Wodka vodka ads, called anti-Semitic, removed

Published on November 23, 2011

An offensive billboard that the Anti-Defamation League said reinforces anti-Semitic stereotypes was removed.

ADL raps Wodka vodka ads for stereotyping

Published on November 22, 2011

The Anti-Defamation League criticized the New York ad campaign of Wodka vodka for reinforcing anti-Semitic stereotypes.

A Soviet Passover…

By Julia Bendis
Published on April 18, 2011

Everyone is Suddenly Irish on March 17th!

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 18, 2011

Joys of growing up in Communist Soviet Union, and other tales of my Family.

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 16, 2011

Very random thoughts…

By Julia Bendis
Published on January 21, 2011

Jewish Vodka Rocks in Russia

By Lev Krichevsky
Published on January 9, 2003

As Russia celebratesthe 500th year of its unofficial national beverage, Yevreskaya Vodka -- or Jewish Vodka -- is succeeding with Russians by emphasizing Jewish religion and culture. Yevreskaya sells in Moscow at about $2 for a pint -- a medium-priced vodka by local standards. The Urozhai distillery, located in a village five miles outside of Moscow, first put Yevreskaya on the market six years ago.

Ask the Rabbi

By Michael Aushenker
Published on November 1, 2001

It's late on Sunday evening at KFI 640 AM's &'9;Koreatown station, and within the confines of an overly bright fluorescent-lit radio booth, a tall man with Phil Donahue-white hair and a scraggly reddish beard worthy of the Norse god Thor sits alone at the mike.

Dressed in dependable Chabad wear -- white dress shirt, black slacks, yarmulke and tzizit hanging out -- Rabbi Chaim Mentz is an unexpected voice, booming out of the radio in a heavy Brooklyn accent.

"You got questions, I got answers!" Mentz enthuses in a gravelly voice.