Mikey Pauker’s Hinei Mah Tov, Eeoohh!
Check out Shemspeed’s newest artist, Mikey Pauker’s new music video which premiered on Artist Direct today! Pick up your slick Semitic Keffiyeh at www.semiticswag.com and be on the look out for Mikey’s upcoming…
Are Israeli Textbooks Any Better Than Palestinian Ones?
Today, a report of a comprehensive comparison between Palestinian and Israeli textbooks was released in Jerusalem. For decades, the common wisdom among politicians has been that Palestinian schoolbooks reinforce hatred towards Jews and…
Former Mayor of New York Ed Koch dead at 88
Former Congressman and three-term Mayor of New York Ed Koch passed away today. Koch was quite a character, and lots has been written about the man who rose from his modest beginnings as…
Superbowl’s Sloppy Jewish Kiss
GoDaddy.com is known for its edgy – or offensive – Superbowl television commercials. On February 3, 2013, its primary ad will feature Israeli supermodel, Bar Refaeli, representing beauty, in a very sloppy, intrusive,…
SuperFilmBowl – A Weekend of Films
Sure. I will make it home in time for the Super Bowl’s ads and the Puppy Bowl, but my primary focus will be on three films that open in NYC today. THE GATEKEEPERS,…
The Jewrotica Interview: Ayo Oppenheimer
Ayo Oppenheimer is the founder and editor of Jewrotica.org – she will be speaking at the Jewlicious Festival on March 8-10 in Long Beach, CA. We caught up with her while she was…
The Holocaust Never Actually Happened. Thank God!
Oh what a relief! I mean 6-million dead Jews, it’s too much, too heartbreaking to contemplate! But today, amid the anti-government rioting, there’s good news out of Egypt. Those 6-million dead Jews? They…
What do American Idol and Jewlicious Festival Have in Common?
The Queen Mary. Tonight on American Idol they will be showing auditions that were filmed on the Queen Mary. We at Jewlicious always pride ourselves on being “ahead of the curve”, so it…
My Trip to Bountiful
Indulge me. My narcisstic blog of my average Sunday in NYC. Sunday began with a trip to a morning minyan, where I learned that a nonagenarian member of the minyan had passed away….
Numbered, Nagila: Two Highlights of the NYJFF
The sixteen-day 22nd annual New York Jewish Film Festival, presented by The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, ended last week. Two of the standout documentaries they screened were Hava…
Jewlicious and NU Campaign Get together for T-Shirt Goodness!
As far as I’m concerned it’s a match made in heaven. We’re super pleased to announce that from this day forth, if you want Jewlicious swag, you can get it from NU Campaign!…
Chuck Hagel’s Suez Gift
Former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel is working Capitol Hill in advance of his attempt to be confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense. Like an expectant father passing out cigars, Hagel did…
The Best Explanation You’ll See of What Israel’s Election Results Mean
What do all those different party tallies really mean? We give you the answers.
Tohuwabohu
Among the many loanwords, idioms, and sayings German has borrowed from Biblical scripture (Gen 1:2 here), “Tohuwabohu†might be among the most catchy – in no small part because its sound well reflects…
Israel Votes: The Day After
Yesterday was election day in Israel. It began inauspiciously enough… Google Israel graced us with an appropriate Google Doodle, the sun was shining and outside it was unseasonably warm and spring-like. People streamed…
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?…
MC Schumer Tells Inauguration, Let Them Eat Pie
MC Chuck Schumer, the Senator (NY-D) who is serving as the MC for the inauguration in Washington DC today has control over the lunch menu, and he is pushing pie, an apple pie…
NYC Health Department Wins Challenge From Ultra-Orthodox Groups in Federal Court
A challenge of the City Health Department’s efforts to warn parents of the dangers of a rare and controversial circumcision practice has failed in federal court.
Kosha Dillz Putting Hustle to the Test With Kickstarter Project
Kosha Dillz, past performer at Jewlicious Festivals, and the hardest working rapper anywhere, has put the hustle to the test with his Kickstarter project. The film is entitled, “Kosha Dillz is Everywhere: The…
Jewlicious Shabbat @ Sundance Film Festival
For our third year in a row Jewlicious will be co-sponsoring shabbat programming at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. More than 50,000 people attend screenings every year at the festival….
Jewlicious Supports Songs for Slim
Jewlicious Festivals is proud to serve as fiscal sponsor the Songs For Slim series, a fundraiser to help Slim Dunlap, former guitarist of The Replacements who is recovering from a massive stroke. Click…
New Herpes Circumcision Infection
More controversy over a rare circumcision practice; will ultra-Orthodox Israelis be included in the draft?; and an Israeli prostitution ring busted. Plus Christian Niedan reports on Hans Sachs’ collection of poster art reclaimed…
Another Reason to Love Lena Dunham
We have one more reason to love Lena Dunham. She is a dating a Jewish dude, Jack Antonoff, the guitarist from the band fun. Yes, that is right. A famous Jewish actress is…
What is Jewlicious Festival?
We get that question a lot. It’s more than any other kind of weekend, and needs to be experienced to really get-it. HOWEVER, here is a short description: An agenda-free Jewlicious party of…
This Weekend, Live for Now!
Bonhom’s “Live for Now” is the first single off the forthcoming Top of the World EP, set to be released in early 2013. The video premiered on Spinner this weekend and with its…
Justin’s Israeli BiebsterGuard Sues for 420
Snow in Jerusalem and Snakes on a Plane Makes Me Post Weird Things. Popstar Justin Bieber’s ex-bodyguard is suing the Canadian-born performer for over $420,000 according to TMZ.com. Moshe Benabou, who guarded Bieber…
