The nature of big tent coalitions is that groups with various ideas and missions combine together for a greater good. Such was the character of the Women’s March in Washington in January 2017. Many...
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(((NYT’s Weisman))) on American/Israeli Jewish Schism – and – Other Shivas and Newsbits
Just days after being named by JTA to be among the top fifty people to follow on the Jewish Twittersphere, (((Jonathan Weisman))), the deputy Washington editor of The New York Times has written an...
NYC Rabbis Aquiesce – Female Comedian Could Perform at Kosher Restaurant
Last month, Jewlicious shared the story of NYC Orthodox Jewish comedian, Leah Forster. Her show was cancelled at a kosher restaurant after the restaurant owner had his kashrut certification...
Jewish Squirrel Eats Chinese for Xmas, too.
There are those who joke that Jewish people eat Chinese (cuisine) for Christmas. But in New York City, many others do, including squirrels. Truth be told, I ate at three separate Asian cuisine...
Hershey’s Chocolate Brisses – Who’s Circumcising Kisses Before New Years?
It was first noticed in Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh and Philadelphia media sites began to receive complaints from holiday bakers, perhaps since the kisses are made in Hershey, PA. The iconic tips of...
Second Oldest pre-Inquisition Torah Scroll (and more) To be Sold in NYC
DECEMBER! Time for Sotheby’s annual sale of Israeli and International Art and Judaica. For 2018, it will be held on December 18 and 19 in Manhattan. While few of us have the disposable income or...
Lords (Vaad) of Flatbush Bully Orthodox Female Comedian, Albany Lawmakers Menace Felder, And Other Newsbits
Leah Forester, a popular, up and coming Orthodox Jewish stand-up comedian booked performances at a kosher restaurant in New York City: the Garden of Eat-In. Sadly, according to Forester and the...
Human Dreidel Spreads Love to NYC Subways, Rock Ctr, and City
If you were down and enraged after reading The New York Times Op-Ed maligning Hanukkah (by novelist Michael David Lukas, titled The Hypocrisy of Hanukkah), then you will be uplifted by the NYC HUMAN...