For real? – Indeed. – Wow! #4: Herring
I’m not sure who started it, but at some point people on the coast of the Baltic Sea and the Northsea must have decided, “Hey, that fish looks like it wants to get…
Remember when some of us on Jewlicious railed against the status quo on agunot?
Look, over the years here on Jewlicious, we’ve had some uncomfortable debates about aspects of halacha – Jewish law – that to some of us appeared outdated and WRONG, and to others among…
Leadel 7: Video Podcast In the House!
Psssh. Production Standards, eh? Leadel7 is a project of our friends over at Leadel.net. It’s a weekly video-podcast thing produced by our own Leah Stern and a group of students over at IDC…
Ahmed & Salim – How the Terrorist Stole Christmas
Is this Politically Correct? How politically incorrect can the Israeli cartoonists behind Ahmed and Salim get? Not so much – in this holiday video, their targets are terrorists, who in the pantheon of…
O Come All Ye Fanciful
This post is for the ladies. “Let’s face it, gentlemen. Women in all cultures all over the world have at all times loved wearing jewellery. I haven’t managed to change that about my…
Happy Chinese Food Day ! ?
While Christians are left celebrating Christmas, us Jews are left … eating Chinese food. What else is a Jew to do on a day when the country shuts down? Go see a movie,…
Don’t Forgive Carter
It was widely reported in the press, that Carter asked for forgiveness from the Jews, and I don’t forgive him. The former president, and master of distortions, wrote to JTA: “As I would…
The Carsitters: Soon on Wii, Xbox, PS2, PS3 via Rock Band 2
A First for Israel! Ynet (Hebrew) just reported that Israeli band The Carsitters, recently returned from a European tour, are going to be the first Israeli band to have tracks available for console…
From Date to Mate: Webisode 2
OK, so Shalom TV’s online series, depicting the lives of Jewish singles is NOT The West Wing. But my friend S_, a single, Jewess in New York did describe it as “spot on!”…
Shiva Watch: 3 Notables on Erev Xmas
Death came to three notables in the past few days. Arthur Cores, 52, passed away from cancer in Miami Beach. Born in Brookline and a son of Boston, the philanthropist was one of…
Life In The Ghetto
Pictures from Palestine Today From today’s Wall Street Journal Op-Ed“Despite all the misreporting about a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as a result of Israel’s blockade, the flow of aid support from Israel to…
Nympho-bosniaks Get No Luv From Me
Breaking news from the European Court. Dervo Sejdic, who is of Roma heritage, and Jakob Finci, of Bosnian Jewish heritage, claimed that the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina had a constitution that discriminated…
Not your typical Sushi place
Dani Klein from http://yeahthatskosher.com checks out kosher restaurants for Jewish Travel TV. SushiKo is the crazy modern kosher sushi place your momma warned you about. OK…. well, maybe not, but it’s awesome. With…
French Action Against Hamas
For those unaware, Hamas runs a television station known as al-Aksa TV. This station is used by Hamas for propaganda purposes, including children’s TV shows which incite violence against and hatred of Israeli…
This is a public service announcement
The current decade still has one year to go. There has never been a year “0″ in this or similar calendar systems. This fact was covered in detail all over the media ten…
Rabbi Yonah is the New Swedish Hero
Watch the video after the bump. What? I don’t know! It’s well done and kind of cute and acts as a reminder to all that the 6th annual Jewlicious Festival will take place…
Brittany Murphy Dead at 32 (& Her Husband is a Whack Job)
TMZ.com is reporting that actress Brittany Murphy died this morning after having been rushed to Cedars-Sinai in LA where she suffered from full cardiac arrest. The 32-year-old actress, best-known for her featured work…
Matisyahu and Disco Dredel on Letterman
MATISYAHU was on Letterman Thursday night, the seventh night of Chanukah. Check out the enormous custom disco driedel MATISYAHU uses for his Festival of Lights! The crowd at the end of his performance…
Chanukat HaBayit
Well sort of… The new Beit Jewlicious was recently most stylishly and joyously inaugurated. Thanks to a lovely gift of a gorgeous Mezuzah by Genya, yours truly, along with Talya and Leia, added…
A Night of Unity
Dear Friends, On Wednesday, January 20, at 6:30pm, we will celebrate Jewish unity with music, comedy, and poetry at an unforgettable, delicious, cabaret-style event at LA’s famous El Ray Theater. This Night of…
Friday Afternoon in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem: Are Jews Dogs?
Watch this video: This was taken this past Friday in Sheikh Jarrah. Every Friday, protesters have been gathering there lately to protest the expulsion last August of two families from their apartments after…
Iranian Cross-Border Raid on Iraqi Oil Field
On Friday 18 Decembver 2009, Iranian troops crossed the border into Iraq and occupied the Fakka oil field in the province of Maysan. The border in this province is largely disputed. Iran denies…
Shemspeed Rappers at Best Buy
Believe it or now, Shemspeed just did a Live In Store at Best Buy in Miggidy-Manhattan (Union Square)! It was really amazing and we are putting up videos of the whole thang, but…
Words fail me here…
Fresh in, the sign “Arbeit Macht Frei” from the entrance to the Auschwitz KZ was stolen. AP reports via Yahoo news: [...] The 5-meter-long (16-foot-long), 40-kilogram (90-pound) iron sign at the Holocaust memorial…
On J.A.P.s, Journeys, Maccabees, and Cable TV
I just finished reading a great and entertaining memoir by Lisa Fineberg Cook, a self-aware, spoiled, very smart and funny Jewish girl from LA who marries a world-traveling educator / adventurer and spends…
