Tznius Cinema
Here’s a job title you’ve never heard before: Haredi action movie director. Despite a tradition of shunning popular culture influences, it looks like Israel’s Haredi population is now beginning to embrace the power…
Why not? Jewish Education
Well, let’s face it, I’m the only married one among the Jewlicious posters. I believe I’m the only father as well (right, Muffti?). I am the only one of us who has to…
Jewlicious in Haaretz!
Haaretz just wrote a cute article about the upcoming Jewlicious trip in their Anglofile section. They got it mostly right too. Mostly but not completely: In an effort to attract a broader cross-section…
If you ever have to wear a shaitel….
Make sure it’s from the new Rebecca Keys line. This one is called the “Pink-Punk-Shabbos-Yom-Tov-Princess” Shaitel, with the caption “Make way Shabbos Queen, here comes the true Eishet Chayel”. Perfect for the Ba’alei…
Crisis and Moshiach
Muffti has a theological question that you people seem eminently qualified to answer. Let him begin with an analogy. Terminator 3 has roughly the following conflict set up: A terminator named T-800 (played…
Fun With “Fan” Mail
Because I write so much about singles stuff, it seems that everyone–single, married, divorced, old, young, religious, secular, men and women and everyone else who fits other unlisted categories–has an opinion to share….
5 Days to the Jewlicious Israel Trip!
I met this woman just the other day. She had just returned from March of the Living and was telling me about her experience visiting Auschwitz. This is how the conversation went: March…
Herzl-icious
Because I enjoy Bob Dylan and Theodor Herzl juxtaposed (but not as much as Laya does), I thought I’d share this JTA article about Jerusalem’s new Herzl Museum. Apparently (unlike Raymond) not everyone…
He’s got everything he needs, he’s an artist, he don’t look back
Bob Dylan’s birthday today and the biggest party is in India (Bob Dylan nite, Shillong’s biggest festival after Christmas, 33 years running). Go Figure. If you happen to be in his hometown of…
Jewlicious Summer Reading
I recently received a few books in the mail from publishers wanting to get free publicity on Jewlicious my feedback. Below are reviews of the first two books I’ve read. Schlepping Through the…
My Secret Yeshiva Prom
Here is the actual winner of Miss Tznius 1989, a controversial victory, because by the time of her Prom, Shmushi Feigelstock was already married! Esther wuz robbed! So, the secret’s finally out: my…
Star Wars and Me
Since I was a Jawa-sized Jewess, growing up in New Jersey and attending Jewish schools, I have been drawn to the mythology of Star Wars. I saw all three movies (because then, we…
Woody says Scarlett “touched by God,” hopes to be next
One could be worried for the 20 year old Scarlett Johansson. Having two staight films with horny Jew boy Woody Allen, one of the unfortunate icons of American Jewry. One could think he…
Most Random Dating-Related Star Wars Comment
In Gothamist’s recap of what opening night screenings of “Revenge of the Sith” — which they termed the “Nerdocalypse” — were like: …many were hoping to find significant others — some were even…
Please Be Patient
Jewlicious is undergoing some renovation. We’ll be back full strength soon! One of the things being considered is requiring registration in order for people to comment. This will allow you to go back…
Israel, brilliantly, creates a problem and its solution
The Solution: So the JPost reports that Israeli couples will be able to apply to a committee to request their choice of sex for their baby during the embryonic stage. Yes, the technology…
The Tooth Fairy
I’ve been outed. So I’ve been very busy and have forgotten for a number of nights to, ahem, place a little something under the pillow in exchange for a young one’s fallen tooth….
Dear Dating Diary: Today, I Was Reclassified
I struggle with labels, really I do. I’ve long said that everyone these days seems eager to slap a new and inventive label (Hippiedox, Conservadox, Flexidox) on themselves in order to describe their…
Your one stop Israeli Hot Babe Web site!
Now you no longer have to wait for our infrequent photos of hot Israeli babes to get your hot Israeli babe fix. The Israeli Celebrity Source comes to your rescue with a Web…
Los Hoodios vs. Heeb Magazine
We all know what talented musicians the Hip Hop Hoodios are. We recently featured their new video Gorrito Cosmico, they played at our Jewlicious conference and they are a client of mine. They’re…
Auschwitz Tattoos: The Next Generation
Alison Stern Golub, a writer living in Israel, relays a story about a friend of hers who found himself in a bar in Beer Sheva, staring down an Auschwitz-style tattoo on a guy…
Jewlicious Organization: Dor Chadash
Nerdy American Jews. Pushy Israelis. Last week, I went to a Yom Ha’atzmaut party with over 3000 New York area Jews and Israelis of all political and religious stripes. That party, which ran…
So Much Worse than Spitting
Don’t worry kids, ck is here…uh…is that a plane? Five men were arrested and released by Jerusalem Police and the Shin Bet for planning to fire a rocket at the temple mount. The…
2 Weeks to Jewlicious Israel Trip!
Not going to Israel this summer? Don’t be sad. Neither am I. But join me and we can follow all the whacky adventures on Jewlicious.com! That’s right – there’s 2 weeks to go…
Vulcan Method Acting in Tel Aviv
Beam me into acting class in Tel Aviv, Scotty… Method acting goes Vulcan as Shekhina-loving Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, 74 (can you believe it?), lands his thespian spacecraft in Israel to share…
Class
The New York Times is launching a series of articles on class in America. It seems to be a fascinating report. Also, they have a great interactive graphic that shows the breakdown of…
