Flotilla wins before even sailing
It seems like only yesterday that I wrote a horrified post about how stupidly Israel handled the last flotilla, which ended with the death of 9 Muslim activists and the injury of a…
Jews. Incans. Machu Picchu.
What do Jews and Incans have in common? Mystical routes beneath the snowy peaks of the Andes. Lush jungles draped with orchids and ferns. Meditation, yoga and Kabbalistic teachings as you tread along…
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…
Jews Live at Auschwitz
Get the pun? Here are two Jewlicious snippets from the 2011 Life Festival in Auschwitz, Poland:
NY Marriage Equality Passes: Jewish Backstories
On Friday evening, as the clock hovered near 10PM, the New York State Senate passed a law allowing for marriage equality and same gender marriage licenses, and NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed…
Yesterday’s Gone, Yesterday’s Gone: Facing Tomorrow One More Time
I have been thinking about tomorrow, and not just because they told me not to stop. Actually, as historian Niall Ferguson noted at Jerusalem’s recent Presidential Conference (already discussed heavily on these pages),…
The Color Usurple – Alice Walker Weaves a False Tale
Alice Walker, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and author of “The Color Purple,” was reached by Foreign Policy magazine from her hotel in Greece, as she prepares to board a flotilla (or faux-tilla…
Shiva Watch: Ah, Just One More Thing… Peter Falk Succumbs
The actor, Peter Michael Falk, the star if the television detective series, Columbo, passed away today at the age of 83. Falk played an eccentric detective and lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police…
Delta: We love to fly. And it shows… unless you’re…
Jewish? Delta Airlines awoke this week to two new stories. First, their SkyTeam alliance has entered into an agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines. Second, many bloggers have cried out, writing that Delta will…
Got Jewish Kids Who Love Bedtime Stories?
If you want to help those children learn Hebrew, then sign up today for Sifriyat Pijama, a new program delivering Hebrew children’s stories to Israeli-American and other Jewish-American families to read at bedtime….
Can We Help The Mavens Of Disaster Relief?
When tragedy struck in Birmingham, Ala., a few weeks ago, killing scores of people and leaving thousands of residents destitute, a group of Jews saw a chance for mitzvot. Heading out from their…
Presidential Conference: Israel’s Deligitimiblahblah
The panel discussion title was “De-Legitimization: Who is at Fault? Us or Them?” except that the difficulty of pronouncing “delegitimization” made the prominent guests finally give up and call it deligitimiblahblah. Yes, it…
Presidential Conference: Has the Love Cooled Between Israel and the USA?
Well, it took about 30 seconds for the first panelist, Elliott Abrams, to inform us that the answer is “no.” The next hour included echoing sentiments from the four other panelists, Martin Indyk,…
J Street and the question of the pro-Israel tent
At the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, a panel called Thin Ice – Criticism vs. Loyalty in Israel-Diaspora Relations included reporter Shmuel Rosner as moderator. Participants were Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director and founder of…
The Presidential Conference: Shakira, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Wales, Tony Blair, Bernard Henri Levi, Amos Oz
Oh and President of Israel, Shimon Peres… I just returned from day one of the 3rd annual Presidential Conference in Jerusalem. The first day certainly had its fair share of notable names at…
Shalom YPSA and Shalom YIISA
With commencement over and the campus empty of many students, activists, student newspaper editorial writers, and faculty, Yale University announced that it is shuttering its Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism,…
Camp Jewlicious: It’s like a Jewlicious Festival, but with Horses!
…and bonfires and hiking and mountain bikes and climbing, you get the point, right? Are you ready for electrifying concerts, bonfires, swimming, alpine tower, s’mores, horseback riding, Israeli folk-dancing, mountain biking, tie-dyeing, drum…
Tel Aviv Beginnings
Tiroche Auction House is selling a 46 photo album of the photographs of Avraham Soskin. He’s the man behind the famous photo from 1909 of the division of lots in Ahuzat Bait, the…
Shiva Watch: Israel’s Richest and the World’s Noblest
Early June experienced some significant passings, including: Mietek Pemper: Mieczyslaw (Mietek) Pemper passed away in Augsberg, Germany this month at the age of 91. Pemper was a prisoner in the Plaszow concentration camp,…
Dear Kids, Happy Father’s Day! Love, Dad
My two youngest sons, aged four and eight, hid some notes for me under the decorative challah cover Friday night. As I went to make the ceremonial blessing over the challah, in front…
Matisyahu Brings Message Of “One Day” To Auschwitz
What is the world’s most famous Jewish musician doing in Poland this weekend? He is bringing the message of “One Day” to Auschwitz: “One day this all will change treat people the same…
Natalie Portman has a Boy! Will there be a Bris?
Natalie Portman, the Jerusalem-born Oscar winner, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on June 14. The boy’s name hasn’t been announced and the suspicion is that, in keeping with Jewish tradition, she…
Ninel’s Samovar
I first met Ninel in 1991 when I was introduced to Ninel by her son Mati. Mati was a young, charismatic student leader at the forefront of the resurgence of Jewish life in…
Bloomsday in Kikar Bryant and Rehov Eccles Sheva
There are few joyous Jewish holidays between Shavuot and Jerusalem Day in June, and the start of the High Holidays in September, unless you also count The Tony Awards and Bloomsday. Neil Patrick…
Bekay’s Holocaust tribute video “Remember”
Bekay’s Holocaust tribute video “Remember” is out! “Remember” was meant to be different from day one. The vision was clear, the two artists Bekay and DJ Dbefekt joined forces with the Deer Studio…
