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Jul 15, 2018, 6:11 AM

My New ‘Life’ as a ‘Prisoner’

Many years ago there was a film called “A Prisoner of Zenda.” I never read the book nor saw the film, but for the past month I have been identifying with those being held captive against their will. I have...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 12, 2018, 6:36 AM

Israel goes to the moon?

The Jewish calendar is controlled by the moon phases, Jews have always been lunatics, so how strange should the news be that on February 13, 2019, an Israeli-built unmanned spacecraft is expected to land on the moon? However, be ready...

Jul 11, 2018, 1:14 PM

What if the Thai soccer team boys had been Jewish?

Thai boys are with Navy SEALs before their dramatic rescue. Thailand, July 3, 2018. (Thai Navy Seal via AP)

Because Jewish boys have Jewish mothers, and you DO NOT take their kids into a cave!

Andrew Silow-Carroll

May 19, 2018, 12:58 AM

Guide to Shavuot, now with half the facts

Cheesecake sweetens the Shavuot holiday and is great for entertaining or just for having around the house. (Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

When nobody knows what you're talking about, you have a great opportunity to fill in the details creatively

Apr 19, 2018, 2:08 AM

70, I mean 13, women who don't roar

Illustrative. A woman avoiding the housework. (iStock)

The first annual list to defy all lists by honoring the slackers among us

Apr 9, 2018, 11:00 AM

The Onion hires Hamas writer

Famous satire and humor magazine, "The Onion" recently decided to staff Hamas activist Mahmud Abu Tawfiq to write what they deemed a funny take on Birthright. The Onion’s Editor In Chief Heinrich Vodenplatz thought it would be a good...

Apr 3, 2018, 4:12 PM

A two-state solution for the United States

Illustrative: Red and blue states, US presidential elections 2012. (via iStock)

Divide the country to bring peace to the US: blue on the coasts and red in the middle (Chicago's got to go)

Feb 28, 2018, 3:54 PM

Netanyahu, police chief do Purim during interrogation

Illustrative: Israeli Chief of Police Roni Alsheich seen with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony held in Alsheich's honor in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

PM to host Roni Alsheich for festive meal, as investigators question premiere over corruption allegations (satire)

Feb 21, 2018, 6:46 PM

Real heroes are carers, not cape wearers

Night Of Heroes, a celebration of the community’s outstanding achievers held by Jewish News on Monday night, was inspired by a remarkable man my team and I simply call ‘Our hero’. On Wednesday, 1 July 2015, we were set to...

Joshua Hammerman

Jan 27, 2018, 1:19 AM

Why God and Ben Franklin pick the Patriots

I have a foolproof way to pick the Super Bowl winner using Jewish sources and I'm almost never wrong

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