Archive | ‍‍January, 2011 - Teves / Shevat 5771

Reflections on What it Means to Love

Rabbi Meir Rabi is a unique individual. A strictly orthodox rabbi he is in my opinion far from orthodox in his attempts to bring yiddishket and the Jewish experience to all Jews. Sometimes controversial,but always inspiring. He challenges us, to make us think,to ask questions and not just accept why things are as they are.  Meir is somewhat of an innovator  in [...]

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Nude Portman, Palin Libel, Romeo is Yiddish

Ok so now I have your attention. Sorry guys and apologies to the ladies for blatant sexism. Portman who is now pregnant to to New York City Ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied, has become the face and I guess the body of Dior perfume. So why is this news? Well in a news week which was dominated [...]

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Letter from Israel #2

I heard rain pouring down this morning when I woke up.  Growing up in the UK, my feelings for rain were generally dismay – Now that I live in Israel, rain holds an entirely different meaning for me.  I used to dread the rain; it always got in the way of my plans, I hated driving in [...]

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Gay,Prey and Tradition

First week into the new year and the most exciting news was that Mossad had trained Vultures to infiltrate and spy on the Saudi’s . Since most of you have read about the story, I only make mention of it in relation to our previous article here on JewTribe “Wikileaks exposes Mossad”. Seems the men [...]

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Gefilte fish.The secret of a good marriage

Ever wondered why your family has some strange, quirky traditions and customs.  Quite often they centre on ways of eating, preparing food. Many stem from hundreds of years of interaction between Jews and non-Jews. These customs themselves derive from ancient religious practices of other religions but over time have been adopted by Jewish communities I [...]

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