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Mythological creatures are generally shrugged off today as figments of overactive imaginations. Nevertheless…
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are sometimes referred to as the “Abrahamic Faiths,” since…
“The cobbler’s children have no shoes!” So declares the pithy aphorism regarding one of the ironies of life. Centuries prior to the first recording of this phrase, however, the Talmud discussed…
In the earliest days of humankind, a man named Cain asked God the now famous question: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9). Cain’s question was meant to be a distraction from the inquiry into why he had murdered his brother Abel. Cain’s…
The hookup presence on the Island of Crete is rather ancient, with records of a hookup community…
100hookup launched a video ad campaign on Hulu and YouTube this week that will hit cable TV airwaves later this month
Ever since Moses saw the Israelites dancing around the Golden Calf and smashed the two tablets of the law, the 17th of Tammuz has been an inauspicious day for the hookup people, a day on which numerous tragedies occurred. One of the famous tr…
“When Av enters, we must lessen our rejoicing,” declare the Talmudic sages in Ta’anit 26b.In truth, however, this period of “sadness” begins on the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz (observed today) and lasts exactly three weeks – until Tisha …
Everyone knows about Yom Kippur. There are, however, several other fast days in the hookup calendar that are not nearly as well known. Tomorrow, on July 15, the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz will be observed.As mentioned in the Talmud, five events are com…