Standing Up for Women’s Equality: A New Product from Israel
If you’re a woman who reads Jewlicious, you’re probably busy. You’re juggling career with a sparkling social life, or your professional identity with your online identity. You’re picking up the kids from soccer…
Why did Newsweek lower Israel’s Green Rating?
The April 14th issue of Newsweek has a map and list of countries ranked according to their Green-ness, also known by the acronym EPI for environmental performance index. Israel ranked 64th. That is…
God Loves The Montreal Canadians
Hitler Loves the Philadelphia Flyers The Montreal Canadians are in a best of seven playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers. Tuesday night they lost 3-2 in Philadelphia, giving the Flyers a 2-1…
Y-Love on The BBC World Service
Hear the interview and listen to him rap in Aramaic and Arabaic! Crazy! Is it safe to say Y-Love’s going places? He was interviewed on the US BBC World Service Web site…
Judaica Art Quiz
My friend Talia sent me this cute widget thing. It’s a quiz that tests one’s knowledge of Judaica Art. Take it for a spin: judaica-art-kotel-1 The quiz is brought to you by Judaica…
Pharaoh’s Daughter Remix Contest!
Shemspeed is giving you all the chance to remix from their files. First up was Y-Love and now you have the chance to remix the beautiful sounds of Pharaoh’s Daughter. Here is how…
Israel, Not a Travelogue
Photo by Oded Gebert (This post was cross posted from 60 Bloggers where it is one of the 60 posts being published in commemoration of Israel’s upcoming 60th “birthday”). The Middle is one…
“Is that a train I hear coming?” – “Nah, it’s just the sound of poor taste.”
I’ve waited for the events’ outcome to do this post; eventually, a few matters have got resolved, but please read on: The concept was a good one: put together an exhibition on the…
Twilight at Haifa – Shabbat
Convergence at Twilight NatashaP from Flickr gave us this beautiful image of Haifa at twilight. This was a weird week for signals. The Americans wanted to reveal the connection between Syria and the…
This holiday of redemption
Last days of Pesach. Focusing on the redemption, the crossing of the sea, Miriam and dancing, the Ball Shem Tov meal at the end of this holiday. This holiday where matzah shortages in…
Jewlicious Shabbat in Memphis
Join Maitsyahu and Rabbi Yonah at the Beale Street Music Festival on May 2 4, 2008. Beale Street is one of the premier music festivals in the US —The Black Crowes, Santana, My…
Balagan Remixes Israel 60
Shemspeed approached DJ Balagan to dip into his archives of obscure Israeli funk, to make a mix in honor of Israel’s 60th Bday. Here are the results! Visit www.shemspeed.com/ISRAEL60.html to listen and download…
Muffti Probably Wouldn’t Vote For This Guy…
…even if Muffti could vote. Tony Zirkle, candidate for the Elephants, made the rather unorthodox campaign decision: to speak at a National Socialist Workers Party meeting on Hitler’s birthday. Story below from The…
What if 007 were an MOT?
Inspired by Middle’s post, I started wondering what James Bond would be like had his forefathers crawled the Sinai desert. I came up with the following: He’d go by “Bond. James Bond.”, but…
No Sympathy
A number of publications have now reported that a Jewish man who was formerly a US Army engineer has been arrested and charged with espionage. He is accused of handing over classified information…
Earth Day Post
Never since I became active in efforts to preserve the environment has being green been so hip. The most outrageous claims by massive polluters intent on being green mark the pages of newspapers,…
The Pope’s Manuscript
Menachem Butler emailed me this post from Hagahot on the manuscript that the Pope gave as a gift on his recent New York visit. The Pope’s manuscript A friend called me just before…
Carter Scores Breakthrough with Hamas…
Uh… not so much After 7-hours of negotiations with Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal, at his office in Damascus, Syria, 83 year old former President Jimmy Carter announced that Hamas would accept a…
Calm – Sea of Galilee, the Kinneret
James Traceur captured that image while traveling in Israel. This was an interesting week. Jimmy Carter went to talk to terrorists claiming that you had to include them in any discussion. He didn’t…
This Struck Muffti as Surprising…
From Jpost. Muffti isn’t sure how an ‘essence’ can be leavened. Who knows. Muffti now thinks you guys are just clinging to religion because you are frustrated and bitter! n an unprecedented initiative,…
Bible Raps
PHEW! When I saw Matt Bar’s Bibe Raps promo video it looked interesting, but the first song was him rhyming over someone elses beat so I got scared! (thinking….ok. another Jew parody project)….
So. Have you been Donored yet?
Fund raising Bitches in the process of getting donored I read Eli Valley’s latest post on Jewcy with some amusement, albeit said amusement being somewhat tempered by it’s reliance on a cavalier attitude…
PASSOVER RAP BEAT BOX PROJECT
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE ALBUM! During a time when Orthodox Jews refrain from listening to live music – famous Orthodox rapper Y-Love and beatbox superstar Yuri Lane create all their music non-instrumentally….
An ugly tide
Ilana Diamond, a student at University of Texas writes in the Jerusalem Post about the challenges facing students who support Israel. This is something we have covered many times on Jewlicious. Campuses across…
“The Matzah Song”–Citrin and Shabot Strike Back
OK, OK. Michelle, Shabot, you win. I can’t out-creative you two. Chag sameach to everyone!
No More Matzo Bakeries on the Lower East Side
Slowly but surely, Old Timey Jewish institutions on Manhattan’s Lower East Side are giving way to the yuppies, frat boys and Wall Street assholes who are moving into the neighborhood in droves. The…
