While President Barack Obama busied himself in Vietnam eating a $6 pho meal with Anthony Bourdain**, I focused my time in New York City eating hummus at a variety of locations. Over the past 72...
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News Tidbits: Bat Mitzvahs and Bad Mitvahs
The Washington Post this week reported on the adult bat mitzvah ceremonies of some retired women in their 80’s and 90’s who are residing in a retirement center Four women at the Five Star...
Is “Renegade Jew” A Glimpse of Comments To Come
Beware the true believers; they can be raw and scary. Some fervent supporters of Bernie Sanders have made death threats against local pols and even their grandchildren. And even the online media...
The Smelly Comment Heard Round The World (with Video)
Ram Emanuel reportedly once said that one should not let a serious crisis go to waste. So when a student at Harvard Law School said that Israeli MK and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was...
JewliciousEats: Hello Legumes, My Old Friends. More Jews To Eat Corn & Peas
Four months ago, the Conservative Movement’s Committee of Jewish Laws and Standards (CLJS) decided that their adherents may eat kitniyot (corn, peas, legumes, rice, soy, beans, string beans...
JewliciousEats: The 2016 Passover Recipe Roundup
It’s here. No, not Songkran (Thai New year)… although it is. No, it is the Wednesday before the Week Passover begins… the day that many newspapers and blogs publish their latest...