Tag: jewish humor
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
What’s under the modest swimwear?
Recently, a company in Israel advertised their modest swimwear for frum women on many Jewish community e-mail lists. One list member asked me the obvious…
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Jewish Life
70 modern orthodox things
I'm kind of having fun with these lists and as many of you know I'm not one to settle for just 1 list, when…
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Yeshivish
The things I didn’t learn in Yeshiva
Someone was talking about this thing called Oregon Trail tonight and she was aghast that I had no idea what it was. She said…
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Dating & Marriage
10 perks of being in an arranged marriage
I always find it super cool when I realize that chassidim are reading my blog, I know they are because it's quite rare for…
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Purim
Why do purim shpiels suck so much?
So naturally around purim time I get sent a lot of purim shpiel videos and this year they have sucked more than ever. After…
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Jewish Life
A Trip To Miami video goes viral
To be honest with you I'm only posting this A trip to Miami stop the dozens (probably about a hundred) tweets, facebook messages and…
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Jewish Life
The most annoying frum Jews
There are a lot of different sects and sub groups within orthodoxy and some of them are quite annoying, this post came out of…
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Dating & Marriage
The best and funniest video describing Shadchanim
I have been saying the same thing for years, I just don't know how to make videos - this is the best video describing…
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Dating & Marriage
May you be zoche to build a bayis ne’eman b’yisroel together
Just me ranting at my brothers vort...
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Shul Life
Orthodox shul is going to allow women to lead kabalas shabbos
So Avi Weiss can't get the go ahead to ordain women as Rabbis (would he call them Rabbits to be that much more Zionist?),…
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Jewish Life
The Jews got the torah but the Arabs got the oil
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Dating & Marriage
Constipation caused the shidduch crisis
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Israel
Stuff I like about Israel
Benji Lovitt is one of my favorite Israeli Bloggers. Every year on Yom Haatzmaut he writes a long post titled things he likes about…
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Israel
Stuff Israeli Sephardim like
I know nothing about Sephardic Israelis. Luckily, someone sent this post to me via email. She wished to remain anonymous and since I really…
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Food & Kashrus
Stuff Secular Jews Like
I am not a secular Jew so undoubtedly this post was flawed from the start. I have many secular and non-religious Jewish friends and…
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Yeshivish
Stuff Yeshivish People Like
There are lots of things that Yeshivish folks like and don’t like. I suppose the goal of this series will be to pick some…
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Jewish Life
Video from my sunday night show in LA
I am totally impress with this 8 minute snapshot of a show I did at the shul on the beach in Venice, CA on…
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Food & Kashrus
Why I love being an orthodox Jew
Once in a while I get a comment that asks me why I poke fun at orthodox Jews and Judaism when I can just…
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Nostalgia
Yeshiva Memories: Sports
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Dating & Marriage
Schwartzie Visits the Upper West Side
I don't do well on the Upper West Side. Now, I know what you're thinking- you're asking yourself how it could be possible that…
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Jewish Life
Living Life from Under My Jewfro
I am a self-described Jewminicana—a Jewish American Dominican hybrid, who grew up Dominican in New York and converted to Judaism. I make identity seem…
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Food & Kashrus
Christian Salt maker ries to compete with Kosher Salt
I never knew the salt market was that large, but I guess some Christian guy thought that Kosher Salt controlled too large a share,…