Monthly Archives: December 2007
Life Ain’t Easy for a Man Named “Country”
Pin It vs. We all have those stories of people with funny names. I happen to know a Rabbi Jesus, a Mashiach Ben David and a lovable guy a year... Read More »
Lessons from the Inner World of Dexter Morgan Part I: The Middle 50%
Pin It I live in a sort of self-imposed exile. That must be how I managed to avoid hearing about Dexter Morgan until late into the second season of our... Read More »
A New Shabbos Experience
Pin It I am about to make Shabbos in a place where I have never been before, yet I have been here a million times during the week. The Upper... Read More »
This Land Is My Land
Pin It The fact that there are disputes over land in Israel is not a statement that would shock anyone. Israelis and Palestinians have been quarreling over territory for years... Read More »
Upsherin; It’s Finally Time To Look Like a Boy, Son.
Pin It The Before Shot A few weeks ago I attended a ceremony which celebrated a beautiful custom of some Jews, an Upsherin. For those of you unfamiliar with the... Read More »
Kosher, But for Adults Only
Pin It Warning: This post is not for all Jewneric readers. Readers without a sense of humor and below the age of 16 are likely to not understand this post.... Read More »
Things I Have Learned about Comedy
Pin It Location, location, location. Memorize the names of cities like Intercourse PA, Metuchen NJ and most importantly Sheboygan WI and incorporate these cities into your act to help sell... Read More »
What Are you doing on Christmas?
Pin It A friend of mine (who is not Jewish) called me today to ask me, “What do Jews do on Christmas?†I asked him if he wanted the stereotype... Read More »
The Halachot of Festivus
Pin It Festivus is celebrated each year on December 23rd. For the uninitiated, Festivus comes from a Seinfeld episode in which George Costanza’s father creates a holiday because he is... Read More »
Things I have learned in my 20′s
Pin It Just because this country is religiously free doesn’t mean it’s religiously unbiased. Mitt Romney’s blatant inadequacies as a candidate will not be the reason he doesn’t get the... Read More »
The Fast of the Ninth of Tevet
Pin It a Medieval Jew carrying wine for the Sabbath The other day I was reading an article that a good friend sent to me about the fast of the... Read More »
Jewish Geography and Social Networking
Pin It I have had the pleasure of living in many different cities in my life time. 3 countries, 2 continents, 5 Yeshivas, and as any good American I only... Read More »
Hava Nagilah
Pin It It appears that Hava Nagilah is now going mainstream. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’ll share some bits of an email conversation I had yesterday... Read More »
Those Old Time Lox and Rolls
Pin It Approaching the secular new year, I sit nostalgic of the Jewneric that was in the days of yore. Well, that’s not really true. I sit wondering why the... Read More »
The making of a modern day neurotic Jewish mother….
Pin It I have a secret that has been passed down from Jewish woman to Jewish woman since Sarah, and I am going to let it out here in the... Read More »
“Everyone Knows That Hollywood Sells Californication”
Pin It With the preposterous news that broke today regarding Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy, I got to thinking back on 2007′s long list of fabulous female role models: Paris Hilton... Read More »
Odd Jewy Link for Today.
Pin It This is not a plug, but I did think these “Shabbos Goy” t-shirts were funny and wanted to share. Sometimes it is really hard to find a decent... Read More »
Delicious for Chanukah!
Pin It Looking for the perfect holiday snack? Need something more substantial to go along with your latkes and sufganiot? Why not Ham? At least, that’s what this clueless butcher... Read More »
