From the producers of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and other quality television shows comes the latest and greatest foray into reality television… Watch as a dozen competitors...
Author - Esther Kustanowitz
“There’s No Kvetching in Baseball!!”
Greetings, sports fans! Call me Bob Uecker because this post is juuuuuust a bit outside my regular range. Tonight, instead of drafting a column or taking in a draft beer or plugging up the cracks in...
Think of Israel
[cross-posted from My Urban Kvetch] Think of Israel. Think of shwarma and hummus and felafel, of course, but also of Krembos and Bamba and Shoko BaSakit, the iconic gastronomical emblems of the state...
“Arrested” Development: Rabbis Go Wild
On Tuesday, a group of rabbis and Jewish community leaders gathered at the Isaiah Wall in NYC (opposite the UN) to protest the fact that Iran has not been expelled from the United Nations. They were...
24 Hour Party People
When Yom Hashoah is over, that means only one thing in New York and in other cities with large Jewish populations: it’s Yom Ha’atzmaut party season. (Hey, isn’t it the Omer? I...
“Beat” This…
Hi, my name is Esther K. and I’m your VJ over here at JMTV, Jewlicious Music Television. Welcome back to TUL, Totally Unrequested Live, where we are lucky to have for you a premiere song by...
Awards Season: Here Come the JIBs
Nominations for the Jewish and Israel Blog Awards (JIBs) are open until Thursday, with wacky new categories, some nominees listed with a warning (“some mature content”; “adult...
Harry Potter and the Circumcised, Um…
This “are celebrities Jewish?” thing has gone too far now, with “Equus” audience members identifying Daniel Radcliffe as a member of the tribe by noting a distinctive...