As Jews we pray for peace three times a day, and we know the pursuit of peace is one of Judaism’s highest values. But how often do we lay people really get to do something for peace? Well...
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The Hannuka Story – Is It As False/Misleading/Open to Radical Interpretation…
as much of the old testament seems to be? Recent scholarship suggests that the answer may well be yes, and that the Hannuka story is largely Hashmonite propaganda and exaggeration, fostered by a...
Stop Kvetching – Start Saving!
American Apparel has declred December 25th “Online Jewish Shopping Day” and they’ve also added a Jewish educational component to boot! American Apparel explains on their corporate...
American Apparel Sold
Heck, we’ve written a lot about them and now the company is no longer Mr. Charney’s. The New York Times reports they’ve been sold to a private equity firm for nearly $400 million...
Adventures in Babylon: Good For The Jews
Last Thursday, I attended the first show of the Good For the Jews concert tour. It’s really remarkable how much Jewy stuff goes on in New York, especially this time of the year. Maybe people...
On the fourth night of Hannukkah….
So you know how I mentioned that despite my living in the Jewish state, come December, I just can’t get Christmas tunes out of my head? Call it a Pavlovian response, call it the cold, rejected...
“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...
Kosher Chic???
The Washington Post Times has an article about how kosher is going gourmet. All well and good, right? Until you realize that the article is actually about Manischewitz. The country’s largest...