The Muffti can’t help but chuckle at the irony: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is a dude who likes to go around excoriating people (especially men) for being shallow and then manages to routinely give...
Category - Jewlicious
Everything Jewish and Delicious
Making the Beach more Jewlicious
If you’ve ever been to Venice Beach California, you may have noticed this little synagogue right on the boardwalk. Can’t remember? Let me help – it’s the building right next...
The Real Sign that Israel is Becoming a Little America…
From Haaretz: New law calls for closing bars at 2 a.m. The Ministerial Committee on Laws, which is a sub-committee of the cabinet, approved a law proposal 5-2 on Sunday that calls for all bars and...
History Brief
Maps of War (hat tip to Mentalblog)
(Sing with Me) “Arabian Top 40…”
Hi, I’m Casey Kasem and welcome to Arabian Top 40, a list of the top 40 Arab brands on the market today: will Al-Jazeera once again top the chart? And what about up-and-comer Patchi chocolate...
Indie Minyan Barbie?
Jen Taylor Friedman, famous for being the first (only?) female sofferet (or scribe – trained to inscribe mezuzahs and Torahs etc. which have to be written by hand) had some extra time on her...
Gossip on the Internet: Sin, or Sign of the Times?
What is gossip? Is blogging gossip? Is discussion of celebrity weirdness gossip? What are gossip’s defining qualities? OK, I admit that there’s a substantial element of self-promotion to...
Leonard Cohen and U2
The movie “I’m Your Man” about Leonard Cohen is interspersed with numerous cover versions of his songs. Some are good, some are mediocre, maybe one or two excel. Some of what Cohen...