Tiyul B’Aretz: Study Abroad Where Israel Is Your Classroom
Tiyul B’Aretz is a new way of engaging Israel outside the current institutional avenues. If only this program was around when I was in college! Tiyul B’Aretz is run by Tamar Field-Gersh and…
Miike Snow’s Animals get the Dillz & Diwon Remix
If you missed Kosha Dillz at Paid Dues’ Passover/Shabbat Tent sponsored by Jewlicious AND you missed Miike Snow at Coachella this past weekend, don’t fret because Miike Snow, Dillz & Diwon wyle out…
write me off!
April 15th is almost here. And, this year for many of us it marks the day of truth. Can we really go another 8 days without eating bread continuing the South Beach/Atkins diet…
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….
Drake’s (Re) Bar Mitzvah Video Debuts
We made reference to this video in a previous Drake-related post and now it’s dropped. Yes, Drake is Jewish and the video was shot shot at Temple Israel in Miami, but can you…
#NextGenJewCon: JFNA’s TribeFest Hits The Jackpot
The laughing and eager crowd of mostly single, Jewish adults were watching the large projection screens at the front of the conference hall, because the on-stage speaker, Rachel Dratch, appeared tiny and barely…
The Ten Minute Seder, World’s Shortest Kosher Haggadah
Want a quick Seder to do with anxious relatives or kids? Presenting the “Ten Minute Seder.” This Hagaddah is two pages long and was created to be used at a Shabbat Tent Seder….
Dozens Arrested in France
Approximately thirty people have been arrested in France on suspicion of verbally supporting terrorist activity in the weeks since the shooting deaths of three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi followed those of several…
Shemspeed brings the Passover funk
During a time when some Jews refrain from listening to live music – Jewish rap super star, Y-Love and beatbox superstar Yuri Lane (who has over 13 millions hits on youtube) create all…
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…
The Tin Bum: Did Gunter Gross Write a Pre Passover Blood Libel?
Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, and artist – best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum – has written a poem in the SudDeutsche Zeitung today, which tells Europe…
The No Tin Foil, User-Friendly, Going Kosher for Passover Guide
Please, leave the blowtorch in the garage. NEVER, ever, don’t even consider, using tin-foil to cover any surface or your kitchen except around burners of a stovetop. This is not NASA, it’s a…
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.
New Internships and Jobs at Jewlicious!
Work for one of the most dynamic and innovative Jewish organizations around. Are you a friendly, passionate and self-motivated individual? Apply now these these positions! Positions starting immediately and for Summer. Festival Production…
Sheldon Adelson: The Jewlicious Interview
Sheldon Adelson is one of the richest and influential men in the world. Beyond the recent headlines about his support for Gingrich, Adelson is the largest contributor to the largest program in the…
If You Prick Habima, Does It Not Bleed? Emma Thompson Joins BDS
The British Globe To Globe festival is staging 37 plays by Shakespeare performed in various languages at the Globe Theater. They will celebrate productions from Turkey, Ramallah, Iran, and China. (Thank god those…
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…
Nose Job Music Video Gets Dr. Schnoz in Trouble
With all the talk in the Jewish Press over plastic surgery, one has to wonder – where is the music video? Right? Grogger’s lead singer gets a nose job in this recent music…
Get Yo’ Matzah at Paid Dues: Jewlicious and Kosha Dillz Bring Passover to Annual Hip Hop Mega Festival
Jewlicious will be holding a Shabbat Tent Passover Seder at Paid Dues Festival lead by rapper Kosha Dillz at 6pm on April 7, 2012, in San Bernardino, California. Paid Dues, one of the…
You can touch Rachel Bloom’s Boobies
Comedian Rachel Bloom perfectly captures the sex obsessed mind of a 12 year old boy in this NSFW YouTube Video. Because the boy in question, Jeffrey Goldstein, is Jewish and is studying for…
BBYO Foils MPAA Bullies
Today in North America, BULLY, a documentary about bullying, opens in half a dozen selected theaters. The documentary has been talked about online for nearly a year (since its screening at the TriBeCa…
Why The Jewish School Shooting in France Could Be Just the Beginning for Al Qaeda in Europe & the West
The shooting of three Jewish children and a rabbi in France was the act of a lone gunman — but it turns out that there could be quite a lot more to fear.
Nutmeg Matzo Balls?
It is the Wednesday before Passover preparations and shopping really begin in earnest, so traditionally, North American and other publishers print stories and recipes for their Passover observant readers. Let’s take a peek:…
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.
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…
Le Grand Mechant Pimp: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Oh, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was once the head of the International Monetary Fund. He was the leading candidate to be France’s next President. Things were looking great for DSK. And then it all went…
