Did Matisyahu really shave his beard?  TMZ seems to care enough to post about it.

From the rapper’s Twitter that accompanied the photo:

“At the break of day I look for you at sunrise … When the tide comes in I lose my disguise.”

Our one question: who has what it takes to grow the next great Jewish beard?

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At least that’s what Amy Klein at The Forward says.

For Jews it seems there’s something new to dread this holiday season, besides drowning in Christmas jingles and a barrage of Santa commercials: the religious YouTube video.

Brave words.  If some teenage Yeshiva student happens to see this article sitting in their grandparents computer monitor, The Forward could face a boycott from younger readers for talking bad about America’s #1 Orthodox a capella boy band.

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Judging from their bio, Wodka vodka is trying really hard to convince you of their old Eastern European roots:

“While walking through the Polmos Bialystock distillery in Eastern Poland, a relic from Poland’s communist era was discovered, Wodka Vodka. Polmos was a Polish state-owned monopoly that controlled the spirits market.”

Judging from their ad (above), they also have a communist-era Eastern European sense of humor by stating that their product is “Christmas Quality.  Hanukkah Pricing.”  The ads have caused quite a stir to the point that the ADL has gotten involved, and now Miami MG, the marketing company behind the billboards, has issued a statement saying:

“The inspiration for Hanukkah’s inclusion was anything but anti-Semitic – in fact, we’re likening ourselves to the Jewish holiday.”

“Simply put Hanukkah represents a better value because you get 8 nights for the price of 1 – much like Wodka, more for less.”

Sure guys.  We’re totally sure that’s what you meant to say.

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Clemantine Wamariya, the Rwandan refugee that President Obama appointed to the board of the U.S. Holocaust Museum, talks to Renee Montagne at NPR about surviving genocide.

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It’s your first day of class, your an adult, and you want to carve out a niche for yourself in the world, and so maybe you’re a little trigger happy on the whole political correctness thing.  That may have been the case for one York University student who accused a professor of being a rabid Jew hater.

The kick: the professor is Jewish, and the student didn’t seem to listen to his entire lecture before tossing the teacher on the train to antisemitismville.

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Time Magazine recently profiled Areleh Harel, the Orthodox rabbi who marries gay men with lesbians.  On one hand, people get to fulfill certain Jewish laws, and on the other, they are entering into a marriage with a person they don’t find sexually attractive.

Watch the video, and decide for yourself.

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We should really add some snarky comment to this video of Rep. Michele Bachmann trying, and failing, to speak a little Jewish.  But there really isn’t any need.

(Via Tablet)

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Usually when somebody goes out of town, they try to scrimp and save every nickle and dime in order to have the best experience possible.  The JTA, on the other hand, goes to Europe, and they want to give you a hundred bucks.

That’s what we call in the Jewish world a “deal.”

Check out the new Transatlantic blog, and maybe follow them on Twitter.

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