Sitting in New York City, today, eating lunch, and reading The New York Times about the Moishe House urban kibbutzes (or “ir-butz’s”) in the USA (They said it was like “the...
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Sundance Update #5A: It’s a Wrap(-up)
At the close of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, actor David Hyde Pierce, dressed as a rebellious rapper with a knit cap to protect himself from the Park City chill, beckoned filmmakers to quiet down...
Sundance Update#5B – It’s a Wrap(-up)
…. “Bus” is an Israeli short documentary directed by Yasmine Novak. It is an examination of those who live amidst the complex rules, walls, checkpoints, soldiers, and entry permits that make...
Sundance Update #4: A Piece of Work Is Not Drek
One of the hottest tickets at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival was the documentary, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,” directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. The documentary, which follows Ms...
It’s Not Over Til the Fat Cantor Sings
Contrary to rumors swirling around the Upper West Side of Manhattan and other Jewish ghettos, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America is NOT closing its cantorial studies program or merging it...
The Tour When You Age Out of BirthRight
Pity the JewLicious readers who have aged out of BirthRight Israel; Cry for those for whom the first season episodes of Srugim don’t float their boat. But wait… now there is a tour of and...
The Nominee From Israel
Although figure skaters may be left at home in Israel when The Winter Olympics’ torch is kindled in February, some Israeli filmmakers will get to travel to LA for the Academy Awards telecast in...
Sundance Update #3
HOLY ROLLERS was one of the most anticipated films at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. A film, inspired by the actual events of a few Hasids who acted as drug mules for an Amsterdam-to-NY Ecstasy...