Australiana

I know a family man
devotee of the Kabbalah
who set out to cure the Chlamydia
that is ravaging the koala.

"All my creatures are precious,"
said the Maker of all people,
"but don't forget your esoterica
in the pocket of the marsupials."

Fuftsik Sent and Madona
Yiddish rap in the Jewish state.

Check out this article in Yediot Acharonot. I haven't heard the sound files yet. (Thanks to reader MJ for pointing this out.)

Update: As usual, I'm about three to four months behind the curve -- the disk came out in May. I just listened to some clips. Lipa it isn't, just saccharine frumification of perfectly good music. (Why would you need an ultra-O version [track 5] of La Isla Bonita?)

(Speaking of Yiddish and Madonna, the new issue of Afn Shvel has a great article by Marc Caplan on Ms. Ciccone Ritchie and her practice of Kabbalah.)