The Last Jewish Waiter – Welcome To My Hell
May 17, 2013
He’s a waiter at Katz’s Deli on the Lower East Side of New York, and unlike his coworkers, he’s Jewish. Jewish and grumpy as all heck. This is the first of what we hope are his many musings. Of particular
Bonjour Sarah Silverman
May 6, 2013
Jash.com, a collaborative project featuring Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Tim and Eric, and Reggie Watts, presents Sarah Silverman in a French New Wave style video clip titled “Féte des Pets.” No. This has nothing to do with puppies or kittens
Would You Like Fries With That Shake Mr. President?
April 27, 2013
McDonalds Israel put together this ad in order to promote their “Big America” Burger – it’s a big “All-Beef” patty that comes in 6 different flavors, each named and themed after a city in the US. The star of this
Bedouin Soldiers in the Israeli Army
April 27, 2013
The Israeli army reports that the number of Bedouins in active service in the IDF is 1,655. While this represents a tiny fraction of the 176,500 troops who make up the entire corpus of the active military, this minority group
Atzmus: City of Light (Ciudad Del Luz)
April 27, 2013
The lead singer is a Chabad Rabbi and the band is super heavy. Atzmus also hails from Argentina. This track, Ciudad Del Luz, had some good traction a couple years back when it was first released but now the band
Karma Bolice Jaffa Style
April 26, 2013
Rotem Shefy on vocals, Leat Sabbah on cello, Yaniv Teichman on the oud and Ori Dekel on percussion killed it with this awesome cover of Radio Head’s Karma Police – which they apparently put together for just shits and giggles.
What Would Anne Frank Say to Justin Beiber?
April 22, 2013
As we reported previously, Justin Beiber visited the Anne Franke House in Amsterdam. There he signed the guest book and asserted that Anne Frank, had she been alive today, would have been a “Belieber,” as those die hard fans of
That’s How They Observe Memorial Day (in Israel) via the West Wing
April 15, 2013
A clip from the end of “The West Wing” season 5 finale episode ‘Memorial Day.’ Leo McGarry explains to the President how Memorial day, or Yom HaZikaron, is observed in Israel.
Yom Hazikaron – Israel Memorial Day – 2013
April 15, 2013
Yom Hazikaron (יום הזיכרון) is Israel’s memorial day, meant to remember those who died defending the country as well as victims of terror. It is commemorated via memorial ceremonies throughout the country. On the evening of memorial Day, most shops
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) in Jerusalem 2013
April 9, 2013
This was the scene Monday at 10 am on April 8, 2013 at Machaneh Yehudah, Jerusalem’s central market. Usually the market is loud and bustling but when the Holocaust Memorial Day siren went off, everything (mostly) stopped for two minutes.
20 Things to do with Leftover Matzah
April 5, 2013
Now that Passover’s over, what do you do with all the leftover Matzah? Singer/Songwriter Michelle Citrin and animator William Levin have 20 suggestions in this post-Passover classic.
Metallica’s Creeping Death: Passover Version
March 31, 2013
If I played videos during the Seder, this is one that I would play – Metallica’s Creeping Death, about the plagues visited upon Pharoah by God set to video from The Ten Commandments. You know, the 1956 movie starring Charlton
