JUST DO IT! – Livnot U’Lehibanot
What to do after your Birthright Trip, or just something cool to do while in Israel This might be the cheesiest thing to say ever, but I’m going to say it anyway with…
Torah For My Teeth
Guest post by Avram Mlotek “Too much lashon harah, eh?” my rabbi asks me playfully if I’ve been gossiping when I tell him I’ll have to reschedule a meeting because of an upcoming…
A Comprehensive Guide for Ladies: How to Avoid Schmucks in Israel
Guest Post by Michelle Esther Appelbaum, MA Educational Psychology; MBA Candidate It is easy to describe a typical Israeli “Ars”; their appearance and behavior screams so loud, the sound can practically choke you….
A Failure to Communicate
By Hannah Brown The most commonly used euphemism for autism in Hebrew is “bayat tikshoret” – communication problem. As the mother of an autistic teenage boy living in Israel, I like this term,…
A Wooden Synagogue is Rising from the Ashes
In the course of World War II, an entire class of architecture was obliterated: the elaborate and sophisticated wooden synagogues of Poland. Not a single example of these remarkable structures survived the torches….
I See Holocaust Everywhere
Guest post by Jonathan Zimmerman I am a haunted man. Each and every day, ghastly apparitions from times gone by besiege my consciousness. Often it seems only I can see them. But I…
Raising an Autistic Child in Israel: Who Is God Listening To?
Guest post by Hannah Brown, author of the novel, “If I Could Tell You” about mothers raising autistic children, which will be published in March by Vantage Point Books. Read more about it…
The State of Anti-Semitism: Better or Worse?
I remember years ago learning that there were Jewish institutions in some countries in Europe and South America (i.e., France, Argentina) that didn’t have signs, fearing that identifying themselves as Jewish would lead…
Thanksgiving with Hillel: Everything Else is Commentary
To reference pop culture “ I got a feeling’ that tonight’s gonna be a good night” Well, it WAS indeed a good night, make that a great night. Why? Tonight, the Tanger Hillel…
Presentense Fellowships in da House: Deadline to apply Sunday
It seems like everyone and their mother is talking about Jewish Innovation these days. Even the old fogey establishment is starting to focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, keeping that slacker Next Gen engaged…
Let My People Go – Jews of Struggle
Have you ever made a difference? What about taking action? Well, at the beginning of November a group of over 200 young professionals and college students celebrated those who did. Through a joint…
The Truth About Dave
By Haim Watzman. Originally published in The Jerusalem Report and SouthJerusalem.com I think it was my senior year in high school in which my friend Dave first discovered the truth. And since I…
Open Letter to Gilad: What you missed these last 5 years
Gilad, Let me first say that there are no words to describe the feelings that your release has triggered. A weird mixture of relief, happiness, and hope swept over me when I first…
The Shady Deal
Guest Post by Eric M. Danis Around this time of year, I always start feeling like I need a fix, something to just get me through the season. Inevitably, I call my local…
Chicago Russian Jews Party with Jewlicious
While most of our Hillels and programs on a summer break, Russian Hillel is active as usual. On Sunday July 31 more than 130 students and young adults from Russian Hillel gathered at…
Hummus Harvest
Gust post by Joe Tomino, drummer for Matisyahu and Dub Trio On my fifth trip to Israel I made it my mission get my hummus on. I decided I would sample some of…
Baby’s First Presidential Conference
Guest post by Jessica Snapper My first concern at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem was not that I might stumble in my heels and nearly trip into Natan Sharansky (which I did), but…
I Don’t Understand Zionism; Musings from the GA
Guest Post by Shaun Bernstein, Do The Write Thing participant at 2010 New Orleans General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America In April, I’ll be finishing up my journalism program in…
Jewish Values vs. Israeli Policies: Young Jews Disrupt PM Netanyahu in New Orleans
Guest post by Rae Abileah Rae Abileah is an alumni of several Jewlicious Festivals*. Being young and Jewish and realizing what Israel’s occupation is really like, contrary to what we may have been…
Cultural Boycott? Recent Cancellations by International Musicians Spur Debate in Israeli Public
Guest Post by Alison Avigayil Ramer and Ronnie Gross As a result of several international musicians cancelling their concerts in Israel, due to political pressures, Israeli singer-songwriter Geva Alon held a free concert…
Israel, you had me at menorah.
Guest Post by Liza Schwartz Allow me to explain. After two years working at a publishing company in New York editing mostly romance novels, I joined Masa Israel’s Career Israel internship program looking…
Vote For the Friendship Circle! #votefc
Seriously. Do it now. I’ll take Jewish Geography for $1M Guest Post by Leah Jones Dave told me to write a sassy and irreverent post for Jewlicious. My very first guest post about…
Thank you, Dubai
Your obnoxious adherence to the Arab boycott made Chanukah come early for the Israelis. By Lyon Roth Source: Globes Online Dear Dubai, On behalf of many, I would like to say shukran iktir…
Do The Write Thing at the 2009 General Assembly
Guest Post by Luanna Azulay It has been a few weeks since the General Assembly for the Jewish Federations of North America, where I, along with other young Jewish journalists and public relation…
The Sweetness of Giving
by Ruth Andrew Ellenson When I was little, my father would begin every Shabbat by having each person in my family donate money to the bright blue and white tzedakah box we kept…
KosherFest with Heshy!
Fear and loathing in hechsher land! By Heshy Fried of Frum Satire I set foot into kosherfest and immediately I was overwhelmed, it kind of felt like my first time in Las Vegas,…
