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Is My British £5 Note Kosher? Or at least Halal?
By larry on 12/1/2016
I remember back to 1857, when the British rulers of India issued gunpowder cartridges to its Hindu and Muslim soldiers that contained animal tallow as...
Rabbi… Is There A Prayer To Recite While Voting, or at least Waiting in This Long Line at the Poll?
By larry on 11/8/2016
As American citizens go to the polls across the United States and its territories and cast their votes, there have been reports of long waits,...
Monday The Justice Skipped Court – Or Why The First Monday in October Was Quiet
By larry on 10/7/2016
The late author Harry Kemelman and his character, Rabbi David Small, would be proud to know that on Monday The Justice(s) Took Off. “The First...
Why Is Your (Jewish) Surgeon More Likely To Vote For Trump?
By larry on 10/7/2016
It all started at Yale University with a study on whether the political affiliation of your physician affected treatment. Professors Eitan D. Hersh and Matthew...
JewliciousReads: Is Elena Ferrante an Italian-Jewish Author? Outing a Best selling anonymous author
By larry on 10/5/2016
Is best selling author Elana Ferrante actually Anita Raja, a Jewish Italian translator at Edizioni E/O in Italy? So said the gossip site DagoSpia months...
JewliciousArts: RainbowWashing Jerusalem and Some Other Fall Art Museum Shows
By larry on 9/18/2016
Just in time for the Jewish High Holy Days, New York City’s >Metropolitan Museum of Art wil open a show titled “JERUSALEM: 1000 – 1400...
NewsBits: Mishna In Mississippi Court, Ben-Hur de-Judaized, a Prayer for a Gold Medal, and More
By larry on 8/18/2016
This week marks 25 years since the riots between Hasidic (Lubavitch) Jews and black residents in Crown Heights in Brooklyn – an event that former...
JewliciousReads: 18 Things You Learn From Amy Schumer’s Collection of Essays
By larry on 8/17/2016
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer Publication Date; August 16, 2016 Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster We dropped by...
Jewish Summer Campers Try Neutering Hebrew To Make It Gender Neutral
By larry on 8/12/2016
The campers at Habonim Dror’s Camp Morasha in the woods of Northeast Maryland are a creative bunch. Sleeping halfway between Lancaster and Baltimore, they have...
Is WikiLeaks Exploiting the Murder of Jewish DNC Staffer By Offering a $20K Reward?
By larry on 8/10/2016
Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange appears to have suggested in an interview on Dutch TV’s Nieuwsuur that Seth Rich, a staff member of the DNC, was...
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Required Story on Jewish Athletes in Rio #Olympics
By larry on 8/5/2016
The 2016 Olympics have arrived. So many stories on security, unfinished facilities, and Zika fears. Oh, the Greek Gods are so fickle. But let’s focus...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum asks Pokemon Go to Pokemon Stop
By larry on 7/12/2016
As the world downloads and plays Pokémon Go, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has asked the maker of the online game to Pokémon STOP, and...
NewsBits: Keeping Calm, Observing Dana, Spanking Max, Drinking Sangrias, Satmar Swimming, and More
By larry on 7/6/2016
The UK Guardian starts off the morning with a story on Jewish households in the United Kingdom, titled, One in four married or cohabiting UK...
JewliciousReads: My Summer Reading List
By larry on 7/6/2016
Guess what? I never read all of “Night” or “Dawn.” It is about time I did. NIGHT by Elie Wiesel 2006 paperback Edition Hill and...
Shul Members March on DC Gay Bar and Other Jewish Related Responses to Orlando
By larry on 6/15/2016
It happened less than a week after the terror attack in Tel Aviv. The Orlando attack began at 2 AM, as many Jews participated in...