This is dedicated to my Dad who made sure that I grew up knowing about Sid Caesar. Where to begin to talk about Sid Caesar? Not knowing is why it has taken me a month since his death to write about...
Photos from the Sephardic Music Festival! (more to come)
We just got back from our 4th and 5th event for the Sephardic Music Festival (Shahs of Sinai hookahs, world music and a Persian appetizer buffet followed by our Unplugged day! It was very chill...
Hashgacha Pratit: Part II
This is a follow up to my previous posting about Hasgacha Pratit. If you haven’t already, you should read that one before this. On Monday night March 3d Hasgacha Pratit – private kosher...
Is Putin Repeating the Mistakes of the Past in Ukraine
I know that what is happening now in the Crimea is not a Jewish related topic, but this situation is so patently absurd that I just had to say something about it. If David wants to he can remove this...
Sephardic Music Fest hits LA Weekly, NPR & Jewish Journal
With Shemspeed and Bancs Media’s Sephardic Music Festival set to begin the morning after the epic Moshav and Matisyahu performance at Jewlicious Festival X, this is a great month for epic...
10 Olim Making a Difference
The State of Israel came into being thanks to tireless work and impossible sacrifices by great leaders and olim like Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and countless others. Today, Israel...
JewliciousX: Join Us!
This time next week the 10th annual Jewlicious Festival will begin in earnest aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach California. The program features new presenters as well as some of our best...
Division Avenue Jerusalem Review
Yesterday was the opening night of the Jerusalem production of Division Avenue. The aptly titled play written by Miki Bone is ostensibly a story about hipsters, Hasids, bicycles and a street called...
Harvard’s Fifteen Hottest Freshmen: One’s even Jewish…
The lead image presented by the Harvard Crimson in its Fifteen Hottest Freshman feature shows an unsmiling, ethnically diverse group of individuals. This scene, dripping with ennui and cynicism would...
JFX Preview: Meet our Awesome Presenters
Thirty-Eight presenters, a world-class music line-up, a new Nefesh Minyan and Jewlicious Cabaret — this year promises to be unforgettable. We hope that you will join us and tickets are going fast as...