Innovative Solution to Kol Isha
A while back The Middle kicked off a series of posts on the issue of Kol Isha in Israel with a suggestion. Well the women of Efrat have apparently come up with their…
The Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Who Allegedly Lost His Job Due to Homemade Pornography With a Prostitute
The murder of three children and school teacher in France; a rabbi is allegedly caught on tape with a prostitute; a chat with one of the hunks from the hit series Srugim; recipes…
Oh Drake, Drakealeh, Drakeypoo, you horndog you!
I don’t think we’ve written enough about Drake – the Toronto born Jewish rapper with no less than 12 number-one singles under his belt. So when I saw him on the cover of…
ShivaWatch: A Toasted Bagel and Coffee
The Jewish, culinary and entrepreneurial world lost two leaders this week. Murray Lender who gave the world the frozen bagel, and Sam Glazer taught America to drip coffee. These men changed the way…
Toulouse Gunman Mohammed Merah, dead after Resisting Arrest
The killer of three French soldiers, a Rabbi and three Jewish schoolchildren was himself killed today after resisting arrest at the end of a 32 hour siege. Details are still emerging but Mohammed…
Thou Shall Unplug: National Day of Tech Detox, Nurturing, and Community
My name is Rabbi Yonah, and I am over-wired. Tethered to my iPhone. Waiting for the ding or buzz to announce some new tidbit of information. Someone re-tweeted. Breaking news from who-knows-where. Is…
Jewish Cemetery Desecrated: “This is Poland not Israel!”
The Washington Post brings us news of fresh anti-Semitism in Europe as vandals desecrated a Jewish cemetery this past Sunday with crude graffiti. The attack took place in the eastern Polish town of…
Marcus Freed on Fox 5 Las Vegas
Awesome! Marcus Freed is like the official Jewlicious Yogi and resident thespian. He has entertained us at numerous Jewlicious Festivals with his one man plays and his own brand of BibliYoga. He was…
Four dead in Toulouse shooting
Awful news as a loan gunman in Toulouse shot at members of the Jewish school named ‘Ozar Hatorah’. Five were injured, four were killed and three of the latter were children. The shooter…
Rockets Over Israel
This week’s top stories from the Jewish world: rocket attacks in Israel, why Israeli officials won’t be attending a U.S. conference on women, a Purim spiel gets the Broadway treatment, and more!
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…
What Sort of Jew is Obama?
A Traditional Jew, a safe Jew, a MAxwell House Haggadah Jew according to Jeffery Goldberg’s blog in The Atlantic. The post deserves reading just because it has one of the best titles of…
Can I Interest You In Some Stand-Up Comedy?
Even as a professional self-promoter, I hate self-promoting. Nobody wants to feel like they’re self-promoting. But since David/CK/Mr. Jewlicious has encouraged and allowed me to to spread some Jewlicious love, I’ll say a…
Connecting the Jews: An Interview With TribeFest Co-Chair Rachel Wright
Rachel Wright is the Co-Chair of this year’s Tribfest conference in Las Vegas, March 22-25, 2012 and sat down with Jewlicious (virtually) for an interview. Tribefest has many fans and even some detractors….
Obama, Netanyahu & Iran; Jews of Cameroon; Gay Jewish Pop Star & Ramaz Grad Tells His Story in Song
Obama and Netanyahu meet and speak at AIPAC; the traditional Purim Spiel gets a modern twist with shadow puppets — in English and Russian — at the JCC in Manhattan; getting to know…
Sunday, Sunday
Am I the only one who not only finds this incredibly funny but who is also jealous that he didn’t think of it himself? My favorite part of this is the “ma…
Shtar is restoring your soul
Hip-hop group Shtar has been defying stereotypes ever since its inception inside the walls of rabbinical college. The 5 members of Shtar boast a unique blend of hip-hop and rock with lyrics grounded…
Thank God for Atheists!
On Monday, an organization called American Atheist will erect two billboards, one next to a mosque in in Paterson, NJ, and one in an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. Both contain the message…
I Don’t Care About Mormons
Folks are in an uproar with news that Mormons have posthumously baptized Daniel Pearl, a Jewish journalist who was murdered by Muslim extremist terrorists in Pakistan. This is something the Mormons do all…
Totally Purimpalooza IX in Los Angeles, Sun. Mar. 4, 8:30pm
Purimpalooza in Los Angeles is also known as the official Jewlicious Festival afterparty! Get a head start to Purim this year when LA’s 9th Annual Purimpalooza goes 80’s. This totally tubular party will…
Did Oscars Sell out to Sacha Baron Cohen?
Oh the lengths Hollywood producers will go for dollars and ratings. But you know they say they would sell their own families for a deal, a package, or box office success. An so,…
Jewlicious 8 Begins in Less than 2 Hours!
A bunch of Jewy stuff happened this week. But you didn’t read about it here. In no particular order: Turns out Hitler was such a dirty fucker, who had bastard offspring, and they’re…
Will the Ultra-Orthodox Be Forced To Join the Israeli Army?
An Israeli Supreme Court decision says the law cannot be renewed in its current state; but does that mean it’s the end of ultra-Orthodox exemptions from military service?
Feel Like the Ehud Barak for Under $300
Sabre rattling against Iran; Iranian attacks on Israelis in Thailand* (almost), India, and Georgia; meetings between defense leaders and diplomats; and economic sanctions are heightening the possibilities for overt, direct military actions by…
Jew-Lin-cious? Jumping on the Bandwagon
Jeremy Lin knocked Tu’B’shvat off the front pages of world media. In the past fortnight, the Jeremy Lin tale has been on the lips of President Obama and China’s President-in-Waiting. A reporter of…
Iranian Bombs, Israeli Diplomats
The car-bombing of an Israeli Defense Ministry representative’s wife in India is matched with an explosion in Bangkok. It turns out that CNN didn’t fire it’s Jerusalem bureau Jews, and more.
