Oh Syria!
“Resistance of the occupation is a national duty and to support it is a moral and legal duty…and an honor which we are proud of,” said Syrian Prime Minister Bashar al-Assad at the Commercial…
Just Seen & Heard on FOX: A Majorly Anti-Semitic Seth MacFarlane
As someone who watches Family Guy on a fairly regular basis, I usually resort to rolling my eyes when the show’s creator, Seth MacFarlane, incorporates a Jew joke into what has lately become…
Obama and Israel
President Obama was helped greatly by the many Jewish voters and supporters who supported him. Obama’s relationship with Israel since coming to office has been troubling, to say the least, and has pushed…
#GA09 is the Hash Tag, Washington DC is the place
The General Assembly of the UJC newly uh… christened Jewish Federations of North America or JFNA for short (pronounced JAFINA, like Dafena – Sephardic Chulent!) is now under way. Plenaries will begin later…
Challah For The GA – A Toast To Innovation
Join Jewlicious, ROI, CFH, Jumpstart, CLI, and PresenTense for a delicious challah reception at Monday night in DC.
You have no idea…
… of how long I’ve wanted to post this particular song on Jewlicious if only just to see the typical suspects whine about my bad influence on their otherwise splendidly isolated cultural self-concept….
The Palestinian Endgame Enters High Gear
I was going to call this piece “Abbas Plays Poker” but then Khaled Abu Toameh wrote a piece in the J Post called Abbas’s Big Bluff in which he argues that Abbas has…
Dancing for Richard Pratt
Last Friday, friends and relatives of Australian Jewish Philanthropist Richard Pratt gathered in Jaffa, to commemorate in words, music and dance, the life of a man who had touched so many. Pratt, who…
Shabbat Shalom
These three were taken by the exceptionally talented Tal Shavit and much of her beautiful work can be seen (in a larger size) on her account at Flickr. For those who want to…
Bringing down part of the Barrier at Na’alin
One of the two key centers for Palestinian demonstrations against Israel, which have supposedly been non-violent, as long as stone throwing counts as non-violence, is Na’alin. Today some young Palestinians were able to…
Nazis’ Victims More Susceptible to Cancer?
Add another crime against humanity to the rampage of Nazism. The November 2009 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute* reports that Jewish Holocaust survivors are at a higher risk for…
Letter from Chicago
I received this note from Becca Neril, a very active member of Jewlicious during her tenure as an undergrad at the Claremont Colleges, and one of the Jewish leaders on campus. She brought…
Charming Signs at the most recent Tea Party
The use and abuse of the swastika for political purposes is no new thing: the left used it to characterize Bush, the right has used it at tea parties to characterize Obama (or…
Are Americans More Hawkish on Israel Than Jews? This Week’s TJC Newscast
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Richard Goldstone – Dore Gold
Today at 5:00 PM Brandeis University hosted Richard Goldstone and Dore Gold to discuss the Goldstone Report. Well Dore Gold, Israel’s former ambassador to the UN and probably one of the primary intellectuals…
Jerusalem is the new Jerusalem!
Tomorrow evening, just before sunset, Jerusalem will be the site of what may very well be a very momentous occasion – Rabbi Sharon Brous’ Los Angeles Ikar Congregation is opening a little annex…
IDF Intercepts 500 Tons of Iranian Weapons Bound for Hezballah
Wow. From whatever shithole bunker, buried deep in the ground, he’s hiding in, Hassan Nasrallah is not going to be happy today. Israel captured the Francop, an Antigua registered cargo ship on it’s…
Sergey Brin gives money to HIAS, some remain bitter
I know this story is like, two weeks old, but can you blame a girl who is trying to keep up with writing a novel during National Novel Writing Month of essentially a…
Rabbi Yonah Represents!
Mazal tov, Rabbi Yonah. It’s official. You’re in the Top Five of the Jewish Community Heroes contest! Rabbi Yonah is among the five finalists heading to Washington, DC, this weekend – where they…
Yoga for Ecstatic Living with Marcus Freed
Want to get in shape physically and spiritually – but want to do it simultaneously? If you live around LA, I invite you to this series of two back-to-back Bibliyoga workshops with the…
Cold Weather Rabbi Gear?
Well, it is getting colder and with Hanukkah coming up, you’re naturally wondering what to get the Rabbi on your list. You may want to consider the $135 Beard cap, pictured above, which…
Al-Qaeda Linked Group Threatens Israel
According to CNN, Al-Shabab has issued a threat against Israel. Al-Shabab is the terrorist group which controls much of Somalia. It has known links to Al-Qaeda and many of its affiliate terrorist groups….
Foto Op: Clinton in Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participated in a press briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem October 31, 2009, and discussed the .. fish she caught in the Dead…
