Clockwise from left, Jon Stewart (Phil McCarten/Invision for the Television Academy via AP Images), a scene from “Baba Joon” (Osnat Bukofzer), Brandeis University (Josh Reynolds/AP Images), Kinky Friedman (Eric Gay/AP Images)

The week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur brought us gay parties and Kinky news, as well as — what else? — another strange gadget from those techies in Israel. All this and a kichel joke, too! (FYI: Kichels are those light, puffy, bowtie-shaped cookies dusted with sugar crystals that your grandmother used to love.)

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