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Thinking about women and food on Tisha B’Av

This Tuesday marked Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av. Tisha B’Av is a Jewish fast day marking the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, but over the years, it has come to serve as a symbolic day of mourning for tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people over the course of history. As is befitting ...

Think About It For A Second

What if some woman writes into us from Yemen how upset she is at the media’s portrayal of the state of Muslim women and how wonderful this Muslim lifestyle is and how she can leave whenever she wants and how beautiful the Koran’s view of women is and how all her friends are so happy etc, and she just fails ...

Things that make you go pshhhh!!!

Pshhh, is one of those things that frummies say when they are proud, honored or honoring someone – I guess the goyishe equivalent would be “hell yeh” or “you da man” and there are many instances when people feel like going Pshhh…I wonder shclock rock will take that title for an album – or will it be copyright infringement?Getting called ...

There’s So Much I Don’t Know About Jews and Sports

I have a confession to make. I just took the MJL quiz about Jews and Sports and only got 7/10. I should be embarrassed about that, but the truth is, it’s a miracle that I got seven right. And I won’t even tell you how many I got right the first time I took the Thinkers and Thought quiz, I’ll ...

“There Is No Hatred Like the Hatred of Faith”

The piece that follows is shocking in its smugness, in its arrogance, in its elitism, in its hatred – even for Haaretz. I present it in the entirety, as an aid to understanding what is right and what is wrong with Israel today.This cannot be an easy time for the fanatically secular in Israel. A new survey shows that 80% ...

TheCoolJew.com Exclusive : Rosh Hashanah Wishes From The Stars

TheCoolJew.com spoke to many different singers and performers, and some new and upcoming names and asked them to send Rosh Hashanah wishes to Jews worldwide. Here is what they have to say:Read More: @ thecooljew.netYou might also like: Recipes for a New Rosh on Rosh HashanahMake Festive Rosh HaShana Cards With Bubble Wrap Printed Paper!Satmar Protest in Washington DCShaq Drops Rosh Hashanah ...

The Yenta Wants Your WORST Holiday Gift

I know y’all are busy. There’s eleventy billion other websites out there competing for your attention, and I am super grateful you’ve chosen to spend a few moments with me (an average 1.7 minutes, according to Google Analytics.)Sometimes I even get to run into you local readers in person, like at the JEA when I’ve just finished a sweaty workout ...

The World’s ‘Most Influential’ Jewish Women

In honor of Shavuot, the Jerusalem Post printed a special supplement on “The Fifty Most Influential Jews in the World” — and there are only seven women in the list.A woman doesn’t even make an appearance until number 10 — US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Bizarrely, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes in at a mere 22, which makes ...

The women that frame our world

Who are the women who frame our world? A small gathering of about 100 women met in San Francisco last week to hear from an array of leaders in the creative arts. Organized by Brenda Way, Artistic Director of ODC/Dance, the symposium asked not only who are these women who frame our world, but how do they do it.The roster of women, I quickly ...

The Women of Egypt and the Desert

The Gemara and the Midrashim call Paro’s daughter, Batya, meaning the daughter of Hashem. The yud and the heh at the end of her name spell the name of Hashem. With this name, He reveals Himself as above all reality but still within this world.What inspired her to extend her hand when the basket holding baby Moshe was clearly beyond her reach? She couldn’t ...

The White Shul knows their herring

I think the only good thing that came out of my recent trip to Far Rockaway to visit the old man and fulfill my obligation to kivud av, was the kiddushim I got to take part in. Far Rockaway isn’t really a foodie paradise, but the kiddushim are good old fun. Like all New Yorkers, Far Rockaway residents are rude ...

The Voice

I think it was Saul Bellow who once said that writers do not have tasks or duties – they only have their inspiration and that’s the only voice they should listen to. We can discuss where that voice is coming from – from our mind or our heart or that mysterious entity called the human soul – but we cannot change ...