Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006
From the JTA: Coretta Scott King understood that a people who fight for their own rights are only as honorable as when they fight for the rights of all people. In this spirit,…
Trying to Find a Nice Jewish Boy Who’ll “Stay”
Lisa’s 37, Ivy-League-educated, single for the first time in over a decade, and is looking for a nice Jewish boy. She wears glasses (not unlike the ones I just paid a fortune for…
Oprah in Auschwitz and other Holocaust fun
Oprah Winfrey and Elie Wiesel have made their journey to Auschwitz as part of the overall publicity campaign, tuchas covering, humanitarian mission that came with choosing Elie Wiesel’s Night as her latest book…
Gay Pride Parade Stabber Convicted Minutes Ago
Remember that idiot, who thinking himself a one man Beit Din, took it upon himself to stab participants at the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade? Well, just moments ago he was convicted of three…
Fugly Tsnius Crotchless Panties
Now that Christmas is almost here…again…I bet I know what you’re thinking: What do I get for the yeshiva girl who has everything? Let me help you out on that note. First, a…
“Girls’ Night On” in NYC
Girls’ Night On, the women’s only open-mike performance night, is making a return to the stages of Makor in NYC this Wednesday night, February 1. Be a part of this event, where women…
Google in Israel
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, announced the establishment of an R&D center in Israel. Brin and co-founder Larry Page were among the more visible participants at the…
Oh Palestine, oh Palestine, God shed his grace on thee…
SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: If you are an Evangelical Christian, a Hamas member, or are offended by profanity and the implication that key members of the US Administration participate in humiliating Japanese sex acts,…
Rabbi Kaduri Funeral draws over 200,000 in Jerusalem
Yesterday’s funeral of Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri drew over 200,000 mourners who jammed Jerusalem’s Bukhari neighbourhood. Rabbi Kaduri, who passed away Saturday night after a brief illness was estimated to be at least 106…
Boning up on my knowledge of Middle East history
Maybe I’m just a perv, but whilst looking at the map of Jerusalem circa 1973, I couldn’t help but notice how…excited…the top of the Jordanian area appeared. I guess we see what we…
Free Taglit-birthright israel trip
Join Jewlicious in Israel this summer – for free! You all ought to know about Taglit-birthright israel by now: they provide a free trip to Israel to any young Jew between the ages…
Hello Dali!
Everyone knows Salvador Dali was a rad* artist. Not everyone knows that in 1968 he published a suite of 25 lithographs entitled ‘Aliyah,’ published by the Shorewood Press of New York commemorating the…
Hallmark, it ain’t.
Found this online. Don’t quite know what to make of it. Reminds me of the handmade greeting card company I started with my friend in college. We made a big red blob from…
A Shabbat message to Israel.
Another Jewlicious Public Service Announcement™ As another week slowly gives way with the setting of the sun to the blissful repose of Shabbat, I find myself thinking of Israel, my beloved land. And…
Shabbat of Loss
I have to post this one early because I will be out of commission most of the day. The flower is for Mrs. Bronfman and all those who are in mourning this week….
Andrea Bronfman laid to rest in Jerusalem
Welcome Home Andy Andrea Bronfman was laid to rest today on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem following a funeral service attended by nearly 1000 people. Speaking at the funeral were family members…
Aliyah: Conversations with Liel Liebovitz
A 9th generation Israeli writing about American Immigration to Israel..from New York. Seemed a little hafuch, or upside-down to me. Nonetheless, Author and Culture Editor for the New York Jewish Week, Liel Lebovitz…
Jerusalem Winter Ball
Dust off your ballgowns and tuxedos – The Ball is back! The second annual Jerusalem Winter Ball a formal dinner, drinks & dancing, to benefit charity is taking place next week. As the…
Y’eshar Koach, Hamas!
Hamas, showing up the Conservatives in Canada’s recent election, cleaned up in the recent elections taking 76 seats in the 132 member legislature. For those of you who are less than minimally competent…
Laya deeply offended by “Munich”
But it offends me neither as a Jew, nor as an Israeli. Nay, it offends me as a lover of cinema. Moral equivalency be damned. Munich was just a crap movie. Cliche, didactic,…
Hamastan
More on this later, but I just wanted to remind our readers just who we’re dealing with here in the new Palestinian government. Oooh, here’s another oldie but goodie about Hamas. Oh heck,…
Jack (Abram) Off
A Celebrity Dad Smackdown! You may recall that during his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, George Clooney made a crack about disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff: “Who would name their kid Jack…
Bio Terrorism strikes Rehavia
There are many beautiful things about living in Israel. The plumbing unfortunately, is not one of them. In the oldest neighborhoods of Jerusalem neighborhoods, like the Old City, or Nachlaot, both which were…
Hassidic Nirvana
Wherever you go there’s always someone Jewish, even at a Nirvana mosh pit? Whatever. Google video rocks. Thanks for the much needed levity.
