Turkey’s EU Membership May Solve the Mid-East Crisis
Oddly enough, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos implied that granting Turkey membership to the European Union would somehow assist the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The New York Times reports: "[Morantinos] added that the EU considers Turkey a partner of high strategic importance, specifically mentioning its diplomatic network in the Middle East . . ....
Gratuitous Jewess: Marina Teremets
In an effort to further your appreciation of the richness and renewed vitality of Jewish life among young people today, we present the next part of our new installment, which we have aptly titled, “Gratuitous Jewess.” This week’s serving of Semitic hotness is Marina Teremets, asexy Slavic dancerwho began her modeling career in a Hillel...
Chosen Film: _Within the Whirlwind_
In the long tradition of depressing films by and about Jews, director Marleen Gorris presents Within the Whirlwind. Based on Evgenia Ginzburg’s memoirs, this film shows the Jewish poetess suffering, starving and falling in love at a Russian gulag. (The "falling in love" part actually helped her survive, but more on that later.) Though Whirlwind...
Oliver Stone Says Hitler and Stalin Just Misunderstood
The controversial director is at it again with his new 10-part documentary series, Oliver Stone’s Secret History of America. Stone plans to give "a different perspective" on your favorite paranoid, murderous villains, e.g., Hitler, Mao and other delusional psychopaths. ("Stalin has a complete other story," says the director of JFK and Natural Born Killers.) People...
Urban Kvetch: My Mean Esthetician
Listen, scary facial lady with undefined Eastern European accent, stop yelling at me for having pimples. It’s not my fault, okay? No, I don’t always wash my face after I stumble home drunk, and yes, I buy cheap shit from Duane Reade, but I’m paying you $200, so just lay off. If I wanted all...
Israel to U.S: “We Also Have Humorless Jews”
A popular Israeli sketch comedy show called Eretz Nehederet ("It’s a Wonderful Country") caused quite the turmoil with its recent sketch about West Bank settlers kidnapping an IDF soldier. For lack of other pressing issues, Knesset’s Educational Committee convened in response. Said Ya’akov Katz, of the right-wing, National Union Party: "When you see this program,...
Obama on Israeli Settlements: Hurts So Good
Though the Obama Administration has been super supportive of your favorite Rhode Island-sized country, it recently seemed to change its tone. The backstory? Netanyahu agrees to a temporary freeze on settlement construction, but apparently only means the settlements in the West Bank. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to construct an additional 700 apartments in East...
Chevonne: Jewish Princess with Drag Sensibilities Performs Tonight at Heebonism
Meet Chevonne, a redheaded sex-bomb and proud resident of New Jersey. She lives in a world where 7-foot drag queens are approachable and the 90s are old-school. With her new single "My Menorah" (which she performs tonight at New York’s Heebonism party), Chevonne’s working the club scene, thoroughly enjoying her success and flaunting her tits...
Urban Kvetch: Couples Who Communicate Through Facebook
Do I need to read about your intimate moments with each other? Do you think I really need to know when you guys are "getting that anal feeling again"? Then you chime in: "Don’t mind my boyfriend. He’s drunk and celebrating with me." Wait! Are you sitting on the couch together, thigh-to-thigh with your macs...
Urban Kvetch: The Chick I Meet Every Morning at the Dog Run
It’s early and cold. You stand next to me at the dog run before I have had the chance to take my first sip of coffee and immediately begin telling me about Muffin and her soft stool. Then you talk to Muffin: "Muffin, if you don’t like that game you can just walk away?" Muffin...
Sexually Speaking: One Night with Dr. Ruth
Hormones are in the air at The Museum of Jewish Heritage. The lights dim as Dr. Ruth Westheimer prepares to take the stage. We’re all gathered here tonight to hear the legend talk and answer the audience’s pressing questions about (what else?) sex. And the crowd was filled with kipas. Dr. Ruth climbs into her...
Israel, We Will Take Your Heretics
This week, Israel’s justice minister announced that Jewish religious law should become "binding law of state," inciting panic among the country’s secular majority. We agree with Minister Yaakov Neeman that "the law of the Torah should be obligatory law in the State of Israel" and that this would mean "a complete solution to all the...
