All posts by Ezra Butler
Dessert at the Beginning of the Meal
Pin It While usually quite verbose, I find myself at a loss for words. How can one describe immensely personal feelings in an extremely public setting? For every word below,... Read More »
Perfection, Eugenics, Israel, and America
Pin It I will always remember Friday night. I came to a realization, an understanding, the veil of darkness was lifted from my eyes. I recall the mad dash before... Read More »
Young Geeks gather in Israel
Pin It Israelis are full of ideas. The Silicon Wadi is only behind the Silicon Valley in terms of sheer numbers startups. One guy, Shai Agassi, is working on a... Read More »
The Importance of Being Personal
Pin It Over the past few months, I have been consolidating my life into my new home. I combined my office and my home into a new apartment. First, I... Read More »
Waltz with Bashir: A non-review
Pin It A challenge is to talk about a movie without divulging any information about said movie. That is the problem with “Waltz with Bashir”, an animated movie I saw... 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 »
Ethnocentricity “and the Jews”
Pin It Thomas L. Friedman wrote an inciteful (or insightful – I’m still trying to decide) article in the NYTImes on May 18th. In fact, over a day after being... Read More »
Perks of Blogging for Jewneric
Pin It Jewneric treats its bloggers really really well. You should blog for them. For instance, I received a beautiful trip to MashBash TLV (the first international MashMeet!). It is... Read More »
The White Elephant in My Room: My Stutter
Pin It I stutter. But I am not a stutterer. It does not define me; rather it complements me. Through the course of history, individuals who stutter have entered into... Read More »
The Age of Apathy.
Pin It On Tuesday, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke in front of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament). In the LA Times, the visit is described as “[stirring] traumatic memories.... Read More »
“Purgamentum Init, Exit Pecuniam,” or “Wow, Staten Island Can Now Rival an Oil-Rich Arab Country!”
Pin It Reading one of my new favorite blogs (greenprophet.com) has caused me to ponder: Can the country that created a veritable oasis out of a desert simultaneously solve waste... Read More »
Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem
Pin It About an hour and a half ago, at 8:30 PM (Israel time), at least 2 terrorists entered Yeshivat Merkaz haRav and shot tens of students. News reports are... Read More »
The Israeli “Limpieza de Sangre,” or, Are You Jewish Enough to Read This?
Pin It What is a Jew? And why does it matter? The number one article emailed over the last day from the NY Times is a piece from the magazine... Read More »
Japan and Israel, Strikingly Logical Bedfellows
Pin It In the weeks following Spielberg’s snubbing of China on humanitarian grounds, and the Israeli Knesset’s recent decision regarding Asian Chefs in Ethnic establishments, we bear witness to an... Read More »
Illegal Questions to Ask: America vs. Israel
Pin It I live between two distinct cultures. One part of me lives in America. I consume American culture by the boatload, I try to keep abreast of the politics,... Read More »
About the Impending Israeli Sushi Strike and the Implications and Ramifications upon the Future of the Israeli Society
Pin It Strikes are inevitable. Certain things can be done without. (I am not, God forbid, referring to House, Scrubs, Desperate Housewives, Prison Break, Heroes, 30 Rock, or any other... Read More »
Spielberg’s Advisory Message to Beijing
Pin It The term “Never Again†is not just empty rhetoric for Steven Spielberg. Spielberg, the Oscar-winning director of “Schindler’s List†and “Munichâ€, withdrew as an artistic adviser to the... Read More »
Aimless in Jerusalem
Pin It Snow is Jerusalem. The Holy City shuts down. I am not talking about a blizzard, 3 feet of white joy, I am talking about slush. One sees smiles... Read More »
