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Purim on Pinterest
Pin It Are you on Pinterest yet? What are you waiting for? This social network (not new by the way – it’s been around since 2009, has boasted the fastest... Read More »
A Kardashian Peace in Israel
Pin It At Jewneric we can all enjoy and respect a good joke. In that light, I present Israel’s Peace Partners as measured in Kardashians. Bryan Forbes posted this neat... Read More »
Why You Should Never Explain Sukkot to a Gentile
Pin It To the outside world, we Jews are crazy, and Sukkot is the icing on the cake. Wait, so … you mean to say that you just fasted for... Read More »
Proper Etiquette When Going to the Mikveh
Pin It Remember that 16-bit game where you had to choose which urinal your character should go to in the men’s room based on where other men where standing? No…?... Read More »
Jewish Guys & Asian Girls, Oy Gevult!
Pin It “They’re hot, they’re smart, they’re not Jewish and they can’t dance.” We’ve all seen The Social Network (If not you should, right now, Go!), and there is no... Read More »
Top 10 ROJA (Religious Online Jewish Acronyms) you may or may not see on Jewish Dating sites
Pin It If Jewish dating sites had a fill in the blank option for your religiosity, this is something you might see: 1. BT – Ba’al Teshuvah 2. FFB –... Read More »
Facebook to Charge its Jewish Users
Pin It We were privileged to receive a recently leaked internal memo at Facebook’s HQ in Mountain View, CA: As of today Facebook will automatically start charging its Jewish members.... Read More »
Amy Winehouse’s Rehab in Yiddish
Pin It Marvin Silbermintz performs Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” in Yiddish. We will be posting the background on this performance in the next few hours. Stay Tuned! To all our new... Read More »
“Getting Back in Touch” via Facebook – Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants
Pin It Lately, my wife Jody and I have spent a lot of time getting in touch with old friends via Facebook. It started when I received a friend request... Read More »
A Mossad Situation
Pin It Because nobody’s ever questioned me about my involvement with Israel’s top-secret spy agency, the Mossad, I’m now ready and willing to talk.  It all began while I... Read More »
Life as a Jewsician
Pin It Some folks make aliyah for religious reasons, others for nationalist reasons. And then there are songwriters like me who come to Israel for no apparent reason, and decide... Read More »
KosherFest 2008 … a fresser’s delight!
Pin It Kosherfest is similar to any other convention held at any other convention center. The only difference, kosher food. Wait, wait, FREE Kosher food. The sound of that makes... 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 »
Alone Again (Not) Naturally
Pin It The week didn’t go at all as I expected. When Jody made plans for her and Amir to go to Cleveland for Jody’s grandmother’s 90th birthday at the... 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 »
What Does G-d Taste Like?
Pin It Shauli, our youngest son, was about seven years old as he sat across the table from me, at our favorite pizza shop. He considered a slice of pizza... Read More »
Taking My Mind for a Walk
Pin It One day, Mayer, my chavruta wondered out loud about how a prophet could identify that a particular event he saw would happen in the future; after all, the... Read More »
A Mother’s Rant
Pin It I would like an awards dinner in my honor this year. I have changed upwards of 3000 diapers, made more than 200 lunches, driven over 400 carpools, kissed... Read More »
The Chosen Keyboard
Pin It For a long time there have been only a few options if you wanted Hebrew on your keyboard. Your options were to spend two hours pasting stickers onto... Read More »
