SHTETL MAGAZINE

“That puny Persian potato has nothing on my latka.” -Competitor at Shtetl’s latka (Jewish) vs. kuku (Iranian) cook-off. Judges:Billy (Monastiraki), Atigh (La Khaima), Khalifah, and The Mile-End Teenage Tasting Society.

So many obstacles could have stood in the way of this collaboration: Raichel is an Israeli Jew and Touré is a Malian Muslim. Their countries don’t speak…but they do.

“We are all born with an instinct to suck. Without it, we’d die.” So begins this account of one man’s development as a Jewish heretic. In this 2nd instalment of the series, we explore The Oral Phase.

Check out these scenes from our tribute to you. Bagel Etc. became a radio studio crowded with wires, guitars, waitresses, cooks and Cohen fans. And everyone was singing their love to you! Hope to see you back in Montreal soon. Love, Shtetl

Tremor Fantasma by Ladino indie-rockers Deleon- is an audio experience that can only be described as a melting pot of the world’s Sephardic communities on vacation in modern-day Mexico City.

It was 1942 and Colman and Greenbaum were eager to fight Hitler. But first they’d have to make it through basic training. Not an easy feat for these kibbitzers. Read Colman’s true account of their mishaps and misdemeanours.

How did Lamed Resh go from a Chassid to a heretic? Was it Boredom? Sexual appetite? Bacon? Resh turns to “Rebbe” Freud for answers.

So my plumbing went to hell, and my wife found us a handyman who boasted of his versatility in carpentry, toilets, bathtubs, and even in offering solace to those whose plumbing has gone to hell. I arrived home to find the emissary from the world beyond our dysfunctional Jewish drain pipes hard at work healing our ailing bathroom.

Decades before Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren there was Abraham Cahan and his Yiddish advice column, “A Bintel Brief.” First published in 1906, “A Bintel Brief” gave thousands of Jewish immigrants a place to turn with their heartbreaking and often absurd dilemmas.

Wandering in the desert, building temporary shelters, artfully decorating a space outside where the ancestors can visit. Some call this Sukkot, others call it Burning Man. Check out Secret Artist’s photo shoot of a Jewish side to Black Rock City, Nevada.