Israeli Balkan rockers Boom Pam and Youtube sensation Kutiman who we’ve featured here before, joined forces for a set at the 23rd Annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland. This and other Jewish related cultural events are funny because they are very well attended despite the fact that there are pretty much no live Jews […]
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Israeli artists Boom Pam and Karolina got together to do a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Black Dog. Boom Pam is a very cool, Balkan-inflected band that’s heavy on the horns. I’ve seen them live several times and they are big fun. Karolina is like an Israeli indie institution. From the days when she was MC […]
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Our brave brothers tried chopped liver, tzimmes and geffilte fish. I won’t tell you what happened, but I will tell you that they totally hated the geffilte fish because, what were you expecting? Was that really a surprise? Also someone is not doing sufficient outreach to the African American community – these guys thought that […]
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The title of this clip does not mean that no black person has ever celebrated Hanukkah – just these two. We’ve had black people among us at least since Moses married Zipporah. But yeah, this might be a good time to remind folks that Judaism is not a race. That’s really the only reason I […]
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Remember a while back we told you about Jerusalem Yemenite Funk band Bint El Funk and their attempt at crowdfunding their next album? Well, apparently some people donated some shekels and we have the first result of that effort – a bedouin folk song called Umak. See? Crowdfunding really does work! Anyhow, […]
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Bint El Funk are a Jerusalem-based Israeli band/collective that performs in Arabic, Hebrew and English. They had a gig last night at Even Juke as part of the IndieCity Festival. The Festival was postponed because of rain but luckily Bint El Funk’s show wasn’t because, you know, indoors venue. Yay! Sorry […]
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Newly single and desperate for fame, Jessie sneaks her way into a new media mixer where she and her bff Brie meet “successful” talent manager, Stuart. She tries to charm the pants off him only to eventually lose her own. Jew content: Snorting coke guy to Jessie: “So I was in Rabbinical school crushing it, […]
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Jessie scores a career win and reconciles with everyone in her life- including herself. Now that she’s come clean and has everything she wants, is she better? Jewish content: Was she supposed to go to Pakistan or Palestine??
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Chaimie tries to get Leizer out of his Maccabean shell by proving the virtues of Hellenistic culture and the power of a pita. Drinking in the very best that Montreal’s multicultural Mile End has to offer, Chaimie and Leizer, best friends and debating adversaries, tackle life, love, and lactose intolerance in this foodie centric web […]
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Bari Weiss, a New York Times editor, speaks to Bill Maher about her new book, How to Fight Anti-Semitism and anti-Semitism in America.
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