Make daddy proud!
Or something like that. I’ve just read that Sheraton hotels are giving away free stays on 23rd October. You can register for the offer from 6th to 9th October on Sheraton.com/freenight. Additional nights…
Should he or shouldn’t he?
Be extradited, that is. I’m sure you’ve all heard about Roman Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland, where he’s facing extradition to the US. Polanski skipped bail and fled to France more than 30 years…
Shake Your Soviet Tush!
RotFront – Sovietoblaster When I was in primary school, the Iron Curtain still existed. On the first few days of first grade, we were instructed to let ourselves drop to the ground in…
Russian LeTziyon (get it?! ha!!)
You know how Eli Valley is all up and destroying Zionism and not to mention drawing Jews as monkeys? I’ve decided to take Zionism back by drawing my own web comic. It doesn’t…
“The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right” – William Safire, dead at age 79
When his column didn’t appear this weekend, we were worried. I will personally miss this master wordsmith, and columnist who I have enjoyed reading for 22 years. A fierce defender of Israel, winner…
leopard / to change / spots / ?
Last Tuesday, the Bulgarian Irina Bokova was elected to be the new secretary general of the UNESCO. Bokova’s election and and of itself would hardly be newsworthy [Off-topic: I don’t believe that it’s…
No Crocs on Yom Kippur!
or ever… So says Rabbi Eliyashiv, a litvack rebbe, in response to a question by a yeshiva student. The Rabbi ruled that …it is best not to wear Crocs shoes on Yom Kippur…
The Anti-Hate Declaration – Avoiding Propaganda: An Open Letter to the Toronto Palestinian Film Festival
Hmmm. An Open Letter? The Anti-Hate Declaration: An Open Letter to the Toronto Palestine Film Festival September 25, 2009 Let me state for the record that I am merely expressing my opinions and…
Shannah Tova!
It was one year ago, that I became a member of the Jewlicious family, when CK offered me the opportunity to blog. This time of year, I’m thinking of everything that has happened…
Bibi’s UN Speech
24 September 2009, Israeli Prime Minister delivered a stunning speech to the United Nations. His speech could be broken down in four parts: First, he denounced Ahmadinejad as a Holocaust denier and expressed…
Days of Awe
On the first day of Rosh HaShanah, the community known as Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim in the Bay Area was treated to the following words written by Rabbi Chanan Feld, which his wife,…
What do you use for Kapporos/Kaparot?
Kapparos or Kaparot (Hebrew: כפרות, “atonements”) is an ancient Jewish ritual to save oneself from a harsh Heavenly decree by it being effected on another object. Vegetables, fish, money, and other objects have…
Al Jazeera reports on Netanyahu’s UN Speech
The way the Arab world views Netanyahu’s speech. It is worth seeing how this speech was reinterpreted for the Arab world. They draw comparisons between Gaza and the Holocaust, and describe the UN…
Hate Site of the Weak: Westboro Baptist Church
This sick video is up on YouTube, and maybe it should stay there so that people see how repulsive the Westboro Baptist Church really is. Paul, Ringo and Yoko need to sue WBC…
Where should Gaddafi pitch his tent?
[Sidenote: for a COMPLETE list of Middle Eastern hottie/dead leaders, see this link.] I am concerned. Muammar Gaddafi doesn’t have a place to sleep during his stay in the United States, having been…
Triumph and Me
There is an funny story about how I came to be in this skit with Triumph, on the Chabad Telethon, and then on Conan. Enough to say that God has a great sense…
Nationwide Protests; NYC Hotel Bans Ahmadinejad
Jewlicious has signed up to be a participating organzation for the NYC protest organized by the Stand for Freedom in Iran Coalition. Protests are planned in major cities against the Iranian dictators. Perhaps…
Arrest Ahmadinejad
Mayor Bloomberg, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the main supporter of anti-Jewish and anti-American terrorism in the world, must be arrested and tried for his crimes against humanity. You will be hosting Ahmadinejad, one…
Arrrhhh… Shiver Me Shofar
As I sat in a synagogue on Rosh HaShanah, I was disappointed that there would be no Avinu Malkenu and no Shofar. But in there was a lesson. Sometimes you don’t get what…
Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man NYC Premiere Ticket Giveaway!
We’re not really good at contests here at Jewlicious. We just give stuff away and we don’t ask you to do silly things like write a soul searching essay or eat hot dogs…
Rock Your Shana
It’s not everyday you can pick up a bisseleh Torah from a Hollywood screenwriter. But you actually can every week. David Sacks, who won an Emmy for his work on “Malcolm in the…
On Rosh Hashanah it will be inscribed
From Jonathan Berliner-from his 2009 High Holidays Reader… sources available upon request. בראש השנה יכתבון וביום צום כפור יחתמון… ” On Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed…
Extreme Hazanut: Hineni by Jeremiah Lockwood of Sway Machinery
We all know that Matthue Roth has a way with words and he’s a straight shooter, so when he says “Sometimes, you just gotta let your heart cry out. In honor of Rosh…
WWII Shabbat Service
The NY Times reports about a wartime service by Max Fuchs who led a service just before an attack. Fuchs was studying to be a cantor but the war interrupted. A private first…
What Should a Rabbi Drive?
My friend, and high-school buddy Brett Berk writes a car column, Stick Shift, for Vanity Fair online. When I started thinking about how to replace my old car, I figured he is the…
