Hanukkah Day 2: Forget Latkes and Sufganiyot. Try Sfenj!
Larry did a great roundup of Hanukkah treats featuring all kinds of latkes and stuff and last night, here at Beit Jewlicious, we ate some of the craziest doughnuts ever made. Today I’d…
Happy 1st Night of Hanukkah: We Test New High Tech Israeli Doughnuts
Israel is the land of tech and honey, where innovation touches upon almost every aspect of life. I say almost because it hasn’t touched every aspect, like say doughnuts. This year, like every…
2011 Top Hanukkah Videos. Or Chanuka. Or whatever…
It’s the same story every year – how do you spell Hanukkah? In Hebrew it’s easy – חנוכה – but everything Jewish is easier in Hebrew, especially if you’re in the land of…
Coming This Summer to a Theater Near You! Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator!
Sacha Baron Cohen is doing his part to make sure the Arabs love us with his new movie “The Dictator.” His character seems kind of loosely based on Libya’s Muammar Gadafi, but with…
Matisyahu Explains About the Beard Thing
Matisyahu did a radio interview on WNYC where he discussed his reasons for shaving off his beard and payos. Apparently he is still going to the synagogue, still hitting the mikveh and still…
Matisyahu Shaves Beard; Set to Join the Maccabeats
You would think the world had ended the way some people are going on and on about Matisyahu shaving off his beard and payes. Granted it was a bold move for a man…
Who Doesn’t Love Lesbian Themed Ads?
It’s that time of the year, where perhaps inspired by Santa’s List, lists of all kinds are being prepared. Tablet has their 100 Greatest Jewish Films, and I am confident that every other…
Mayim Bialik Wants You to Swab and Save a Life
Mayim Bialik has parlayed her inner dorky nerd into an acting career that has spanned decades. But she doesn’t just portray a nerd on The Big Bang Theory, she is, on top of…
Claire Danes on Conan: Tel Aviv is “…the Most intense Party town I’ve ever been to…”
Clare Danes, the star of Homeland, a 24-like show based on the Israeli series Hatufim, was on Conan the other day when the subject of Israel came up. She had been there to…
Yeah. Paper Birthday Cards are Over. Even Israelis are Getting Romantic.
The stakes have gone up. For your significant other’s next birthday, if you think a card, some flowers and dinner is going to cut it, forget about it. Here is what Meny Hilsenrad,…
Bibi and Abbas to Enjoy Palestinian Chicken?
Nooo. I’m not talking about pissed off Pakistani wife Zainab Bibi and her dead, murdered husband Ahmad Abbas. I’m talking about Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. And when…
Bibi Kills Abbas then Chops Up Body for Stew
Literally! But before you get outraged or excited, depending on your perspective, I’m not talking about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu and President of the Palestine Authority Mahmoud Abbas. This had nothing…
Tel Aviv: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
No, this is not going to be a post about the vacuousness found within certain quarters of the city by the sea. This is a post about a photo exhibition taking place at…
Oh Those Jews!
It’s like been an avalanche of silliness for Jews, Jew haters, Jewish Jew haters, and just plain morons of late. I’m not goig to label anyone, because that would be politically incorrect, but…
So like, Occupy Wall Street isn’t Anti-Semitic, ok?
I mean really, any simpleton can figure that out. You’d have to be either extremely paranoid, or extremely manipulative, or I don’t know what, to think that OWS is riddled with anti-Semitism. I…
Girl Lookit my Shlomo: Circumcised!
LMFAO Parody goes Viral! Check out this Jewish cover of LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know it” it’s called “I’m Jewish and You Know it” and is set mostly on the tayelet in Tel…
Richard Silverstein Lies in his Attack on Dan Sieradski in OWS Tweet Fiasco
I just read a 2224 word screed by Richard Silverstein about Dan Sieradski and the Occupy Wall Street, Freedom Waves Gaza Flotilla, tweet “controversy” and now all I want to do is take…
Something Happened in France and it’s Bad
Ceci n’est pas un prophète Last Week, Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, released an issue “edited” by a fake depiction of some religion’s founding Prophet. The cover depicted said Prophet stating “1000…
Latest Flotilla Intercepted by IDF. Yawn.
Last Friday, the IDF boarded two boats attempting to run Israel’s maritime blockade on Gaza. One boat was Canadian and the other Irish and they carried 27 pro-Palestinian activists, journalists and crew members….
Stereo Sinai About to Release 2 New Albums
Like the title says, Chicago/New York’s Stereo Sinai is about to release two full discs of music – “Biblegum Pop” and “The Revelation Will Not Be Televised” – 25 songs in all! The…
Eli Valley’s Spooky Halloween Hasbarah Special
It’s a perfect Halloween Trifecta! My Hebrew birthday is today, I just got my 6,666th follower on twitter and Eli Valley, the Forward’s Artist in Residence brings us yet another one of his…
The Unofficial Guide to Rocking the JFNA’s GA
Are you going to the 2011 Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in Denver in November? Will this be your first time attending the GA? Are you attending the GA as a…
Everyone is Bibi Bombing
Even Bibi… Let me explain. Remember the other day when Gilad Schalit was finally released from Hamas custody in exchange for 1027 jailed Palestinians? Remember how when he was flown in to the…
Back to the Drawing Board Boys…
Question: The Magic Wand is a) An Israel Air Force system, designed to thwart mid and long-rage missile attacks against densely populated areas in Israel b) An electric vibrating muscle massager, manufactured by…
Gilad Shalit’s Ugly Hamas Shirt…
…is a fucking fashion sensation in Gaza That’s right. Available in four colors, including the classic black worn by Shalit, the shirts are flying off the shelf in Gaza. Selling at 50 shekels…
Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt get all Kissy-Face in NYC
Since leaving now ex-hubby Ryan Reynolds last December, Scarlett Johansson has been linked to a number of new suitors including Sean Penn (gross!), Kieran Culkin and Bradley Cooper. But now US Magazine brings…
