Shalom Durban II
It always sounds bad, prima facie, when you refuse to go to a conference called “World Conference on Racism” – who doesn’t want to help get rid of racism? – but when it’s…
Already with the Jewlicious Festival Press?
Man, we’re working here like pig dogs – meetings, preparations, decorating, organizing, etc. – We can’t believe that in 24 hours 800 people will stream through the doors of the Alpert JCC and…
Pissed off at Jews for Jesus
Speaks for itself. Jews for Jesus Vandal Pleads Guilty A Jewish student who vandalized a Jews for Jesus branch in Sydney pleaded guilty. Jaron Hoffenberg, 19, a graduate of Moriah College, was required…
Dov on 40 at Jewlicous
Dov Rosenblatt, who will be performing at Jewlicious Festival in Cali this weekend, plays his amazing arrangement of the prayer, “Velamalshinim” on the Shemspeed 40 Days 40 Nights Tour in Gainsville Florida. The…
The Global Institutionalization of Anti-Semitism
Irwin Cotler is Canada’s former minister of justice and attorney-general and is widely respected as an authority on international law. His recent editorial in the Jerusalem Post is worth reading. Some 125 parliamentarians…
Jewlicious Festival Live?
Good lord. Talk about hyper connected. I have to remind myself NOT to pick my nose…. So the Jewlicious Festival starts February 27th and we’ll broadcast the prep as well as much of…
Farvos nisht?
Pearls Before Swine definitely ranks among my favourite comics, so I’m delighted to have found this gem.
Thanks, Andy!
The WTA, holding the next championship in Dubai, fined the organizers 300000$ for not including Israeli Player Shachar Peer and compensated Peer. To Muffti’s mind, the people who should be paying the 300000$…
Obama and Durban II
It is extremely unfortunate that the Obama White House has reneged on Bush’s policy of avoiding and not attending the upcoming Durban II conference in Geneva where Israel will be attacked, ostracized and…
Sad but interesting story
I feel sorry for this man who helped Israel for so many years. At the same time, this is a fascinating look into how the Mossad operates sometimes. It really is both daring…
In Bed With the Devil…
“Human rights cannot interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis and the security crises” — Hilary Clinton sorry guys!
What we all know and have known for a while
With apologies to the two respective newspapers, I am going to quote at length from two articles. The first is by Nick Cohen and the second, by David Horovitz, amplifies the first: One:…
NYU Protest: We want transparency, respect, and… oh yeah…
A farce or a protest erupted at New York University this week, when about 7 dozen of NYU’s more than 20,000 students occupied the third floor of a building and made demands of…
Top 10 reasons to go to Israel for Free with Jewlicious
Go to amazingisrael.com and sign up for the Jewlicious Taglit Birthright Israel Trip or call 1-800-606-0416. Registration ends Friday!
LimmudLA 2009
LimmudLA was a terrific success and the organizers and their sponsors should be thanked again and again. LA brought out its best and brightest for this weekend retreat. The program was alive, the…
Perfidy By Pesach
I just flew from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles. I’m now in Long Beach trying to reign in this juggernaut called the Jewlicious Festival. Blogging is hard work man… so David Kelsey has…
New London Play Attacks Israeli Jews, But the Admission is Free.
A 10 minute play is being performed at the Royal Court theatre in London. And it might be heading to an off Broadway venue in NYC. “Seven Jewish Children,” by Caryl Churchill, is…
Jewlicious Festival: Hey Buddy, Can you Spare a Double Chai?
Good grief. We are victims of our own success and grass rootiness. Right now, advance ticket sales for the Jewlicious Festival are running at 33% above what we sold at this time last…
Aharit Hayamim: Israel’s #1 Festival Band will rock Jewlicious
Aharit HaYamim is Israel’s #1 Festival Band. Aharit’s Israeli reggae, dub and ska groove and sensibility is rooted in a longing for peace and love of Zion they share with their Rastafarian brethren….
VIDEO: Rav Shmuel Prepares for Jewlicious
Best watched in High Quality Mode. Festival Tickets are selling very fast for our amazing weekend of music, feasts, and thoughtful investigations into anything Jewlicious. You can buy for the whole weekend, or…
Another Day Another University
Jewish students at York University in Toronto were forced to take refuge in the Hillel office last Wednesday night as anti-Israel protesters banged on the glass doors, chanting, “Die, bitch, go back to…
Facebooknacht: Rabbis purged from social network site Facebook over title “rabbi”
After having my account suddenly killed, I thought that perhaps it was an isolated case. Then my email box filled with dozens of emails from rabbi listserves all with the same story. Without…
Dubai Denies the WTA (semi-regretfully) Complies
The UAE denied an Israeli tennis competitor, Shahar Peer, access to their country to play in Sony Ericsson World Tennis Association Tour. This is contrary to WTA rules, and a quick inspection of…
My Valentine’s Date With a Jewish Book
How did you spend your St. Valentine’s Day? Reading Yitro? On a date? Hanging with “quirky alone?” How about a torrid love affair with a Jewish Book? I visited Sotheby’s Manhattan auction house…
