Much of the point of events geared at young American Jews– “young” loosely defined as 14 to menopause— is the production of Jewish babies. Such a goal, however worthy one...
Author - phoebe
The Zionist Idea, more than just an idea!
I responded to Laya’s post about intermarriage on my blog. I linked to the response from Jewlicious, but for some reason (my pathetic Internet) it never quite went up. I’m reading Arthur...
Rationalizing in a Winter Wonderland
Cindy Chupack’s piece in the New York Times Style Section, “Jewish in a Winter Wonderland,” is a glorious Christmas “coming out” story, of a married couple, both Jews...
“Obstinate Hebrews”
I have now met two of the other Jewlicious bloggers, and so my sense of this blog as an imaginary entity is slowly disappearing. Which is a good thing, and which makes explaining to my classmates my...
What’s the opposite of “shiksappeal”?
“You’re pretty… What do you mean, I can’t see you Friday night?” –an anonymous friend of mine, on being a non-Jewish admirer of Modern Orthodox women.
He wanted a quick intellectual experience, but then wanted the girl to leave.*
Gawker links to a New York Post story about a rabbi whose actions will make all of the secular/cultural/national/anticlerical Jews among us feel rather smug. But there’s a bit of smugness to be...