Jewish Diversity Rocks
What do a rapper, a dancer, a comedian and a handful of Sefardic, Ashkenazi and Hasidic performers have in common? They’re all sharing the stage this Sunday in a show that celebrates Jewish…
Nice Jewish Guy Looking for Ginger Chick
Looks like he found his perfect match: Baruch Herzfeld is MY Jewish Community Hero! And since I want you to vote for him deliberately and not trick you into voting, this link gets…
Register for your Free Birthright Israel Trip TODAY. NOW!
Registration begins today! Time to register if you want to go to Israel this winter with Birthright Israel! When? Like NOW! Join Jewlicious and Israel on the House for the best Israel trip…
The UN has a special place in its heart for Israel
Anne Bayefsky, writing in the NY Daily News, reports on the UN’s new website at www.un.org. The UN site is accessed by educational institutions, advocates, parliamentarians, non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world…
Exposing Naomi Klein’s Denials About Trying to Censor or Boycott Toronto International Film Festival. No, no, no, it was just our imaginations
Oh Canada. In today’s Globe and Mail, Naomi Klein, a well known Canadian author whose leftist views have found a considerable following, wrote an op-ed explaining what the protesters who wrote an open…
Toronto Star (of all papers!!!) Remonstrates Toronto International Film Festival Protesters, Actually All anti-Israel Activists
Look, the Toronto Star cannot be accused of being overly friendly to Israel. We’ve discussed Haroon Siddiqui, whose articles on Israel were often quite critical, a couple of times in the past and…
Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht…
As many of you probably know, elections for the federal parliament are taking place in Germany at the end of September. While most major parties seem to be keeping the Middle East out…
A rose by any other name?
In a recent New York Times article, John F. Burns wrote, “Evidence at the London trial showed that several of the plotters, like those on Sept. 11, had traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan…
A Labor Day Weekend Marred by Crazy News Story
Sigh. I was looking forward to an interesting Labor Day Weekend here in the U.S. There is that new Heeb Issue to read or browse, and not buy, at the Barnes and Noble…
Oh Joshua…
Oh Joshua, I’m sorry. I’ve done you wrong. I’m metaphorically standing here, barefoot, in my penitent hair shirt, willing to throw myself at the mercy of your kind heart, oh Joshua. Oh Joshua,…
You Got Cooties, Man!
Sorry. What am I? Fucking 12 years old or something? No. You don’t in fact have cooties. I don’t even know what cooties are. Man. A generous interpretation would be that I am…
Rebuilding and Being Built
A few years ago, at a Yom Kippur service in New York, I met Neshama Carlebach through a mutual friend. It was a few more years until we met again at a Yom…
The Attack on the Toronto International Film Festival and its Israeli Films…Are The Protesters Dupes, Palestinian Propagandists or…Aw Shucks, I ran Out of Choices
The new open letter attacking the Toronto International Film Festival for exhibiting Israeli films is a mendacious attack not only on israel, but on freedom of expression and the truth. Presenting a complex topic with a one-sided, simplistic attack, the authors and signatories do a disservice to truth, to good people who care no less than they about resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict fairly and soon, and provide support to the enemies of peace.
MASA Video Freaks out the Jews!
The video is pretty straightforward. Produced by MASA, an organization that brings diaspora Jewish youth to Israel and heavily subsidizes their participation in various long term programs, the video notes that 50% of…
Ticket To Jerusalem Project
Nope. This isn’t about a free Birthright Israel trip (although registration for winter begins Sept. 8th and you can go with us – more info here), or any kind of flashy contest with…
JEC / Ohr Somayach Ties – or – Kelsey Gets Quoted in the Forward
The forward ran an interesting story about a potential orthodox agenda to JEC – the organization that takes care of post-birthright trip follow-ups and Alumni for New York. In particular, the story contains…
ROI Community: International Perspectives on Women, Gender and the Jewish Community
At last summer’s ROI Summit, Esther Kustanowitz, Teri Jedeikin and Elina Tilipman discussed the current state and evolution of women’s roles in the Jewish community, professionally, religiously and within its organizational structures. I…
My Senator Went To an Iftar Party at the White House and All I Got Was This T-Shirt
In honor of Ramadan and its message, the White House and U.S. President Barack Obama hosted an Iftar Dinner after sunset at 8 PM last evening. As Bill Clinton and George Bush did…
Uri Avnery gets Lernered – Or How the Far Left Eats Its Own When They Don’t Toe the Line on Attacking Israel
Some of you folks may recall that in 2003, back in the days of protests against the Iraq War, Rabbi Lerner who founded Tikkun, was prevented from speaking at one of the larger…
Reinventing Ritual at the Jewish Museum NYC
And a Jewlicious/Heeb Magazine Giveaway! From September 13, 2009 to February 07, 2010, the Jewish Museum is putting on an exhibit titled Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life. The exhibition…
Matisyahu on Conan
New Matisyahu Album is now out: LIGHT. Purchase information available here! And now just to switch it up a little, how about Matisyahu and the crystal Method? Crazy…
