I watched the first episode of this year’s Apprentice as I washed dishes. Its not something I plan. But I did of course find myself scanning the show with my Jew-dar to see which of the contestants were members of the tribe. I thought I saw 3. I’m surprised to learn [...]
Any truth to this? I’m not sure but its funny that we don’t have a
holiday for eating corned beef. Then again, who would want one? Its the
sort of everyday pleasure that I love about our culture… Then again,
on my budget, and at kosher meat prices, its not much of one…
“Growing up Irish in Chicago affords [...]
Wow. What a difference a week makes. Though Matisyahu is more popular than ever and his new release “Youth” debuted at number 4 on the charts, there’s a not-so-quiet backlash that’s begun amongst his once loyal core fans that’s being matched in the media. And Matisyah’s recent actions and statements aren’t helping.
Then, the [...]
Great Purim Shtick from Jewschool for all y’all living in walled cities….
For the uninitiated, a kapote is the long black slik coat worn by Hasidic men. Nice photo retouch on Mr. Hoffman. He’s thinking of calling this, “En Kalter Dom.”
Happy Purim everybody!
ShaBot 6000: Shushan Shabot
No, its not the Skokie Thanksgiving Football classic. the work of visual artist Siona Benjamin, whose Jewish roots are in the Bene Israel community of India, is the subject of a dance presentation put on by Genesis at the Crossroads. Benjamin’s artwork explores Jewish identity in the world of the Indian subcontinent through traditional Hindi-style [...]
Young Israel of West Rogers Park Monthly Melave Malka
Local faves Even Sh’Siyah celebrate the release of their third album, Wake UP/Hisoreri.
March 11, 2006 @ 8.30pm
$10, 2706 W. Touhy in the “Raj.”
The once self-styled Hasidic Reggae Superstar is self styled no more. With hundreds of thousands of albums sold, Matisyahu has toured the country at least four times now, has been featued in every major music and press outlet around including Rolling Stone and Spin, and has a video that is heavily requested on TRL [...]
Last Thursday, Lonnie Nasatir (Ex. Dir. of Midwest Anti-Defamation League) and Richard Hirschaut (Ex. Dir. of Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center) resigned the Gov’s Discrimination and Hate Crimes Commission after comments by the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan last weekend. The dustup is due to the failure of one of the panels members [...]
