Monthly Archives: June 2008
Real Estate, Real Problem
Pin It I grew up in a pretty insular community. I went to a Jewish school, had carpools to take me to and from wherever I was going, and almost... Read More »
Gary Vaynerchuk is a Real Mentch!
Pin It Last night I had the unique opportunity to hear from and talk to web personality, wine expert, and tremendously nice guy, Gary Vaynerchuk, of Wine Library TV. I... Read More »
What a Dump!
Pin It Here’s a Friday morning outing you’ve probably never considered: A trip to the dump. But not just any dump. The Hiria dump – an 80-meter high blight on... Read More »
Israel Rehearses Iran Attack
Pin It U.S. intelligence analysts say that nearly 100 Israeli warplanes staged a rehearsal air strike against nuclear facilities in Iran. David Martin from CBS News reports from the Pentagon Read More »
Mapping the Holy Land
Pin It With the Spertus Museum‘s recent “censorship” of its exhibit of Holy Land maps, it is especially nice to see that famous (and autistic) artist Stephen Wiltshire has drawn... Read More »
Wordle Shows Visual Representations of Any Text with Cool Biblical Implacations
Pin It Today, someone sent me the link to a new web 2.0 site, Wordle. Wordle gives you a tag cloud of any text you put in. Someone already mashed... Read More »
A Bubble Of A World
Pin It While at work, and in dire need of entertainment, my friend sent me a link to a restaurant review and urged me to look down to comment #25. ... Read More »
Another World (Or Why I Now Love Tel Aviv)
Pin It My wife Jody and I will be married 20 years this summer. We decided to take an early anniversary trip last week. Originally we thought of going to... Read More »
Candy Man
Pin It There was no one so frightening as the man who sat in the farthest back row of the synagogue. To most adults he was friendly and harmless, but... Read More »
To Err is Human, To Eruv is Jewish
Pin It For the past few weeks I’ve been reporting for the Long Island Jewish World. The big issue that I am covering is the newest eruv debate. You’ve heard... Read More »
My Advice: Buy Renter’s Insurance!
Pin It This past Friday night my wife and I experienced something that we hope no one else ever has to experience in their lives… fire. When we returned from... Read More »
Yes to Carrots
Pin It Listen to your mother and eat your vegetables. I have a confession to make: I have frizzy hair. Yes, I am your typical Jewish girl that comes adorned... Read More »
Letter for Jewish Journalism
Pin It Last year, I wrote a research paper for a Principles of Journalism class called Jews in the J-school. For a source, I wrote to Ralph L. Lowenstein, Dean... Read More »
The State of Israel Advocacy on and off Campus
Pin It Yesterday I awoke at 4:30am in New York, to attend a 9:30am meeting in D.C. Not fun. However, the meeting that took place was a lot more enjoyable... Read More »
MashBash Tel Aviv – The Official Jewneric.com Report
Pin It MashBash TLV the Official Jewneric.com Media Partner Report Last night, as previously reported, I had the pleasure of being a sponsored guest to MashBash TLV. For those who... Read More »
The Blessing of a Broken Heart Hits the Stage
Pin It Award Winning Book by Terror Victim’s Mother Comes to NY and DC Stage Seven years ago, Koby Mandell, the 13 year old son of Sherri and Rabbi Seth... Read More »
Haman’s Cup Found Under 70 Year Old Briton’s Bed
Pin It OK, that headline was just to grab your attention. I have no way of proving the Cup belonged to Haman from the Purim story in Megillath Esther (or... Read More »
Don’t Eat a Peach or Raisins and Almonds because Carrot Juice is Murder
Pin It We are on the approach to the Pentecost, also known as Shavuot. On the holiday of Shavuot there is a well known custom not to eat any meat.... Read More »
Torah Judaism, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage
Pin It The Torah does not like gays. For some Jews, this is not a difficult challenge to overcome. The Torah may have been inspired by God, but it was... Read More »
