Genetically engineered salmon? What could go wrong?
Really? Are they insane? The Jewish Journal has published an opinion piece about a scary development worthy of Frankenstein: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking public comments through April 26,…
Extraordinary Interview with Jewlicious Founder David Abitbol and Former Westboro Church Members
Megan and Grace Phelps-Roper are two extraordinary young women. I don’t use those words lightly. The two young women, who have recently left their notorious Westboro Baptist Church, are unusual in their grace,…
7 Things We’ve Learned from the 2013 Elections in Israel
1. “More broadly, the story of the election is the implosion of the center-left and the vivid and growing strength of the radical right.” David Remnick (New Yorker, Jan. 21, 2013) Actual results?…
Dancing Jews, um, Juice
Everybody thinks Bruno Mars is singing “dancing Jews” instead of the actual lyric, “dancing juice,” (slang for booze). But who cares, this amazing, joyous video gives us plenty of reasons to post it…
Pinkwashing: Iran to execute four for “sodomy” while Tel Aviv opens a new Gay Center, so of course Queers Against Israeli Apartheid decide to protest Israel at Toronto Pride Parade
Iran to execute 4 for sodomy, using the term for male sexual relations which are punishable by death. Gay Center opens in Tel Aviv Queers Against Israeli Apartheid announces they will attend this…
Michael Oren Should NOT Apologize to Ahmad Tibi and Here is Why
Tibi should apologize to the people of Israel. They say playing offense is a good defense and Ahmad Tibi who doesn’t strike me as much of an athlete is teaching the Israelis a…
A picture
By sheer accident I came across this photo. It seems like Shimon Peres is speaking to an attractive young female soldier. The photo stopped me because she isn’t smiling as he speaks to…
Excellent Prosor Speech at the UN Security Council
Yup, it’s bearded Jewish Man Day at Jewlicious. H/T to IMRA. Ambassador Prosor – myths and facts – Statement to the UN Security Council: Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East…
OMG, Ha’aretz just had an orgasm thanks to Paul Krugman and his minor comment about brash accusations of anti-Semitism
Don’t worry, Paul, I won’t call you an anti-Semite in this post. I’ll just explain something important about your short blog today about Beinart’s Crisis of Zionism. Namely, there isn’t much “bravery” required…
What it means to be a Jew among some Arabs
Seriously, I have no idea how to describe the following. I strongly encourage everyone who has a couple of minutes to spare to watch this video. Also note that the accuser is a…
Putting some perspective on things – the Colonel and his Gun
Shalom Eisner is apparently a very brave and capable officer. He acted bravely under fire in the 2006 Lebanon War, has helped a Palestinian woman deliver a child en route to hospital and…
A Poem for Gunter Grass: The Tin Ear
As Gunter Grass, Nobel Prize winning German author of The Tin Drum has published a poem, I thought this was an auspicious moment for me to test my poem-writing chops… The Tin Ear…
Avraham Tal acoustic version of Kol Galgal
Avraham Tal has one of Israel’s most unique voices and I stumbled across this acoustic version of Shotei HaNevuah’s (fools of the prophecy) Kol Galgal which is simply astounding. Take a listen.
Erez Lev Ari shows us how to write a love song
Erez Lev Ari is an excellent musician and songwriter. Only on his second album, he already has a number of songs that are unforgettable. Here is one of them.
Shirah Wine is Amazing and Now the Experts Agree
For years now those of us who have the great fortune of attending Jewlicious Festivals have had the pleasure of meeting the Weiss brothers, Gabe and Shimon. These are two very nice young…
Finally, an op-ed on Iran by somebody who knows and understands the drill
Israel’s Last Chance to Strike Iran By Amos Yadlin February 29, 2012 Tel Aviv – On June 7, 1981, I was one of eight Israeli fighter pilots who bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor…
Something to remember next time somebody complains about Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails
This murderer who sat in an Israeli prison and refused to divulge the whereabouts of the body of one of his victims, used his time in prison to receive a free university education…
Kol Isha Alert – What happens when you let things fester
Raymond Ibrahim writes for Middle East Forum and extensively covers the fate of Christians in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Today he published an article about the hijab that I think should serve…
It’s time to accept that Obama will be a two-term President
Look, I don’t want Obama as President of the USA. He coddles the criminals who brought us to the brink of a depression, he does a poor job of running this economy, his…
I am so sick of Tom Friedman
It’s not just that his analysis is so frequently off the mark, it’s that he says foolish things sometimes, even if he doesn’t intend them to come out they way they do. In…
Avoiding a civil war in Israel
The crazy rabbi who pronounced recently that if the IDF allows women to perform in public, then observant men should immediately leave the area even if it’s against military regulations and even if…
What was the one missing ingredient from the YU anonymous sex story? A music video!
Hat tip to New Voices, which also broke the original story. Thanks to them, I plotzed when I saw it (I have no idea what plotzing means because I didn’t grow up with…
While Newt gets in trouble for denying Palestinian nationhood, a little video crops up
Somebody needs to preserve this video before it magically disappears from Youtube. This is former Member of Knesset Azmi Bishara denying there is or ever was a Palestinian people. He is referring, by…
Shmulik Krauss
Okay, he was a troubled man in many respects, but his musical talents can’t be denied.
Kol Isha / Woman’s Voice Alert 4 – Segregation in education
Haaretz reports that in the past ten years the number of schools within Israel’s state-run religious elementary schools has grown from 25% of the schools to 65%. In some cases, segregation begins as…
Ryan Braun Wins MVP
Alright, this guy really is an amazing player, probably at an historic level of playing. He is also the fourth Jewish MVP in Major League Baseball history joining greats like Greenberg, Koufax and…
