Gambling Mensch Wins Student International Jewish Film Competition
Gambling Mensch, a nine-minute film from San Francisco State University Student filmmaker Jason Zavaleta, was announced today as the winner of the Best Picture, of the The Student International Jewish Film Competition, The…
MATISYAHU NYC Dec. 15 – and yet another Jewlicious Hanukkah Giveaway!
First of all, congratulations go out to Jewlicious reader Valerie G. who won a pair of tickets to see Matisyahu at Port Chester, NY. But the giveaway goodness isn’t over yet! We now…
Old Jews Telling Jokes: The Contest!
It started with a simple concept. A web site that presents old Jews telling jokes. Simple, straightforward and lacking all pretension, we immediately fell in love, as one old Jew after another shared…
Thanksgiving with Hillel: Everything Else is Commentary
To reference pop culture “ I got a feeling’ that tonight’s gonna be a good night†Well, it WAS indeed a good night, make that a great night. Why? Tonight, the Tanger Hillel…
Oh Those Jews!
It’s like been an avalanche of silliness for Jews, Jew haters, Jewish Jew haters, and just plain morons of late. I’m not goig to label anyone, because that would be politically incorrect, but…
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…
Mind, Body and Soul in Synagogue
Romemu, NYC For some people, temple is temple and yoga is yoga. They don’t mix. You may not want to see your Rabbi doing downward dog, or saying “Namaste†instead of “Shalom.†I…
The Jewish Media Conspiracy: Beer and Challah Edition
Andrew Krucoff, of the Jewliciously Bar-Mitzva-ed Andrew Krucoffs, is having hipster Shabbat parties at his apartment with reckless abandon. Because it physically hurts me to recount the whole piece for you, I would…
Last Yiddish Bookstore in NYC faces Closure; Israel Expands Arabic Language Instruction
Things to come? New York City’s last secular Yiddish bookstore is set to close shortly, unless someone steps in and finds it a new home. The “store”, called the “Central Yiddish Cultural Organization”…
Win One of 2 Pairs of Tickets to SIN in NYC
Another SUPER easy Jewlicious Contest When Isaac Bashevis Singer’s stories were serialized in the Yiddish Forward, the Chassidic typographers complained about the pornographic content. He’s even better on stage. The devil, demons, and…
Rabbi Haskel Besser – Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet
It is with great regret and sadness that we note the passing of Rabbi Haskel Besser. For over 40 years he led Congregation Yisroel Chaim on the Upper West Side and he was…
From Date to Mate: Webisode 2
OK, so Shalom TV’s online series, depicting the lives of Jewish singles is NOT The West Wing. But my friend S_, a single, Jewess in New York did describe it as “spot on!”…
From Date To Mate: WTF?
No seriously. WTF?? From Date to Mate is a faux reality show, sort of like The Office, except here, a camera crew follows around 20-30 something Jewish singles in New York as they…
Wolves aren’t kosher, but lambs are.
The mysteriously named Wolf & Lamb Steakhouse in Midtown Manhattan is a great meat restaurant for a date or just to stuff your face with great food. Dani Klein from YeahThatsKosher.com checks out…
NY Lunchbox is bigger than a box, and has more than just lunch
Earlier this fall, NY Lunchbox opened up in the Garmet Center of Midtown Manhattan. Dani Klein from YeahThatsKosher.com checks out this restaurant for Jewish Travel TV. Check it out.
Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man NYC Premiere Ticket Giveaway!
We’re not really good at contests here at Jewlicious. We just give stuff away and we don’t ask you to do silly things like write a soul searching essay or eat hot dogs…
Reinventing Ritual at the Jewish Museum NYC
And a Jewlicious/Heeb Magazine Giveaway! From September 13, 2009 to February 07, 2010, the Jewish Museum is putting on an exhibit titled Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life. The exhibition…
The Hanukkah Fun Never Stops: Major League Dreidel and Heavy Metal
Join Major League Dreidel on Sunday December 21st at Fontana’s located at the edge of Chinatown on the Lower East Side at 105 Eldridge Street between Broome and Grand for the 2008 MLD…
Heeb sweeps the Onion (with a little help from me)
Every Tuesday during the summer in Central Park, various teams made up of the city’s media elite compete in various sports challenges. As the house organ of the people that actually do control…
ck is going to New York – Thanks Nefesh B’Nefesh!
This is kind of cool. I am blogging from Ben Gurion Airport (free wifi is so civilized!). I am going to board in about 10 minutes and I have an awesome seat. Yay!…
So. Have you been Donored yet?
Fund raising Bitches in the process of getting donored I read Eli Valley’s latest post on Jewcy with some amusement, albeit said amusement being somewhat tempered by it’s reliance on a cavalier attitude…
¿Quien es más Jewliciouso? Ciudad de los Judios!
Jerusalem has always held a special place in the hearts and minds of the Jews. Our daily liturgy is peppered with hopes and prayers for the well being of Jerusalem. We pray facing…
From Jerusalem to New York
Dear New York, First of all I wanted to congratulate you on the miraculous victory of the New York Giants over the New England Patriots in last night’s Super Bowl. My good friend…
A Storm of Snow and Moguls…
This is what I woke up to yesterday morning. Winter in Jerusalem is already difficult enough but when you add snow to the mix, oy… what a balagan (mess). The last couple of…
Why Jews should support the Red Sox over the Yankees
A fine article by Bradford Pilcher (Bradford is a Jewish name?) where he seeks to convert the Jewish baseball fan from supporting the New York Yankees to supporting the Boston Red Sox. The…
