GeT RICH QUICK

The mere thought of eight mums battling it out on television to become Jewish mother of the year is enough to put most Jews in the grip of a collective Woody Allen-sized neurosis. So let me assure everyone right from the start that no Jews were spiritually harmed in the making of this programme. Channel 4’s… Continue reading

What’s in a name? It’s a question Liberal Democrat MP David Ward should have pondered more thoroughly before implying ‘the Jews’ (yes, the whole bally lot of them) are inflicting Nazi-like ‘atrocities’ on the Palestinians. What’s in a name? Well, Mr Ward, when it comes hijacking the Holocaust and inferring I’m no better than Henrich… Continue reading

If music be the food of love, it’s time to get indigestion. Phrases like Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee-Nee-Bon-Nee-Beh and Diggi-Loo-Diggi-Ley will soon be echoing from 70 million television sets across 30 European counties as the Eurovision Song Contest unites Europe (and Israel) through the universal medium of song on Saturday night. This three hour bad-taste jamboree is a… Continue reading

It’s been a busy few weeks for Justin Bieber. His pet monkey was quarantined in Germany, he attacked a photographer, got kicked out of a Paris hotel and rolled up two hours late for his opening night at the London O2, leaving thousands of “Beliebers” to stagger home at midnight on a school night. All… Continue reading

Forget the old saying, “Two Jews, three opinions.” Anyone paying the slightest attention to the angst, even anger, that greeted the arrival of Channel 4’s Apprentice-style competition Jewish Mum of the Year would be forgiven for thinking my people had finally – after 3,000 years – managed to speak with one voice: Jewish Mum of the Year was bad for the… Continue reading

The past 72 hours have highlighted how bitterly Britain’s longest-serving premier of modern times divided opinion. Margaret Thatcher boosted free markets, slashed big government, saved the Falkland Islands, helped end the cold war and enhanced Britain’s flagging international reputation. She also caused strikes and riots, championed the spiteful poll tax, created an unemployment queue three… Continue reading

Former foreign secretary David Miliband has announced that he’ll stand down as an MP, two-and-a-half years after his brother Ed beat him in the Labour leadership contest. The Jewish politician has decided to move to New York where he’ll take up the position as CEO of the International Rescue Committee. Head of Policy in Tony… Continue reading

Ed Miliband was in feisty form during his first Q&A forum with the Jewish community as Labour leader. In a wide-ranging discussion that overran, amiable Ed tackled an array hot potatoes including immigration, the NHS, multiculturalism, youth unemployment and the “shameful” recent behaviour of George Galloway. He also amusingly spent time sharing his passion for… Continue reading

However heinous one might find some of George Galloway’s opinions, no one who prizes free speech would deny his right to be heard and debated. Indeed, there’s no shortage of educated individuals ready to publically dismantle his distorted views on Israel and the Middle East with logic and reason. Last week, the Respect MP for… Continue reading

Any rabbi worth his weight in chopped liver knows the best way to move a congregation is to make them laugh. Whether lamenting low shul attendances or promoting a ladies guild bridge night, their sermons often turn into thinly disguised stand-up routines. Before retiring after 50 years of full-time stand-up at the end of 2012,… Continue reading