Another Israeli Nobel Prize – Dan Shechtman from Technion for Chemistry
In April, 6 months before the Nobel Committee’s announcement about the 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Ha’aretz published an article about Danny Shechtman, who was awarded the prize, describing the scientist and the…
Life in the Fast Lane
Tel Aviv: Israel’s answer to New York, the city that never sleeps. There ain’t much sleeping going on in Tel Aviv, and can you blame them? Because after sitting in rush hour traffic…
Israelis are Happy?
That’s right – according to a recent survey by the Gallup organization, Israel is the eighth happiest country in the world, tied with Canada, Switzerland and Australia. This came as a surprise to…
Have you read the Performance-Based Roadmap?
This is the “Roadmap” referred to in every Quartet agreement and relevant UN Security Council resolution in order to bring peace and two states for Israelis and Palestinians. It is supposed to be…
Time for Shas and Eli Yishai to Leave the Government Permanently
Eli Yishai is an idiot. Eli Yishai hurts Israel gravely. Eli Yishai is a menace to all Israelis. Eli Yishai should retire tomorrow and his party needs to disappear. His party is Shas….
That “Dead” Sea? Not so dead…
You’d think a 33% salinity rate would prevent any life form from thriving in the so-called “Dead” Sea, right? Well, apparently you, and whoever named it the Dead Sea would be wrong. When…
Prager University: Is Israel an Apartheid State?
Is Israel an Apartheid State? We have asked this question a bunch of times on Jewlicious. Now comes author and talk show host Dennis Prager with a video in his series “Prager University.”…
Welcome to the Palestinian Endgame
In November of ’09 I wrote a couple of pieces about how we had entered the Palestinian Endgame. In those posts I suggested that the Palestinians, for the first time in decades, actually…
Jury Finds Muslim Students Guilty of Conspiracy to Disrupt a Public Meeting
The so-called Irvine 11, actually a bunch of student members of Muslim Student Unions, who waged a yelling battle against Ambassador Oren, were sentenced today to probation. While they claimed free speech, the…
BDS is for the Birds
These appear to be the contents of a letter from Professor Denis MacEoin to the students of the Edinburgh University Student Association after their idiotic and bigoted decision to single out Israel from…
One Thousand Naked Israelis
Last Saturday over 1000 Israelis posed naked for American art photographer Spencer Tunick. After 75 similar shoots around the world, this was Tunick’s first in the Middle East and was meant to call…
A Question About Palestinian Statehood and the Security Barrier (aka “The Wall”)
Um, if the security barrier is racist and leads to apartheid, why do the Palestinians seek to establish a state with no Jews in it on land 92% of which sits to the…
Lulav Wars
Lest anyone think that I am overstating the animosity towards Jews being displayed by Egypt, Egypt today banned all exports of Lulavim to Israel. So despite desperately needed money for poor Egyptians, the…
Tom Friedman and his upside down world with Israel at its bottom
A couple of weeks ago, I had to write a response to an unbelievably biased and error-riddled NY Times editorial. Since then, that paper has published two more egregiously wrong editorials, but since…
How Robert Lantos disengaged from York University because of John Greyson
I have no way of verifying the authenticity of this email, although its contents are accurate enough and on the basis of the stand Robert Lantos took back during the 2009 attempts by…
Martha Stewart in Israel: It’s a Tov Thing
As Rosh haShana approached, Martha Stewart visited Israel and blogged each day about her experiences. Why Israel? Why not. The trip was funded by Israel’s Ministry of Tourism. Ms Stewart scouted locations for…
Have I got a suggestion to make!
As European politicians, economists (who for some reason still dare to voice their opinions publicly), hairstylists, and taxi drivers debate whether Greece should leave the monetary union that is the Eurozone, and while…
The Tribal Update Interviews General Tantawi
The Tribal Update interviews General Tantawi, brings you to the deck of a Turkish warship, and back to 1967 Israel.
Israel’s Embassy Attacked; Turkey Prepares Fighter Jets To Target Israel
The Jewish Channel brings your culture home. Delivering hundreds of five-star movies, original news, cultural programming, and so much more, TJC gives you the opportunity to explore all that the Jewish world has…
Look Who’s Galavanting Around Israel….
Originally posted on Size Doesn’t Matter Ok, pop culture fanatics, riddle me this: What do a political talk show host, a “Twilight” star, a Hollywood character actor, a Columbian pop singer, and a…
The Pogrom in Egypt is a Precursor for What’s to Come
There was a pogrom in Egypt Friday night. The intentions of the mob were obvious. According to eyewitness, Rev. Giovanni Esti – a Catholic priest and missionary of the Comboni order— “We saw…
September 11th 2001
Today is the 10th anniversary of the attack on New York’s Twin Towers that killed nearly 3000 people. There will be commemorations and memorials all around the world – 9/11 is one of…
So much for that trip to Cairo…
Egyptian / Israeli relations are a mess after rioting in Cairo that saw angry crowds storm the Israeli embassy, tear down its security wall, breach the compound and set its flag on fire….
The Unofficial Guide to Drugs on Birthright Israel
Registration for the next round of free trips to Israel with Birthright Israel begin on September 13/14 2011. If you’re Jewish, between the ages of 18-26 and have never been on a peer-based…
Gathafi’s Tripoli Compound Stormed: Libyan Dictator had Crush on Condoleezza Rice!
Libyan rebels in Tripoli managed to storm Bab al-Aziziya, Moamar Gathafi’s residence and stronghold. As a result, we’ve managed to find out a number of interesting things about the Libyan strongman. One of…
Today in Jews, August 23, 2011
Today in Jews, August 23, 2011 (Los Angeles) With Jews under attack in Israel and strange news from J Celebs in the press, revolution in Libya, earthquake near DC, it’s just been a…
