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]]>The first Foreman boxing great never met a burger he didn’t bite first and ask questions later. The new one never met meat he did not bless before biting. The first is known for a bald head, healthy belly and big smile. The second has a Star of David emblazoned on his shorts and is studying to be… Weird News 2009-11-19T16:07:50+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/funnye_times/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/funnye_times/#When:17:36:21Z
]]>OK, follow this one. He was raised a Christian, interested in Islam, wanted to become a priest, but decided to live Jewish, eventually becoming a rabbi, which included being baptized. And he’s an African-American, one not recognized by organized Jewry as a member of Abraham’s posse. He also heads the mostly African-American 200-member Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian… Weird News 2009-11-12T17:36:21+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/chai_choops/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/chai_choops/#When:20:00:48Z
]]>To paraphrase Associated Press reporter Stephen Chernin, “Stop me if you’ve heard this one…” The Israeli coach is ejected from the game in Madison Square Garden, but refuses to leave, which brings out a security official, a Haredi rabbi, a confused NBA star trying to navigate the English, Yiddish and Hebrew, and the other players, starting an impromptu… Weird News 2009-11-05T20:00:48+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/halloween_jews/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/halloween_jews/#When:19:39:00Z
]]>The New York Times recently asked the pressing question: What’s the most popular Halloween mask this year? The surprising answer: Bernie “Give Me Your Mega-Bucks” Madoff is beating Michael Jackson and Super Mario Brothers for the honor. The wily editors at the JTA Wire Service, their “Jewdar” guns ever at the ready, note this makes the Money Launderer… Weird News 2009-10-22T19:39:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/rebbe_on_wheels/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/rebbe_on_wheels/#When:19:30:54Z So it’s a typical day of shooting through Brooklyn when you suddenly slam on the brakes, back up, rub your eyes and wonder if you took too many happy pills last night. Yes, that actually is a huge Star of David made out of 50 rubber chickens peering down at your punim. And, reports the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz,… Weird News 2009-10-15T19:30:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/kosher_chaos/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/kosher_chaos/#When:19:06:29Z Perhaps you’ve heard the expression “two Jews, three opinions,” but those who keep kosher on any level are now learning this one: “two Jews, 1,033 opinions.” That’s the number of kosher supervising agencies listed in Kashrus Magazine’s “2010 Kosher Supervision Guide,” which came out this month. Talk about growth: in 1987 there were only 44 such agencies. For… Weird News 2009-10-08T19:06:29+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/pizzas_for_everybody/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/pizzas_for_everybody/#When:20:08:44Z
]]>Oh, the movie scene possibilities! “I ordered how many pizzas?” the commanding general bellows at the 10 Domino’s delivery guys, each holding 10 super works pizzas, knees quaking, as they stand outside of his home at midnight. That’s not quite what happened recently, and some wish it were as benign. It seems a not-so-loyal soldier of the Israel… Weird News 2009-10-01T20:08:44+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/yom_kippurs_donkey_problem/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/yom_kippurs_donkey_problem/#When:19:12:54Z
]]>Some might wonder about the fuss, but it’s no joke to animal rights advocates. Still, it’s definitely weird news. So it is that we come to Yom Kippur and the donkey problem. A group called Safe Haven For Donkeys in the Holy Land is looking for a little support this Jewish holiday season. The Israeli-based charity rescues abused… Weird News 2009-09-24T19:12:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/burlesque_and_the_jews/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/burlesque_and_the_jews/#When:18:55:17Z
]]>You know that a New York City show called “Nice Little Jewish Girls Gone Bad” will gain attention. So it is that Big Apple comedian Susannah Perlman finds herself with a little media coverage these days. During the performance, she goes by the name The Goddess Perlman. Others involved include a dancer named Sister Schmaltz. How did the… Weird News 2009-09-17T18:55:17+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/shabbats_material_girl/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/shabbats_material_girl/#When:18:29:51Z
]]>The latest page from the “Guess who’s coming to Shabbat dinner file” offers a big photo of megastar and self-proclaimed kabbalah spokeswoman Madonna dining at the official prime minister’s residence with Binyamin “Bibi” and Sara Netanyahu last week. This being Israel, politics was integral to it all. After reportedly hearing that her Royal Popness would meet with opposition… Weird News 2009-09-10T18:29:51+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/pie_anyone/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/pie_anyone/#When:17:13:10Z
