All posts by Shalom Silbermintz
Bibleman vs. The Jews
Pin It While I have never really heard of Christian television, aside from things like “the 700 Club,” apparently there is a whole culture of Christian television. The Trinity Broadcasting... Read More »
MTV Releases Holocaust PSA
Pin It A few weeks ago, MTV posted some interesting new videos as part of their Think Campaign, which tries to make it so that ” you, your friends, and... Read More »
The Geek Guide to Kosher Machines
Pin It I just stumbled on a Wired article from November of 2004 which profiles Jonah Ottensoser, an engineer for the Star-K. “A retired helicopter engineer who is himself Orthodox,... Read More »
What Jews Should Know About Brazil’s Entry From This Year’s Academy Awards
Pin It There was a lot of buzz around this year’s Academy Awards. One of the films that was generating a significant amount of buzz because of its unusualness was... Read More »
Would you let someone shoot you with a puke ray?
Pin It Sharon Weinberger has written an article for Wired’s Danger Room about her experience as the subject of a test involving a Sonic Blaster at a Jeruslaem hotel. Sharon’s... Read More »
Israel vs. Google
Pin It The city of Kiryat Yam is suing Google for a description which was posted on Google Earth that portrays the history of the city in a negative light.... Read More »
Israel’s Robots Part I: Suicide Bomber Inspection
Pin It In the past few days, Annalee Newitz, editor of IO9, has come under fire for the images that she posted of what appears to be a bomb disposal... 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 »
Teaching an old keyboard new tricks
Pin It So did you hear the big announcement today? No, not the iPod announcements coming from Moscone West, the other groundreaking announcement of the day. Getting little press today,... Read More »
