Archive for May, 2006
Oh Boy(cott)
All of a sudden, this picture is starting to make sense. On Monday the Ontario division of Canada’s largest union voted to support an international campaign to boycott Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website this weekend. The decision to join the campaign, until Israel recognizes [...]
Putting the “Break” in Breakdancing
Orthodox Jew Dave Warshaw is on a reality show called So You Think You Can Dance. According to this article, Dave is “taking his shot at disproving the stereotype of a modern Orthodox Jew.” On that front, I don’t think Dave has succeeded, because instead of busting a move, he has gone and busted [...]
The Top 5 Alternative Names for Gorilla Boy
1. Ahmadman 2. Ahmachimpedad 3. Ahmadinemint 4. Ahmadinejacket 5. Ahmadingbat
Not So Macho
New Zealand’s All Blacks Rugby team are supposedly macho. I certainly wouldn’t want to meet any of them in a dark alley. Unless I was armed….with a woman’s handbag. A New Zealand rugby player burst into tears when his captain hit him with a woman’s handbag in an early morning incident in a Christchurch bar, [...]
Shielding the Saudis
Islam Online reports on the efforts of one German hotel to accomodate their Saudi guests during the World Cup. Alcohol from mini bars and the nude photos in the fitness area have been removed and porn TV channels turned off in a hotel in northern Germany, which plays host to the Saudi soccer team vying [...]
Dog Ugly
What are you waiting for? Click here to vote for the World’s Ugliest Dog. My money’s on Pee Wee.
Quote of the Day
“JNF and I have mutual ambitions in supporting Israel and her people..It’s my homeland.” Actor William Shatner, currently visiting Israel to launch a fund to support therapeutic riding centers in Israel. (If anyone is involved with Bill’s visit, and can score me an interview, please be in touch via email).
More Hollywood Hebrew
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to a daughter, the father of whom is the also-not-too-shabby-looking Brad Pitt. And it seems like they may have followed in the footsteps of fellow Hollywood celebrities Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in giving her a Hebrew name! “The night of May 27, 2006, in Namibia, Africa, Angelina [...]
‘Too Short to Survive in Prison’
A US judge has handed a lenient sentence to a man convicted of sexually assaulting a child, because he’s short. A US judge has sentenced a man convicted of sexually assaulting a child to probation instead of jail, fearing he is too short to survive in prison. Nebraska’s attorney-general will appeal the sentence as being [...]
Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
Hey, your duck ate my extraterrestrial!
