A latke is a fried potato pancake, often consumed by Jews on Hanukkah to commemorate the miracle of oil – the Maccabees wanted to rededicate the Temple after conquering the Greeks. In order to do so they needed sanctified oil to light the Menorah but only had enough oil to last one day and it […]
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This is Hamburger Hummus‘s gay episode. It’s a bit over the top but I think the point is that Tel Aviv is a gay mecca and all the waiters and patrons in fancy restaurants there are gay. That’s not exactly true – There are in fact some straight people living in Tel Aviv and bathroom […]
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Jessie and Jacqueline head to Northern California for a “relaxing” weekend at a health spa. Upon their arrival, Jessie quickly discovers the spa is really just a fat camp for rich women- not to mention, there’s no internet. FML! Jew content: Jessie looking for directions: “Excuse me, I’m just looking for the Wall, to pray […]
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It was date night and I was sitting with my cutie at Waffle Bar in Jerusalem, about to order dinner. As I was wondering what kind of Waffle Bar serves salads and pasta, this song came on the air. It was a middle eastern inflected cover of Guns and Roses seminal 1988 hit “Sweet Child […]
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The Tony Award Winning play Avenue Q parodies Fiddler on the Roof with Avenue Jew. The short play parodies both Fiddler on the Roof songs as well as its own songs. The original production is about puppets living on the street Avenue Q, a sort of Sesame Street for an adult orientated audience. […]
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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 seems to have gone poof! Their web site has been taken over by spammers or […]
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…and one date in Budapest. You can get the tour details here. Now, think about how weird that is. Avidan is hard core Israeli but his music is quintessentially American heartland indie. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, keep in mind that at Avidan’s 7th live show in 2011, he opened for Bob […]
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According to this BuzzFeed video, the answer is… not so good. Buzzfeed put together a panel of 6 Jews and administered a quiz with really easy questions to see how much Jewish knowledge they had. None of the Jews were visibly Orthodox and the results were not so spectacular. Think you can do better? Watch […]
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This is the newest clip from Erez Cohen and his crew, the guys that brought to you Purim’s Shushan Funk. This time around, we have a parody of Andy Grammer’s “Honey I’m Good !” Apparently even Kosha Dillz is in here somewhere too. Jeepers! That guy is everywhere. Now I am […]
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In this video clip, Arab Deputy Speaker of Israeli Knesset Ahmad Tibi throws out the Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Member of Knesset Zeev Elkin. As the sitting speaker it was his right to do so when Elkin told the Arab List member that he was personally responsible for […]
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