Debbie Friedman, considered one of the most important figures in contemporary Jewish music, passed away at 5:49 am PST after being hospitalized for Pneumonia. The Orange County Register, reporting...
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A collective mi shaberach for Congresswoman Giffords and for Debbie Friedman
Tonight in North America, two Jewish women are fighting for their lives. Collective prayers are being said for their full recoveries. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot while she was...
French Bestseller Cries Out Against… Israel
Indigène, a small publisher in France has issued a slim book of 29 pages with just 13 pages of text. The publisher is used to press runs of under 700 copies. But this book has already sold 600,000...
Are The Tears of Israeli Women An Anti-Viagra?
Psalm 126 (Shir haMaalot) says it in the Grace After Meals: “Those that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Perhaps that was the kernel for this Israeli study of drops? Seven Israeli...
Gallup: Jews are Happiest
The Gallup Poll in the United States released their latest study this week on the state of wellbeing across Americans of various faith. Jews, the study found, have the highest wellbeing, overall. The...
What Is Jewlicious?
That’s a question I get asked a lot – even by people who read this blog or have attended the Jewlicious Festival. So yeah, there’s a bunch of different things we do, which is why...
Mila Kunis and Macaulay Culkin Split
Is this some kind of epidemic? I swear I have no idea what the hell is going on. In short order Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds (not a Jew) filed for divorce, then Natalie Portman announced that...
The 100 Sexiest Jews on Twitter: Thanks #JTA100
By day they are Jewish community professionals, bloggers, social media consultants and community activists, but by night they unleash their pent up sensual energy and become the sexiest Jews known to...