Ooooh, the man is really angry. Shlomo Sand (also known as Shlomo Zand) is angry that historians like Simon Schama have critiqued his work unfavorably. Does he bother to refute their claims? No, he...
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An Oldie but a Goodie
Nina Simone singing Eretz Zavat Halav! We’re here to entertain you. (Video is fixed so check it out if you missed it the first time!)
Shlomo Sand Excoriated for Shoddy History Once Again
This is getting to be such a bad habit. This time it’s the Guardian – no particular friend of Israel, this publication – which has a London Rabbi, Jonathan Wittenberg, review the...
Remember when some of us on Jewlicious railed against the status quo on agunot?
Look, over the years here on Jewlicious, we’ve had some uncomfortable debates about aspects of halacha – Jewish law – that to some of us appeared outdated and WRONG, and to others...
New Yeshivas
There is no room for insubordination in the IDF on the basis of ideology. That has been the case since Israel was formed as a state and the IDF was constituted from the Haganah. Back then, it took...
Olive or Canola Oil?
This is the first year I’ve exclusively used olive oil for making latkes and they were unusual and good. Canola is much less expensive and can be very good in certain recipes, but I think...