NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg lit the world’s largest menorah last night on 5th Avenue between the Plaza and the Pierre Hotels. This is no Chabad cardboard creation, but a 32-foot high, gold colored, 4,000 pound steel structure that will be lighted nightly with genuine oil lamps. Specially designed glass chimneys will protect the Chanukah lights from the Central Park winds.

The first lighting of the menorah will be dedicated to a Brooklyn rabbi and his wife. The couple was killed during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month.

“The lighting of the World’s largest Chanukah Menorah takes on a special meaning this year,” said Rabbi Shmuel Butman, director of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, who will light the Menorah nightly together with special dignitaries, “as the Menorah joins the ‘unite to light’ campaign in memory of the terror victims in Mumbai.”

Grab Your Yarmulke and Have a Killer Hanukkah with Weird Al Yankovic’s Pretty Fly for a Rabbi after the Jump>>> Continue »

Jeremy Piven has been whining all over town because his Blackberry erased his Barack Obama voicemail and now he doesn’t have the almost Prez’s digits.

I was lucky to stump for Barack in Indiana and to introduce him in Chicago. Barack left me five numbers.” he tells Extra. “It was the greatest voicemail that I’ve gotten in my life by the way… I saved it and I went back to listen to it and my BlackBerry had erased all of Barack Obama’s phone numbers. Then when I called back to try to tell them, ‘Can I get Barack’s number? He left it for me.’ They didn’t believe me and I now have nothing and I’ve been trying to find him.

I hate to break Jeremy’s heart, but the truth is Barak never called him.  It was me and my trusty voice changing software that left a message on Piven’s voicemail.  I used to sleep with his agent’s scheduler:) so it was easy peasy to get his digits.    Anyway, Jeremy did you really think just because you play Rahm Emanuel’s brother, Ari, on tv, that you are in the Obama Inner Circle?  I mean come on, it’s not like your Oprah!

If you’re looking for courage to finally tell your spouse it’s over or maybe you’re just bored, then check out the Divorce Calculator.  Go calculate your odds of living the deBeers dream of forever and when your armed with the cold hard statistics based on census data, go stand in front of that 52″ flat screen tv and demand your fair share.

Today I have discovered my favorite Facebook group other than Jewssip —the  Jewish Stoners Union.  This group uses Gematria - assigning numerical values to letters ie A = 1, B = 2 - to unlock the mysterious origins of 420.  Surprisingly the police radio code, California penal code and even Jim Morrison’s death are simply pothead urban legends that have nothing to do with 420. Thanks to the  Jewish Stoners Union we now have the answer…

The word for smoke in Hebrew is Ashan (Ayin Shin Nun). Ayin is 70, Shin is 300, and Nun is 50. 70 + 300 + 50 = 420!!

I wonder if Madonna and A-Rod used gematria (Kabbalah is all about it) to decide to only look for a love nest between Fifth and Park, from 60th Street through the 80s.

This wasn’t aired last Saturday night, but it’s sure f**king funny.

Check out Charlie Rose and his interview with all 3 Emanuel Brothers - eldest brother Ezekiel, a top oncologist, who has solved our healthcare crisis in his book, “Healthcare Guaranteed”, Rahm and baby bro Ari, who is all hustle and flow. Continue »

Eddie Murphy’s 1980s spoof on Jesse Jackson’s “Hymie Town” gaffe is hysterical and with Obama, Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod in the White House it looks like a “soul and kosher coalition” has finally been formed that will reach “from the chitlin district to the diamond district, from the catfish to the gelfite fish” (Thanks Shemspeed)

Video is crappy, but the jokes are funny from the Spina Bifida Association Charity Roast.

Hey Larry the Cable Guy… shove over and make room for Yaakov the Frum.  An assortment of conservative Jewish bloggers are adressing the many racial comments made by Orthodox Jews about Obama.

“I am concerned about a leader with insufficient experience”. That is a fair statement. “He will be terrible for Israel” is totally speculative and unjustified.

We should not become Jewish rednecks. It would be a great disservice to our Torah in the eyes of our fellow Jews and in the eyes of the world.  - Rabbi Reuven Tradburks

Amen,  Rabbi - Git  R Done!

The “Jewish LBJ” is back in the House!  That’s right - the explosive, driven, political animal known as Emanuel Rahm is returning to the White House as Obama’s Chief of Staff.  Once the fixer under Clinton (God knows they’re was a lot of fixing with Bubba and his cigar on the loose), Rahm then headed to Congress before hitting the road on the Obama campaign.  This guy brings as much color (even more) than Obama to the Presidency.  Plus he’s got a way with words - Washington is “F*cknutsville” and Republican congressman is a “knucklef*ck.”  A brilliant man from a loud, crazy family - his mother a civil rights activit lovingly calls him“little sh*thead.”  His father, a part of the Israel underground is a doctor and so is his younger brother.  His other brother is the inspiration behind Ari Gold, the insane Hollywood agent on “Entourage.”

“He is that rare breed who can engage in a back-alley fight but also understands that there’s a time to set aside bare-knuckle fights and attempt to move an agenda,” said Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), who has battled Emanuel in the House. “Don’t get me wrong. He’s as tough as they come.”

Obama and Rahm - I don’t think there’s been a Black and Jew combo this good since Lenny Kravtiz’s parents got together.

La Pequeña pays tribute to Sarah Palin in what could be our last video of the Crazy Gov for a while.