Yeah. My Hebrew Sucks.
I have a confession to make. I am a member of something both so common that there are whole Israeli towns devoted to it and yet so embarrassing, every time I find myself…
Two Israelis Win At Sundance
As they say each year in Park City, Utah, at the annual Sundance Film Festival, everyone who participates is a winner. Just being accepted, working on an independent film, attending a panel discussion,…
Several Rabbis Attack FoxNews Via The WSJ
Let’s imagine you are a rabbi irritated by certain aspects of Fox News. You write letters and complain after Glenn Beck attacks George Soros saying that he collaborated with Nazis in Hungary during…
Egyptian Riots… but is it good for the Jews?
Excuse me, while I put on my Jewish spectacles. They allow me to see things as they might affect Israel or the Jewish community. So.. the riots and goverment changes in Tunis have…
The Palestine Papers
To all the leftists who think that these papers indicate something positive about either the Palestinian position vis a vis Israel or settling the conflict, they don’t. So far, the only real “new”…
J Street’s Hypocrisy On Bipartisan Support for Israel
Last week Rand Paul, a new Republican senator recently elected on the Tea Party’s coattails, said to Wolf Blitzer on CNN that the US should end its foreign aid policy entirely, including any…
Orthodox Jewish Boxer’s Upcoming Bout; Revisiting Haiti One Year Later; President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address
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The King’s Speech… from a Jewish perspective?
The film with the greatest number of Oscar nominations this year is The King’s Speech, directed by Tom Hooper, and starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, and Guy Pearce….
Piano in The Bay… Not a Jewish Stunt
It made national news in the USA. What was a grand piano doing in the middle of Biscayne Bay off the coast of Miami Florida. The piano was sitting atop a sandbar, making…
Rien ne vas Pluss?
Trolls, ye be warned. The one or the other of you might remember a commenter who has been anything but a polite visitor. Found first on VIN but quoting from northjersey.com: A village…
Jews and Trees: The Relationship
Article by Rachelle Menshikova Photo credits: Edward Kaprov, for more of Edward’s photos, go here. Is there a special relationship between Jews and trees? There must be. Planting a tree in Israel today,…
No Oscar Or Cesars for Israeli Films in 2011
In a few hours, the nominees for the 2011 Oscars will be announced in California. But I can tell you now that no Israeli film will be among the nominees for best foreign…
Jewlicious Festival Opening Gala, Night Of Unity, Honoring Rhoda Weisman
Don’t delay – make your reservations now for Night of Unity. Join together with the most diverse and dynamic members of the Jewish community to honor a great woman, Rhoda Weisman, and an…
What’s the Status of Jewish Poverty? Sen. Joe Lieberman is Set to Retire; PLO Flag Raised in Washington, D.C.
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A Jewlicious Shabbat In Sundance
If you or any of your fellow children of Israel are going to the great Mormon State of Utah this weekend for the Sundance Film Festival – make sure to stop by our…
J Street Sides with the Palestinians
Here’s a short little story about J Street – the supposedly “pro-Israel” advocacy group that supposedly supports Israel, even if their student group can’t bring itself to use the label “pro-Israel” in their…
What kind of swag does Obama get?
Via the Morning News, a complete list of swag Obama and the State Department have received lately as a PDF. (clicky to enlarge) From that guy that will outlive us all, I mean Shimon Peres,…
Jewish music? What, what!?
We’ve all been affected and saddened by the recent passing of Debbie Friedman, z”l. But there is some sweetness to the thought about the power of Jewish music, let alone her music. Lately…
Sarah Palin and Blood Libels
A slight furor, or perhaps simply raised eyebrows, came about when Sarah Palin used the phrase ‘blood libel’ to describe the attention paid to her (and pundits like her) rhetoric. Jewish American public…
Minnie Driver, Paul Giamatti & Dustin Hoffman in Mordecai Richler Adaptation; A Yiddish Romeo & Juliet; Gabrielle Giffords, Debbie Friedman & More
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Guess Who’s Staying for Shabbos
Just two weeks into 2011, and three companies are reportedly staying for Shabbat in Israel, And I don’t mean Google. Chicago based Groupon.com knows that Israelis are good shoppers. They therefore acquired Tel…
Bibi and Romney
Looks like Netanyahu is hedging his bets, but as politico puts it, this probably won’t help his relationship with Obama. This probably won’t help the cool relations between Obama and Netanyahu. For Romney,…
Will Israeli Traffic Recharge My iPod?
Remember when bouncing on a bed generated electricity which powered your bedroom lightbulb? Oh. No wait, that was only a dream I had. Well InnoWATTech, an Israeli company, has invented a way to…
Sarah Palin as Victim of Blood Libel? Oh my…
Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, former Republican Vice Presidential candidate and current moron-du-jour released a statement today where she denounced efforts to blame her for the recent shooting rampage in Tucson. In…
The Jewish Media Conspiracy: Beer and Challah Edition
Andrew Krucoff, of the Jewliciously Bar-Mitzva-ed Andrew Krucoffs, is having hipster Shabbat parties at his apartment with reckless abandon. Because it physically hurts me to recount the whole piece for you, I would…
You sure look yummy today, Benji.
Rumour has it that Benji Lovitt enjoys a particular commitment to chummus. I don’t know on what date Benji and chummus celebrate their anniversary, but could there be a better way to show…
