A Chelme Mayse
On the Lighter Side: The Wise Men of Chelm Resolve World Crises By Israel Zwick, CN Publications, January 5, 2009 Editor’s Note: Prior to World War II, there was a town in Eastern Europe called Chelm....
View ArticleJewish Names
How Jews got their Names…. DON’T MISS THE YIDDISH POEM AT THE END. Other than aristocrats and wealthy people Jews did not get surnames in Eastern Europe until the Napoleon years of the early 19th...
View ArticlePolice in Montana get help from Rabbi
Yes, Miky, There Are Rabbis in Montana By ERIC A. STERN, NY Times, December 5, 2009 HELENA, Mont. — In Montana, a rabbi is an unusual sight. So when a Hasidic one walked into the State Capitol last...
View ArticleJewish settlements deserve international support
How to get international support for the Jewish settlements In his usual tongue-in-cheek style, Israel Zwick presents a plan for obtaining international acceptance and support for the Jewish...
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Mel Brooks Interview
Q&A With Mel Brooks By Tom Teicholz, Jewish Journal, February 23, 2010 http://www.jewishjournal.com/ tommywood/article/qa_with_mel_brooks_20100223/ JewishJournal.com exclusive audio: Interview with...
View ArticleObama Purimspiel
Obama: ‘I’m Really a Space Cadet when it Comes to the Mideast’ Purim is a holiday on which Jews are expected to get tipsy, wear costumes and do silly things – including posting completely imaginary and...
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Goldilocks will be disapointed
Back to The new Earth: Why you will never live there The new Earth: Why you will never live there September 30, 2010 Cathal Kelly This artist rendering shows a new planet, right. Astronomers have...
View ArticleObama Economics
THE OBAMA RECESSION The recession has hit everybody really hard… My neighbour got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. CEO’s are now playing miniature golf. Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. A...
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Jewish jokes will never die
The Ever-Dying Art Of Jewish Humor Gary Rosenblatt Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Gary Rosenblatt Editor And Publisher, The Jewish Week OK, so there are these three guys in the hospital, and they’re very...
View ArticleUnderstanding Jewish Food
Jewish Delicacies Submitted by Les Barany Author Unknown The Atkinstein Diet This goes back 2 generations, 3 if you are over 50. It also explains why many Jewish men died in their early 60′s with a...
View ArticleProgress of human evolution
Synopsis of current evolutionary theory: The progress of human evolution. Fact or fiction? In a small enclave on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, a small group of maverick Homo sapiens...
View ArticleElderly men meet in park
Max and Sam discuss coronavirus in the park “I lost my friend Harry last week, I knew him since college. They said it was the virus, but I’m not so sure. He was suffering from congestive heart...
View ArticlePolitics, sex, and coronavirus
lifedoclifetime.com Even sex workers want stimulus and unemployment benefits It seems trivial but sex workers brace for losses from coronavirus quarantines during pandemic. According to BBC news, like...
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Purimspiel: Megillah of Itzik Manger
Megillah Cycle by Itzik Manger (Megile-lider) Congress for Jewish Culture A new dramatization of Itzik Manger’s famous Megillah Cycle, directed by and featuring Mike Burstyn with Shane Baker; Eli...
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Yiddish nostalgia
The Riviera, by Sholem Aleichem (Fun der Riviera) performed by Shane Baker Congress for Jewish Culture Resort vacations, rest cures, doctors, and, of course, medical bills. First published in 1909,...
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Humor for Passover
2 Minute Haggadah Chometz Thing Cleaning and Cooking Passover Here are the halachik issues for Pesach 5777 History of Horseradish Paraoh doesn’t Pay Passover is Approaching Passover Story Passover...
View ArticleJewish silence on anti-semitism
jewishworldreview.com Jackie Mason – Thank G od for the gentiles! Jews, our lives are once again in peril. What we saw on the streets of New York, Miami, Los Angeles, London, and Paris were not...
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