Miscellaneous | Judaism

How Two-and-a-Half Tribes Ended Up East of the Jordan - Jewish History

Learn how Moses gave the land east of the Jordan to Reuben, Gad, and half of Manassah, on one condition.

Politics | Opinion

Elder Of Ziyon - When I say Beinart’s “peace plan” resembles Hamas’ plan, I’m not joking

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

News | News

New York City reports zero COVID-19 deaths for first time since pandemic hit | TheHill

New York City on Sunday reported zero new coronavirus deaths for the first time since early March, a milestone that comes as the virus spikes in other parts of the country.

Somehow I doubt that we’ll hear cries of “were only two weeks behind New York” this time.

Miscellaneous | Opinion

Is evangelical support for Trump a contradiction?

A religious historian explains why Trump wasn’t a trade-off for American evangelicals.

Food & Drink | Food!

The Oldest Restaurant in Every Country, Mapped

Salzburg, Austria’s St. Peter Stiftskulinarium is still going strong after more than 1200 years of business.

Entertainment | Celebrities!

Lisa Marie Presley's Son Benjamin Keough Dead at 27 from Apparent Suicide

Benjamin Keough has died at age 27.

Travel | Travel Tips

7 takeaways from Disney World's July reopening

Walt Disney World Resort opened on Saturday after being closed for four months. CNN Travel attended the reopening and looks seven things you should know before you go.

News | News

Thanks to Quarantine, Elevator Music Is Filing for Bankruptcy

Mood Media, owner of Muzak and other sensory marketing products, hopes to reduce its debt by $404 million

It's hard to believe this isn't The Onion or even The Hard Times. I don't take pleasure in other's financial misfortune but there is just something kind of humorous about this story.

News | Antisemitism Watch

NBC and Fox host Nick Cannon, a racist, antisemitic nutcase

Nick Cannon is an actor, comedian, rapper, director, writer, producer. Most people are familiar with him as being the host on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and Fox’s The Masked Singer.

Entertainment | Entertainment

Trevor Noah: Responding to the moment

When the pandemic shut down his studio, Trevor Noah took "The Daily Show" online, and for the stand-up comic it's become a stand-out moment. Jim Axelrod repo...

One of the funniest and brilliant comics out there in recent times. He was the perfect pick as the new host of The Daily Show.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

NFL's Zach Banner calls to embrace Jewish community after anti-Semitism uproar

Steelers tackle says Jews 'are a minority as well,' recounts 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, after Philadelphia player posts anti-Jewish quotes online

Banner is an honorable, and wise, man. I wish there were more people like him. How do the majority of Americans not undertand his points, all of which used to be common knowledge? Except among bigots. Their ignorance is now the norm.

“There’s a common misbelief that among Black and Brown people — and I know this from growing up and I’ve heard it and I’ve listened to it — that Jewish people are just like any other white race,” Banner said. “You mix them up with the rest of the majority and you don’t understand that they are a minority as well.”

Recipes | Recipes

Brown Sugar Cookies | Cook's Illustrated

A chewy cookie with a crisp exterior and a big jolt of brown sugar flavor sounded easy to develop, but first we needed to understand the not-so-simple science of cookies.

News | News

This aviator just became the US Navy's first Black female fighter pilot

"Very proud of LTJG [Madeline] Swegle," a senior Navy official wrote. "Go forth and kick butt."

Pets & Animals | I Love Dogs

Dog Has Thrown A Tantrum After Every Bath He's Had For 16 Years

nd then he holds a grudge for three days, every single time

Recipes | Recipes

No-Churn Dulce de Leche Biscoff Ice Cream - Bake or Break

No-Churn Dulce de Leche Biscoff Ice Cream from Bake or Break combines spiced cookie crumbs and rich dulce de leche in an easy-to-make ice cream that can be mixed and ready for the freezer in minutes!

Science & Technology | Technology

Facebook’s AI separates speech in recordings of up to 5 people

Facebook researchers describe an AI system that can isolate speech from recordings of multiple speakers on a single microphone.

Health & Fitness | Health News

New Review Investigates the Impact of a Ketogenic Diet in Patients with Obesity and Type II Diabetes | Designs for Healt

Business & Finance | Business

We asked over 150 VCs if they are doing remote deals. Here’s what they said. | VentureBeat

40% of firms confirmed they have already done a fully remote deal as a result of restrictions put in place due to COVID-19.

Entertainment | Entertainment

The Surprising Characters on Friends Who Were Originally the Show's Main Couple | Mental Floss

Fans of 'Friends' know the story of Ross and Rachel well, but the original plan was to have Monica and Joey get together.

Entertainment | Movies & Other Stuff

Five ways Sue Storm could be introduced into the MCU

A list of ways Sue Storm could be introduced into the MCU

Sports | Sports

Why Florida State, Seminole Tribe stand behind the Seminoles nickname

As Washington's NFL team and the Cleveland Indians reconsider their names, FSU wants to educate people on the Seminoles.

Mot Native Americans aren't bothered by the Redskins or Indians either. Everyone honest acknowledges that.

Entertainment | Movies

The worst film versions of popular TV shows

The idea of taking the premise and characters from a popular television show and turning it all into a movie — with different actors in familiar roles — has been a Hollywood staple. That doesn't mean it's always a good idea.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook Considers Banning Political Ads Before US 2020 Election

Facebook Inc. is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its social network in the days leading up to the U.S. election in November, according to people familiar with the company’s thinking.

Entertainment | Humor

Funny guy makes Royal Guard Laugh at Buckingham Palace

A tourist makes the un-laughable Cute English Royal Guard to burst out Laughing, at Buckingham Palace in London(SUBTITLES BELOW) SUBTITULOS ABAJO EN ESPAÑOL ...

