Guess what? The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is not free. Free referred to the idea of free will and one’s free-will-based affiliation with a temple. Most American temples – even free ones...
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JewliciousEats: Never Too Early For Passover Menu Planning
A great thing about Paula Shoyer’s newest cookbook is that it can inspire you and feed you year-round and not just during Passover. THE NEW PASSOVER MENU BY PAULA SHOYER Pub Date: February 3...
RafaEl – The Israeli Cannabis Without The High
The angel Rafael is mentioned in the Book of Enoch, and was one of four primary angels mentioned by post Babylonian exile Jews in some writings. The angel Rafael focused on healing; and Rafael is...
Haredi Sex Toys and Other Newsbits
Last Sunday, The New York Times Sunday Magazine profiled Bat Sheva Marcus of New York City, an Orthodox Jewish sex counsellor who specializes in counselling Jewish women and their spouses. The story...
JewliciousEats: Shabbat and SuperBowl Snack From Your Blizzard Stockpile
If you are like my Manhattan neighbors, you rushed out to the grocery stores and overbought foodstuffs for the blizzard. Here is a mac and cheese and kugel mash-up up for Shabbat or the Superbowl to...
JewliciousBiz: Mohels Getting More Adult Customers
Adult brises, like gluten free diets and kale, are trending. Although in the United States, the national child circumcision rate has dropped to 55 percent (an all time modern low) from a 1960’s...
Did a Minyan Ruin the NYC Blizzard?
The century old NYC subway, which was built to withstand a blizzard, was closed down on Monday night by the governor of New York. Non-Emergency vehicles were banned from New York roads in several...
60 Republicans Skip SuperBowl, Fly To Israel
Before knowing who was going to be in this weekend’s Super Bowl, 168 members of the Republican National Committee (RNC) had to decide whether to stay in the USA for beer and chips and football...