Jewlicious Site Redesign
Well… glad you all noticed… It’s pretty much done for now absent a few minor tweaks. As has been noted, the site loads much faster now. We’ve added social bookmarking, live search on…
YES!! Somebody finally took responsibility and resigned!
Well, okay, it was just the Minister of Science, Sport and Culture (minister of sport?!). And he didn’t do it because of anything he did, but rather what the leadership of his party…
What is Jewish Identity?
What is Jewish identity? There, I asked you. Is it identification with a culture? With tradition? With people within a community? Whatever your definition of Jewish identity is, now make like the Food…
Shabbat with Moon
That’s a moon over Jerusalem. Chances are it was there a couple of thousand years ago too. Shabbat shalom folks. Photo source
Lessons from Noah, that guy on the big ship
Far from being detached, the root of any tree constantly provides nourishment for the tree as it grows far above. The constantly inform the tree and support it. When reading Noah this week,…
Has anybody else noticed that the site’s design has changed?
Hmmmm…. Where are the “recent posts” and WHERE IS THE REDHEAD?
Rehovot Geulah.
UPDATE: Y-Love has clarified his position in comments here and here, saying, among other things, “First of all it is an axiom that G-d does not condone actions like this. That goes almost…
Is nobody going to talk about the free laundry services in Jerusalem?
I’m a little surprised nobody has brought this up since, unlike Conservative and Reform rabbis, this is a positive development for the Jewish people. More and more women in Jerusalem’s Geula neighborhood have…
Open Questions to the Scholarly Amongst Our Readers
Muffti was trying to find something but wasn’t able to so he puts it out to our well-informed readers as a question. Muffti was curious about the claim that parts (or all?) of…
This Week in Borat
I admit it, I saw that Harry had the story first about Borat speeking a leetle beet of Heebrew. And I also laughed at this clip, in which Borat tries to train a…
Temple – The hot new hipster hangout!
Follow me here. The Burg is an online sitcom about a group of hipsters who live in Williamsburg. It’s kind of like a Hipster friends, or as Gawker put it “like Rent, only…
Lame Advice from a Lame Rabbi
The Muffti can’t help but chuckle at the irony: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is a dude who likes to go around excoriating people (especially men) for being shallow and then manages to routinely give…
Making the Beach more Jewlicious
If you’ve ever been to Venice Beach California, you may have noticed this little synagogue right on the boardwalk. Can’t remember? Let me help – it’s the building right next door to the…
The Real Sign that Israel is Becoming a Little America…
From Haaretz: New law calls for closing bars at 2 a.m. The Ministerial Committee on Laws, which is a sub-committee of the cabinet, approved a law proposal 5-2 on Sunday that calls for…
I’m singing in Bahrain…
The Jerusalem Post interviews a few of the remaining Jews in Bahrain: …as many as 1,500 Jews once lived in Bahrain. Nearly all of them came from Iraq … The community is dying…
“Jews are Jesus’ children…”
Borat tries to adopt a dog from an American kennel. He hopes to use it to hunt Jews and for “sexytime.” When it’s old he will eat it. The clip above is a…
Design Assignment for Amir and Trimbobler
Well folks, it has come to this: Yigal Amir, the murderer of Yitzhak Rabin, has been permitted to have a 10 hour conjugal visit with his wife, Larissa Trimbobler, for the purposes of…
(Sing with Me) “Arabian Top 40…”
Hi, I’m Casey Kasem and welcome to Arabian Top 40, a list of the top 40 Arab brands on the market today: will Al-Jazeera once again top the chart? And what about up-and-comer…
Indie Minyan Barbie?
Jen Taylor Friedman, famous for being the first (only?) female sofferet (or scribe – trained to inscribe mezuzahs and Torahs etc. which have to be written by hand) had some extra time on…
Gossip on the Internet: Sin, or Sign of the Times?
What is gossip? Is blogging gossip? Is discussion of celebrity weirdness gossip? What are gossip’s defining qualities? OK, I admit that there’s a substantial element of self-promotion to this post. This Tuesday night,…
Leonard Cohen and U2
The movie “I’m Your Man” about Leonard Cohen is interspersed with numerous cover versions of his songs. Some are good, some are mediocre, maybe one or two excel. Some of what Cohen has…
Hate Site of the Weak XVII
Shaved heads meet hair in the mix Blending the 80′s and 90′s with hate Put in position to wage teenage mayhem A common affair for the ones who are juiced Our latest winner…
