PunkTorah Fridays at ModernTribe

Happy Hanukkah from PunkTorah! Here we have three great videos to kick off the holidays. First, this week's d'var Torah by PunkTorah web designer Michael. Second, a video with both of us on candle lighting. And finally, a musical treat by our friends Girls In Trouble.

Shabbat Shalom!

Parshat Vayeishev


Hanukkah Candle Lighting How-To


Girls In Trouble - I Was A Desert (Live in Atlanta at The Highland Ballroom)

Pop Judaica Announces Insta-Jew Kits and Moses Toast

As Part of Cyber Monday Fun, PopJudaica.com Offers Insta-Jew Kits: Mystery Bags of Jewish Items for Hanukkah Gifts and Moses Toast: a Piece of Toast with the Image of Moses Burned Into It. Money Raised From Sales of These Funny Jewish Gifts will Benefit the Jewish Non Profits Jewcy and JDub Records.

You can now buy $10 Insta-Jew Kits along with other funny Jewish gifts when shopping for Hanukkah gifts. Insta-Jew Kits are mystery bags containing at least three items whose value and quality are not guaranteed. One of the items will likely be a t-shirt and with it a chotsky, a CD, a book, or some underpants with Yiddish on the tuchus. Modeled after Woot.com’s Random Crap (affectionately called “Bag of Crap”) the Insta-Jew kits are a fun way to practically give away a bunch of quirky, weird Jewish stuff which has landed in our warehouse and raise money for non-profits that enrich the youthful Jewish American culture.

Moses Toast: Moses with the Ten Commandments

I’m a religious man — I knew it was a sign from G-d.”

We are allowing no returns, exchanges, special requests or kvetching when it comes to the Insta-Jew Kits. This is just a fun surprise for 10 bucks, great for Hanukkah party gag-gifts, and a way to raise money for JDub and Jewcy.

To extend the fun further, we are also announcing our recent miraculous discovery: Moses Toast. Pop Judaica employee Patrick Aleph recounts, “we were making Insta-Jew Kits and took a toast break. When I took the toast out of the oven, it had the image of Moses on it. I’m a religious man — I knew it was a sign from G-d.” Rivlin Roberts explains the Moses Toast another way: “We remembered a news story about an Ebay listing for toast with an image of Jesus on it. We were laughing and saying how Jews would never see a deity in toast. Then we decided to have some fun with it.” A Jewish take on “Jesus Toast,” Moses Toast is a piece of toast with the image of Moses holding the Ten Commandments burned into it. The toast sells for $49.95 and 100% of the proceeds go to the non-profit Jewish music and media companies Jewcy.com and JDub Records.

ModernTribe: Best of the Web Wednesday

Woman Arrested For Wearing Tallit At Western Wall (Haaretz)

Table Talk For A Jewish Thanksgiving (JTA)

Michal's Tefillin Sets Up Foundation To Enable Gifted Jewish Women (Michal's Tefillin)

Images of Jews In American Theater (MyJewishLearning)

Jew Rock Stars Can!!Can, FrumSatire, Matthue Roth and More (HeebnVegan)

JDub Records Looking For New Director of Marketing (JDub Records)

ModernTribe Best of the Jewish Web

Every Wednesday, I troll my favorite sites for the Best of the Jewish Web. This week was brought to you by the letter "J".

Female Rabbis Take Over the World...One Event at a Time (Jewess)

What's So Funny About Jewish Delis? Everything! (Jewcy)

Welcoming Jews of Color (Jewlicious)

Re-Imagining the Torah...With Comic Books (Jewschool)

Natalie Portman Plays Orthodox in "New York, I Love You" (JDub Records)