Tag: humor
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Dating & Marriage
Best of Shul Awards
I was sitting in Adath Israel in San Francisco this past shabbos afternoon in their weekday shul and it came to me that they…
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Jewish Life
My response to Rabbi Steven Pruzansky’s article on Orthopraxy
There’s been a lot of talk in the Jewish Blogging world about the following article written by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in this past weeks…
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Israel
Women of the Wall
Women of the Wall is not a group of women that build walls, it’s not even a group of women that likes to be…
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Jewish Life
Where did the Cheap Jews stereotype come from?
The following video was made in homage to the post I wrote sometime back about how picking up fallen change may make Jews look…
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Jewish Life
Saying “No” to Drugs
Has anyone ever noticed the difference between what black and Hispanic people tell their kids about drugs and what white people tell their kids?…
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Food & Kashrus
My Mountain Dew addiction
I am sure a good portion of my life was wasted due to my high intake of Mountain Dew. How was I supposed to…
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Dating & Marriage
Do you hate going to the Mikvah?
Well the dude from Ma Nishtana blog hates it so much he made what seems to be the funniest video on the topic I…
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Dating & Marriage
Shidduch Vision: My thoughts
I wrote about Shidduch Vision back in July, but this past week the opening of a studio in Lakewood has everyone talking about it…
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Jewish Life
Sighting: The Black Jew
Walking down the street in Los Angeles, a little blond seven-year-old Jewish girl sees a black Orthodox Jewish man in a black suit, black…
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Jewish Life
People think I’m a BT and sometimes I play along
I was in Monsey for simchas torah, and while we were figuring out where to go for hakoafos, my buddy was talking to this…
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Dating & Marriage
Awkward Shidduch moments
One of the things I like about shidduch dating the most, is the awkwardness. Unlike most normal people, I kind of like those awkward…
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Jewish Life
The most abused expressions by frummies: “By”, “Baruch HaShem” and “Be Well”
Y0u Jew Sure Do Talk Phunni! by Alan Busch I guess the current politically correct usage would call this a "rant", but there are…
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Dating & Marriage
I don’t wear pants anymore
Aliza on Pants Jews are funny. That’s what people keep telling me. But I wasn’t born Jewish. I was born Dominican. So if we’re…
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Israel
Jewish Bloggers Carnival: Haveil Havalim #228
This is my second time hosting a the weekly Jewish Bloggers Carnival, which features various posts from around the web. I know that many…
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Tisha B’Av & Fast Days
The necessary business model re-org of Tisha B’Av: A personal lament
By David Sheril I guess I’ll to be the one with the cojones to publicly announce it: we are losing Tisha B’Av. I don’t…
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Israel
Israel has the most powerful toilets
Women probably have to deal with this more, but in the cramped bathrooms of Israel I noticed something disturbing, the toilets shoot back at…
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Shul Life
Birchat Hachama
Birchat Hachama for those who don't know is the pagan - turned Jewish tradition of blessing the sun, and its being made a big…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
What would you do for your rabbi?
This was received via email and for the first time in a long time, I laughed out loud. This is a story about a…
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Jewish Life
Mac vs. PC
Apparently laptops aren’t supposed to last as long as mine did, due to an ever improving technological environment, normal people buy a new computer…