Author - themiddle

Here on Jewlicious, we always love a good party and have mostly been supportive of gay parades in Israel mainly because, well, because they’re fun and harmless. Having said that, we have some...

Hat tip to Failed Messiah.

I’ve just learned about this petition from Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. Note that they are not boycotting, merely passively accepting the same burden of the boycotted academics and...

Back in 1934, construction began on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an excellent university which continues to thrive today. I thought Ynet’s photo essay on the subject was all too brief...

I thought it both amusing and interesting that a mildly amusing article about Israeli passion for hummus, had commentators writing in the comments section that hummus was Palestinian food and the...

Let’s face it, we want universities and academics to have freedom of thought, of expression and of speech. Their research requires it and our societies benefit because even unpopular ideas can...