All posts by Zechariah Mehler
The Kosher Critic: The Best Kosher Ice Cream You’re Not Eating
Pin It If you have spent any time at any of the self-styled gourmet grocery stores you will notice that the number of products has quadrupled. This is a result... Read More »
The Kosher Restaurant and Wine Experience
Pin It One of the most iconic scenes in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory is when Gene Wilder pulls back the doors of his tasting room and... Read More »
“Acts” of Charity
Pin It At a small shul in an affluent neighborhood in Chicago there is a battered silver tzidakah box that sits in the main sanctuary Read More »
Time for Some Tough Love
Pin It Ok, as of recently I have been receiving complaints from people who have criticized Jewneric as being a shill for the Obama campaign. And so it is with... Read More »
Happy Birthday Marc Chagall
Pin It Moshe Shegal (latter changed to Chagall)l was a Russian-Belarusian-French painter of Jewish origin, who was born in Belarus on July 7th 1887. Chagall took inspiration from Belarusian folk-life,... 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 »
Combating Anti-Semitism
Pin It I was walking home for shul this Shabbos when a Lexus came to a stop about twenty feet away from me. Two kids, no more than seventeen, sat... Read More »
The ABC’s of Kosher Wine V-Z: In Vino Veritas
Pin It All good things must come to an end and, on that note, I give you the final installment of Jewneric’s look at Kosher wine accompanied by some famous... Read More »
The ABC’s of Kosher Wine Q-U: Alternatives
Pin It A lot of people are not big wine drinkers, and I don’t blame them. Wine (especially good wine) is an acquired taste. That’s why Rashi and Bartenura have... Read More »
The ABC’s of Kosher Wine L-P: Celebrity Edition
Pin It Nothing is better than word-of-mouth advertising, especially when the words come from a mouth that has been gilded by fame and celebrity. Well, Jewneric’s ongoing series, “The ABC’s... Read More »
The ABC’s of Kosher Wine F-K : So You Like It Cheap
Pin It So maybe you’re not looking for a wine that requires you to open it a half hour before you drink it. Maybe you just want something cheap and... Read More »
Hey Lebowski Fest, I’m Shomer Effing Shabbos
Pin It This week in Chicago, fans of the Academy Award Winning Coen Brothers will gather to pay homage to what is arguably their most popular film. Lebowski Fest, a... Read More »
Kosher Cheeseburgers: The Controversy
Pin It Talia’s Steak House, an Upper West Side kosher eatery made news this week when they updated their menu and began serving a kosher “Cheeseburger.†The burger, which uses... Read More »
Oscar Award Winning Coen Brothers Pick Their Next Film
Pin It Though the Coen brothers have made their careers by writing and directing movies, their recent film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men is the work... Read More »
We Are Legion: An appeal from a Jewish Anonymous
Pin It Yesterday (February 10th, 2008) marked the first protest against the Church Of Scientology by the cyber activist group Anonymous. Taking place at over 150 locations in 8 different... Read More »
Clothes Make the Yid
Pin It Long ago, I came to accept that the style I dress in is considered un-orthodox. Not to say that I wear anything that’s provocative and my pants don’t... Read More »
To The Jewneric Community
Pin It When Shalom, Moshe, Dave and I first came up with the idea for Jewneric, we knew that its success would be because of our writers. We believed that... Read More »
Learning About Sex the Yeshiva Way
Pin It As secular society becomes more sexually open, the capacity for frum teens to be affected becomes greater. In order to combat this, Yeshivas and Bais Yaakovs have become... Read More »
