The 26th annual New York Jewish Film Festival opened last week and is filled with stories of the diversity in the Israeli and diaspora Jewish commmunities. It runs in Manhattan’s Lincoln Center...
Author - larry
Carnegie Deli Closes and Rabbi Hier Exposes
On the Sixth Day of Hanukkah in Manhattan, the line to enter the famed Carnegie Deli was over two hours long. Three hours if you wanted a table. After over seven decades of serving outrageously huge...
BabyNames: Scoring High In Both Israel and NYC – Sarah, Aya, Ethan, David, and Muhammed
The Health Departments and Population Bureaus have released the latest figures on popular baby names in New York City and Israel; and there are several similarities. In Israel, the most popular baby...
JewliciousEats: Oily Hanukkah Latke Roundup 2016 (ft. the pumpkin spiced latke and the IllumiNoshi)
Melissa Clark kicks off the roundup with her front page story on challahs and the miracle of the oil. Writing in The New York Times, Melissa shares that oil brings CHARACTER to CHALLAH without...
My Hanukkah Playlist – How I Prep for the Festival (featuring the Maccabeats)
My Hanukkah Playlist First, I go to Party City to buy a new Latka spatula. I then look for my old blue and white plush Hanukkah elf cap (see photo above); and I make sure that the potato latka...
JewliciousReads: Ten Best Book Covers of 2016
Yes. You can tell a book by its Cover. I think the following were among the Best of 2016 (actually more than ten): And by best, I mean they are unique and attract reader interest. The New...