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Jewish Journal’s “Video Jew” Jay Firestone brings us his video journalism about elections in addition to his thoughts on meatball-schwarma subs and, uh, mah-jong. Enjoy.
Fringesters: Short but delightfully packed interview up on Bigmouth Indeed Strikes Again (my blog) that I conducted with Scott Korb and Peter Bebergal, authors of The Faith Between Us, A Jew and a Catholic Search for the Meaning of G-d. Beautiful read, wonderful guys. Show some love: Meet Korb and Berbergal, check out the interview, […]
Friday night I stopped by the Lakeview Chabad Shabbaton, which was alright. Saturday after shul I hung with Avi and Rachel for some fine Cholent and brew, then headed up LSD on my way home for much needed menucha.
When I got to Irving Park, where Chabad holds its events at Park Place, there was a […]
Say waat you will about keeping kosher, this is just gross!
“Soooooooeeeeeeee! In quite possibly one of the most disgusting truck spills in recent memory, the northbound Edens was shut down for seven hours after a truck tipped over, spilling out pig ears, pig feet, and grease across the highway. Ironically, the spill happened near the […]
BZ reports that the at last week’s URJ (Reform) affiliated CCAR convention, two Chicago reform Rabbis were named to the top of the bill. He called it a “Windy City Sweep.” Yeah right, and this could be the year for the Cubs AND the Sox… One must wonder if the attendees also […]
In the West Bank settlement of Dolev, near Binyamin community, the Yad Yair synagogue was damaged, leaving Torah scrolls and many other sacred objects housed within (and in the adjoining building) burned and destroyed. The Binyamin Regional Council suspects Palestinians to be behind the incident.
The synagogue, west of Ramallah, was erected over a decade ago […]
Peli, recognized by many as the mother of Orthodox feminism, died in Yerushalayim yesterday morning at age 74. Born in New York, she made aliyah in the early 70s with her husband, Rabbi Pinchas Peli, and began a women’s minyan in her home using her own Torah scroll which led to the establishment of Congregation […]
Breaking news people: Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, our beloved Jewish child stars turned has-beens, are back with a new reality tv series to air on A&E. Perez Hilton.com reports:
After years of living the life of a crazy bachelor, Corey Feldman has got his life on track, married the love of his life, Susie, […]
Chicago’s only Reneweal (ALEPH) congregation is losing its home. The congregation, which has shared a home with other spiritual congregations in Printer’s Row at Grace Place for over a dozen years, has listed their need to relocate on craigslist.
With its departure, there’s no Jewish congregational space between Loop Synagogue (which is really more of […]
With security already tightened due to Middle East violence, Jewish institutions are bracing for the worst. Hizbollah was behinid the murderous bombing of the AMIA Building in Buenos Aires a decade ago, which killed over 80 people, and there’s a chance they could do similar things now. On Friday, there was a shooting […]
I’m finding myself more to the right these days than I care to admit. Why? Because it is on the historic american left than I’m finding the greatest anti-Israel sentiment. Now, it isn’t that I’m not open to hearing all 15 sides to this story, but I also need some pro-Israel nourishment.
In case you do […]
Kraft Kosher relays that his new boss, Irene Rosenfield, is not only involved Jewishly but keeps a Kosher home. She was named CEO last week.
The Foverts reports Oprah will host Shalom Bayis maven Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on her show Monday, June 26th. Boteach, who was once known as spiritual advisor to the likes of Michael Jackson, has gained notariety with his popular books like Kosher Sex and his TLC Reality TV show “ Shalom in the Home.”
Boteach’s […]
I hardly ever pick up a newpaper anymore. The Red Eye isn’t available at my bus stop and I don’t have the patience for Trib or Sun Times. I get my news online and from other blogs. Today at lunch, I sat at a table with a cope of the Sun Times […]
Maverick, bandleader, author and larger than life personality Kinky Friedman has collected enough signatures to run for Texas Governor in the coming elections. He gained fame about 20 years ago, fronting a band called the “Texas Jewboys” and developed a bit of a cult following. But politically speaking he’s a straight shooter who’s […]
Could you use that in context, please? I heard this on ‘BEZ the other day but here’s a link. There was an unusual glitch in the National Spelling Bee which revolved around the word, HECHSHER, which for the unititiated is the the little symbol that indicates a food product is kosher and which kashrus supervising […]
Jewish Week’s Gary Rosenblatt reviews last week’s General Assembly in Toronto. Jewschool points out the counter-conference and growing voice of discontent among the marginalized left and millennials here. Read the offical recaps here.
When bad things happen in our Jewish community, we tend to clam up. It used to be that we were afraid of a Shanda fer de goim. Now its more generally a case of spin control. No news of it in the local Jewish press, We found out about this story via […]
Its not that bad yet, but its closer than the birthbangs of the moshiach, to be sure. This summer, CTA service cuts will leave a third of Red Line and Brown Line El rush hour riders without a way to get to work. Oh, and they’re raising fares to $2. And you […]
During an upcoming construction project at the Art Institute of Chicago, Marc Chagall’s “American Windows” will be removed temporarily on May 2, 2005. If you want to see the Jewish artist’s 1976 commission in the next four years, visit the museum before 5/2. Construction will be completed in 2009! Tug of the tzitzis […]
