About Meryl Yourish

Well, folks, it's the end of my week here, and I have to say that I pretty much enjoyed it, except for the minor technological glitches. I fought the temptation to publish cat pictures, what with that being the super-cliche … Read More

The AP and AFP reported on Mahmoud Abbas' speech at the annual Fatah rally–held on the 42nd anniversary of Fatah's establishment, and hey, do the math and it doesn't come out to 1967–but they didn't tell you what Mahmoud Abbas … Read More

The Brooklyn bubbe who survived Russian pogroms, Communism, and Nazis, died on Wednesday. "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to … Read More

Israel21C is an online magazine devoted to showing the side of Israel that is usually not seen in the mainstream media: The inventions, the social programs, the outreach, and the great things Israel contributes to the world. Like video eyeglasses … Read More

There are Klingons in the White House. Representative David Wu (D-Oregon) says so. Makes you wonder what they're smoking in Oregon these days. Or at least, who's writing their speeches.

When the Israelis accidentally kill Palestinian children and civilians, it usually results in world condemnation, a UN General Assembly resolution, and thousands of stories in the media. When Palestinians deliberately kill children and civilians, it is barely even reported. Ze'ev … Read More

A religious Jew has chosen jail over house arrest because he says the house arrest ankle bracelet violates Shabbat. I think this particular case illustrates what I've thought for years: If Gentiles left us alone, our own infighting would tear … Read More

All good blogs should be loaded with snark. My personal favorite: Snarking the news. 500 Publishing Companies Set to Take Part in Riyadh Book Fair And all 500 will have their own version of Mein Kampf Number of Kids Smuggled … Read More

According to a story in the London Telegraph, President Bush has given the CIA the go-ahead to take down Hezbullah. The Central Intelligence Agency has been authorised to take covert action against Hizbollah as part of a secret plan by … Read More

You can't seem to go anywhere today without running into someone who is no longer ashamed to be anti-Semitic. Scientist James D. Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and a Nobel Prize winner, says anti-Semitism is justified, in a … Read More