2007
Even if you\’ve never been to a sci-fi convention, you could probably guess what you\’d encounter. And likely you wouldn\’t be too far off.
Shalom, sports fans — it’s time for some respect!
Roy Eitan
November 16, 2007
After decades of dealing with war and terrorism, Israel appears to be waking up to a new security threat: sports hooliganism.
Girlz in the hood
Dikla Kadosh
November 9, 2007
\’Miriam\’ and \’Shoshana\’ live in the Pico-Robertson area. They\’re seniors at a religious girls\’ school, they study Torah, dress modestly and keep the Sabbath. But Miriam and Shoshana are not your ordinary Orthodox girls. They rap. They use foul language. They fantasize about professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. And they head up a dreidel-rolling gang. The two faux frumsters are the comedic creations of Kara Luiz and Deena Adar.
Rescuing Torah scrolls — I guess it runs in the family
Brooks Herman
November 2, 2007
During the San Diego fires, a family rescues one of their synagogue\’s five Torahs and preserves it during the evacuation.
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw … holiday cards?
Tom Tugend
October 26, 2007
Background note from B\’nai B\’rith Canada: Following the Prime Minister\’s Speech from the Throne, the House of Commons returned for its second session. Amongst the very first issues raised was the prime minister having sent Rosh Hashanah greeting cards to Jewish Canadians.
Yes it is your bubbe’s Web address!
Adam Wills
October 19, 2007
But on Monday, the Internet came one step closer to becoming truly international. And it did so with the help of the unlikeliest of languages: Yiddish.
Subway takes a ride through kashrut
Jay Firestone
October 12, 2007
The West Coast\’s first kosher Subway — truly the best thing to happen to this religion since payos — recently opened on Pico Boulevard, right in the heart of \”the hood.\” And with a fleishig (meat) menu, halacha has never tasted so good.
Crocs rule as Yom Kippur shoe
Jewish Journal
October 4, 2007
From secular beachgoers in Tel Aviv to right-wing Orthodox settlers in Hebron, Crocs — the bulbous-toed, open-back, rubber summer shoe — already were ubiquitous in Israel. Now, reports from several synagogues across America suggest, Crocs have surpassed Chuck Taylors, Keds, flip-flops and a host of other options to become the Yom Kippur shoe in the United States.
Get ready to bug out
Jay Firestone
September 27, 2007
With few exceptions, I sincerely hate bugs … a lot. I hate the way they look. I can\’t stand it when they bite. And most of all, I feel violated each time I catch one crawling up my leg. Yeeech!
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