A Southern Baptist, a Muslim, and a Jew walk into a bar… but in this case, the bar was a woodsy park encampment in the Catoctin Mountains. In THIRTEEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER: Carter, Begin, and...
Author - larry
Vogue – Getting All Political Up in My Face
A quarter century ago, in 1988, Anna Wintour took control of the world’s fashion bible: Vogue magazine. For her first issue, she chose Israeli model Michaela Bercu, then 19, as the cover model...
ADvice: New Israeli Ads – We Don’t Want You Here
Friday! Time to relax and check out some new Israeli ads. BBR, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi, recently produced the following: In celebration of the 80th birthday of Elite’s ‘Cow...
Cruz and Bieber Both Get Booed
Two U.S. national leaders got booed this week. Justin Bieber, performing in New York City at “Fashion Rocks,” and live on television, was booed by members of the audience. He responded by...
JewliciousEats: A Brazilian Rio HaShanah
During the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, I wanted to highlight a recipe or two from Brazilian-Jewish chef Leticia Moreinos Schwartz. But with the kidnappings and Gaza, I postponed that posting. Time has...
Hillels: Open, Regular, Safe, Venti, or Grande
If not now, when? I will tell you when. Tuesday, September 9. Today, Eric Fingerhut, President and Chief Hillel Officer of Hillel International, will meet with representatives of OPEN HILLEL in...
JewliciousReads: From YadaYada to Suburban Jewish Angst
In It Won’t Always Be This Great: a novel by Peter Mehlman (September 2014) we find a podiatrist walking home in suburban Long Island, NY on a frigid Friday night. He is forced to walk due to...
JewliciousHealth: Checking Breasts and Genes
Up until last week, Ashkenazi Jewish women who had relatives with breast or ovarian cancer were told to be tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations. These (BR)east (CA)ncer markers can highly...