A kind and gentle post about Ritual immersion in Reform and Conservative Judaism
The previous post about ritual immersion in Israel raises some interesting questions. It implies that Reform and Conservative Jews are systematically barred from using Mikvehs, or ritual baths, in Israel. This assertion is…
In Goodwill Gesture, Palestinians Show Israel Why One State Solution is Ideal
That’s right, speak to many Palestinians and they will tell you that what they really want is for there to be no borders and that a single state should exist between the river…
A kind and gentle post about discrimination in Israel
That’s right, we don’t want to ruffle any feathers or cause offense to anybody, so this will be a gentle and serious post. Ynet is reporting that Israel’s Masorti (Conservative) and Progressive Judaism…
Taglit-birthright israel set to announce the identity of 100,000th participant
As we await the news with bated breath… This Wednesday, 10:30 am at the Israeli Consulate in New York, Taglit-birthright israel will reveal to the world who the 100,000th participant on their free…
The British Academic ‘Ban’
Muffti is having a field day trying to figure out just what the academic boycott amounts to. Here’s a summary of what happened. First, there are 2 organizations involved. One is the Association…
I love poetic justice.
The British are not happy. This is admittedly a standard state of affairs for that island in the fog, but I find the reason rather amusing. Irish director Ken Loach, whose film The…
Nasty Moral Equivalence by the New York Times
A member of Islamic Jihad was assassinated in Lebanon a couple of days ago. Israel was blamed (how unusual) but denied any involvement. Hizbullah fired rockets at Northern Israel and used the assassination…
Memorial Day
Today was Memorial Day. Many people in the US had the day off and while there was shopping, many stores and businesses did remain closed to participate in the commemorations for those American…
…To the Israeli Backpacker
A letter from an Australian backpacker to the average Israeli backpacker contains some painful truths. It’s called, A Letter to My Ugly Brother. Yossi, Yonni, Yael … I’m not sure of your name,…
Open Letter from AJC Western Director about UC Irvine
( I am reposting this letter from Ms. Taylor which she submitted as a comment) May 23, 2006 A Report on “Holocaust in the Holyland” at UC Irvine Filed under: Front Page, Opinion,…
Housewitz Creator Gets Some Community Service
Remember Dickie Thijssen? He’s the dutch fellow who created ‘Housewitz’*. The latter is an advertisement for a fake rave that used images of the holocaust juxtaposed with such clever witicisms as “Seven million…
Days 6 and 7 – Jewlicious Trip
Day 6 of the trip started off at 3 am when we left the Bedouin camp in order to climb Massada. With daytime temperatures in the high 90′s, it’s usually best to make…
Classic Israeli Movie of the Week #1: Sallah Shabati!
“Lo rotzim shikun! Rotzim ma’abarah!” UPDATE: Jewlicious commentor Jessi has recorded the song “Mashiach Ha-Zaken” that Sallah sings in the ma’abarah’s bar in the movie! You can listen to it here. Lyrics and…
Dripping with Symbolism
A German born Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, walked through the gates at Auschwitz followed by a retinue of VIPs and important leaders of the Catholic Church. I know it was moving for everybody…
Beit Habubot
What can I say, living so far away from Israel, it takes a while before I become exposed to newer music over there. So, I have just received a belated introduction to this…
Classic Israeli Movie of the Week!
It’s high time Jewlicious had another weekly feature, preferably one that isn’t chiefly concerned with the enlightened sociological musings the Grandmuffti consistently manages to scrape up from the bottom of the slop jar…
Baptise Dead Muffti If You Really Want To…
The ongoing dispute between Mormons and Jews took another turn when Jews were informed that their agreement with the Mormons was again not being respected. The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day…
First Ann Frank and now Hirsi Ali
As Hannah Arendt points out in her book Eichman in Jerusalem, the Dutch loved the SS. As a matter of fact, 20,000 Dutch joined the SS to help the Germans in their racist…
Shabbat Shalom from Taglit birthright-israel, Oranim and Jewlicious
This is the view from the 8th floor of the Novotel Hotel which straddles Meah Shearim and East Jerusalem. It shows the Hebrew University of Jerusalem out in the distance atop Mt. Scopus….
Remember The Aaron’s Best Meatpacking Plant?
I am not going to post an image. Try to visualize a an impoverished worker from a Latin American country, perhaps with an amputated finger or hand – that’s what I visualized reading…
Jewlicious Trip – Days 4 and 5
On our trip we have a couple of people from the University of Wisconsin. They have taken it upon themselves to respond to a certain poster for Jewlicious who left comments they didn’t…
Some More Goofy Hate Stuff
Hat tip to EV of the Jewschool. Daryl Bradford Smith runs a radio show called The French Connection. We’ll give the site a HSOW award soon enough. For now, here’s a snippet from…
Hate Site of the Weak #14
Sorry for the hiatus; Muffti has been busy. However, he has a real treat for you guys this time around. Blood and Honour Combat 18 are, without a doubt, a bunch of assholes….
Tell me, where is the Western Wall? How do we get there?
This amazing recording was made as the Israeli army took back Jerusalem from the Jordanian and other Arab Armies. Jews had not been allowed to their most sacred Holy Sites by the Jordanians…
Just wanted to say I’m proud
I’ve just scrolled down the Jewlicious home page from top to bottom, giving quick overviews to topics and subjects discussed. Then I went to the next page of posts as well. Good stuff….
Poor helpless British ensnared by Jewish Lobby Hummus
Really and truly, it couldn’t happen to a nicer country. It appears that the British, while not pissing on Israel and its human rights, or putting out a variety of calls for academic…