American tourists manages to make a British Royal Guard crack a laugh. From 2014.

Entertainment | Entertainment

You Have 10 New Netflix Treats To Binge This Weekend — Here’s What’s Worth Watching

Charlize Theron. Zac Efron. Cate Blanchett. They all have new Netflix movies and TV show premiering this week. Which one should you watch right now?

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Why Successful Entrepreneurs Like Mark Cuban and Reed Hastings Believe in Lying to Yourself | Inc.

They embrace the entrepreneur's contradiction: Balancing an unjustifiable confidence in the future with a cold, hard view of the present.

Entertainment | Star Trek News

Star Trek: Wrath of Khan producer working on new Star Trek script

Robert Sallin is working on a new Star Trek script 40 years after Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. It's unknown if ViacomCBS wants to use it, however.

Family & Parenting | Kids

How to decide whether to send kids back to school during the pandemic - Insider

Emily Oster collected data from childcare centers that stayed open during the pandemic and found low rates of the coronavirus among staff and kids.

Family & Parenting | Kids

Kids and COVID-19

This explainer will tackle two questions: How risky is COVID-19 for children? And, how good are they at spreading the virus?

Food & Drink | LA Spots

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warns of possible new stay-at-home order

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is warning of another set of stay-at-home orders if COVID-19 hospitalization and infection rates continue to rise.

Food & Drink | Food

We Tried 7 Hacks for Cooking With Ground Beef | MyRecipes

Weeknight dinners just got easier.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Dershowitz: Is the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Platform Antisemitic?

People take a knee during a Black Lives Matter rally, as protests continue over the death in Minneapolis police custody …

News | News

Jews aren’t indigenous to Israel? According to whom? Some in the Reform movement.

There are a lot of things wrong with woke culture. While the impulse to demonstrate solidarity with the oppressed and

At this point the leaders of the liberal Jewish movements are aiding the enemies of the Israel and the Jewish people. They are traitors.


“To the non-woke, that is an obvious and self-evident fact. But to Rabbi Andy, it's an offensive act of "appropriation" on the part of reactionary Jews. As he wrote:

"Let me say this as plainly as possible: Jews are not an indigenous people. It is appropriative to make use of this word when referring to our relationship to the land of Israel, and it undermines the difficult work being done to fix the ongoing oppression of indigenous peoples."

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

The Evil of Louis Farrakhan vs. the Morality of Frederick Douglass

Louis Farrakhan during his Fourth of July address “The Criterion” on Revolt TV. Photo: Screenshot. In W. E. B. Du …

History | History

Black Gentiles (and Black Jews) became famous for Jewish cantorial music in the 1920s

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Science & Technology | Tech News

Daily Crunch: Apple releases public beta of iOS 14

A beta version of Apple’s latest mobile operating system is available to the public, Coinbase may go public and researchers discover a frightening smartwatch vulnerability. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 9, 2020. The big story: Apple releases public be

Music | Music News

Lost Rolling Stones song with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page to be released

Scarlet is joined by two other unreleased songs, Criss Cross and All the Rage, on a deluxe version of Goat’s Head Soup

News | News

The Brightest Comet in Almost a Decade Is Visible Now. Here’s How to See It.

Comet Neowise is ready to put on a show.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

Vandals Tear Down 9/11 Memorial Flagpole in New York

Police in New York are looking for vandals who cut down a flagpole at a memorial honoring five firefighters who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Jewish Actor Josh Malina Asks Why 'Cancel Culture' Ignores Antisemitism

Josh Malina. Photo: Instagram. Jewish actor and “West Wing” star Josh Malina advocated on Tuesday for the withdrawal of support …

News | Antisemitism Watch

Is Wokeness Awakening Antisemitism? | HonestReporting

  Over the last few years it seems as if an entire generation has become 'woke.' This is a term that describes a growing awareness of issues related

Sports | Cycling

How We Can Build an Anti-Racist Outdoor Industry

The work must continue long after the protests end. Here's how to start. 

Health & Fitness | Health News & Tips

COVID-19 and blood type: What's the link?

Scientists are finding evidence that blood type may be a risk factor for COVID-19. In one study, people with Type A blood were more likely to be hospitalized.

Entertainment | Entertainment News!

‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner to Develop Dramedy at FX (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety

Should it move forward, the show would mark Weiner's return to the world of basic cable

Music | Music

The Maestro: 10 Facts About Ennio Morricone

When famed composer Ennio Morricone passed away on July 6, 2020, he left behind a body of work that eclipses the idea of “productivity” itself. In addition to composing thousands of hours of music for hundreds of movies, he created several indelible momen

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

Taco Bell Quarterly, a Taco Bell-Themed Literary Journal, Exists—And You Can Read It Online

While you’re waiting for 'Taco Bell Quarterly' Volume 3 to drop, catch up on works like “Ode to Nacho Fries” and “Imagining Our Taco Bell Wedding” in previous issues.

Food & Drink | Food

How to Keep Strawberries Fresh for As Long As Possible | MyRecipes

The best way to store strawberries so these fresh berries don't go bad.

Recipes | Recipes

Portuguese Milk Tarts {Queijadas de Leite} | Home. Made. Interest.

Portuguese Milk Tarts, Queijadas de Leite, are a sweet, creamy, traditional Portuguese dessert recipe made with simple ingredients. 

Recipes | Recipes

Thai Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao) | RecipeTin Eats

Pad Kee Mao ( "Drunken Noodles") is a Thai restaurant favourite from the streets of Thailand! This is an authentic recipe - on the table in 20 minutes!

Miscellaneous | Dating & Relationships

Tinder Tests 'Face to Face' Video Chat for Potential Matches

Dating in the time of coronavirus is not easy, but Tinder may have a solution. The online dating service this week introduced a new Face to Face test for select members across the globe.