]]>Remember the old bit about someone tossing a creamy pie in someone’s face, who turned around and returned the favor, and so on? Well, a Jewish youth group in Great Britain just took the idea to the world stage in a major way. The event, which took place in East Mersea, Essex, involved 253 members of the Jewish… Weird News 2009-09-03T17:13:10+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/mermaid_shmermaid/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/mermaid_shmermaid/#When:19:46:35Z
]]>Is Daryl Hannah busy with a remake of her 1984 movie “Splash” about a mermaid’s journey in humandom, this time filming off Israel’s coast? Or is it just a visitor from Neptune’s reign who wants to take advantage of Israel’s great northern beaches? Or is it perhaps the legendary friendly gefilte fish that patrols the shores of the… Weird News 2009-08-27T19:46:35+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/having_a_matzoh_ball/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/having_a_matzoh_ball/#When:15:11:09Z
]]>With apologies to the “Welcome Back Kotter” gang, when this matzoh ball sits around the soup, it sits around the soup. It’s hard to visualize the 267-pound chunk of matzoh meal, oil, eggs and salt. However, coming to mind is an off-yellow, pocked glob akin to “Pizza The Hut” in Mel Brooks’ goofy movie “Space Balls,” the character… Weird News 2009-08-20T15:11:09+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/jews_and_the_gnomes_problem/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/jews_and_the_gnomes_problem/#When:20:00:21Z
]]>It seems that a Nuremberg court — you remember the venue for the famous post-World War II Nazi trials, right? — will allow an art gallery to display garden gnomes giving a Heil Hitler salute, reports the JTA Wire Service. The sign is banned in Germany unless it is part of an educational, pro-democratic project. But the state… Weird News 2009-08-13T20:00:21+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/jailhouse_rock_of_ages/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/jailhouse_rock_of_ages/#When:20:00:19Z
]]>Ahh, New York, where everything Jewish is possible — including a lavish bar mitzvah in the slammer. It seems that officials of the Big Apple are busy investigating how a well-connected inmate could host a lavish bar mitzvah in prison, according to the JTA Wire Service. The city’s Department of Investigation is looking into how Tuvia Stern —… Weird News 2009-06-25T20:00:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/highway_to_heschel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/highway_to_heschel/#When:20:06:35Z
]]>Next time some good ol’ hate mongers in Springfield, Mo. head out to the annual We Hate Everybody BBQ, they might be cruising down the Highway to Heschel — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, that is. That’s because the state legislature last week adjourned after passing a bill aimed at aggravating the ulcers of the local neo-Nazi National Socialist… Weird News 2009-06-04T20:06:35+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/is_petrol_parve/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/is_petrol_parve/#When:20:00:47Z
]]>“Fill her up with unleaded and give me some gum and that homemade gefilte fish, too.” It’s not common lingo at gas stations across the nation, but it’s becoming more frequent in Brooklyn, thanks to the Rio Gas Station in Borough Park. Yes, the nation has just received its first kosher petrol plaza, according to the New York… Weird News 2009-05-28T20:00:47+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/socialism_for_sale/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/socialism_for_sale/#When:20:00:05Z
]]>Now you really know there’s an economic meltdown turning everything once taken for granted inside out. How else can one react to the news that the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring –– with its deep roots in the Jewish socialist labor movement –– is promoting credit cards? Yes, the group recently announced its affinity marketing effort via the Visa Platinum… Weird News 2009-05-21T20:00:05+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/sky-diving_jews/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/sky-diving_jews/#When:15:04:53Z
]]>The idea of Jews camping or jumping out of airplanes for the heck of it seems like an oxymoron to many. But Jewish groups across the country are increasingly planning outdoor events — running the gamut from camping, biking, hiking, skiing and even jumping out of airplanes. For those who doubt it, Lew Groner, co-president of Jewish Outdoor… Weird News 2009-02-20T15:04:53+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/sholem_aleichems_encore/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/weird_news/jt/weird_news/sholem_aleichems_encore/#When:15:04:02Z
]]>Did they know he was laughing at them? A museum in Kiev, Ukraine, recently kicked off national observances of the 150th anniversary of the birthday of the legendary Yiddish satire writer Sholem Aleichem –– who made a living gently making fun of gentile peasants and stereotypical Jews in his famous writings. An exhibition on the Jewish writer, who… Weird News 2009-02-13T15:04:02+00:00