‘Jew’ is the new ‘cool’ in Dutch, linguist says

Published on January 14, 2013

Dutch teenagers are using “Jew” akin to “cool” or “awesome” in English, according to a linguist from Leiden University.

This is my first awesome blog!

By Blogger Jared
Published on September 4, 2012

The Imus Affair: It’s not hip to be vulgar

By Mitch Paradise
Published on April 19, 2007

Is Imus a racist? Does complicity in negative Jewish stereotyping make one an anti-Semite? Is the point to just label the other guy and move on? If we're going to beam a little light unto the nations, Jews should take the lead in reversing the progressive vulgarizing of entertainment, and that work begins at home.

Sheinkin Street meets superhighway

By Orit Arfa
Published on October 5, 2006

Michael Simkin, CEO of C-Do Networks, believes that Sheinkin still retains enough of its eccentricity and bustle to perpetuate its mythic status.

Now hear this: cool Jewish music

By George Robinson
Published on September 21, 2006

The second annual Jewish Music Awards were given out on Sept. 11.

Film Strips Glamour Off Wartime Deeds

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 11, 2006

Each nation has to come to terms with its past. For the Germans, it's the Holocaust, and for the French, it's their collaboration with the Nazi and Vichy regimes. No one who has not lived under a brutal dictatorship, where the wrong word might mean loss of life or livelihood, is in a position of judgment or superior virtue.

Keep Kosher, Cool on Alaska Cruise

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on April 20, 2006

Witnessing glaciers calving into crystal blue waters, humpback whales fluking their magnificent tails and clouds weaving cottony billows around the tips of waterfront spruce forests are all in a day's work for the average Alaskan cruise-goer.

The Death of Cool

By Rob Eshman
Published on September 22, 2005

"The highest priority for a teen is the avoidance of humiliation at all costs," said Levine. "Cool is an obsession. It prevents children from developing as individuals because they are so concerned about coolness."

So Uncool, It’s Cool

By Teresa Strasser
Published on May 12, 2005

I favor the type of acrylic French tip nails that are considered fashionable only by midlevel porn stars.

On Shabbat, Stay Cool as a Cucumber

By Lisa J. Solomon
Published on August 5, 2004

Since they were Orthodox and didn't use appliances on the Sabbath, Oma had an array of simple but wonderful dishes she prepared in advance to be eaten cold. In the Miami heat, her Cucumber Dill Salad was one of my favorites.