Pretend you are the picture editor. Which pic of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israel’s P.M. Binyamin Netanyahu do you select? The Wall Street Journal led its front page with the dour...
Huge Trove of Nazi Looted Art Revealed
Nearly two years ago, German Customs officers raided the Munich, Schwabing district apartment of 79 year old Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Nazi-confiscated Art collector and found over 1,401...
My Kosher Chicken is Cleaner, Right?
Many American thirteen year old Jewish boys and girls visit Israel with their families and return home with an energized sense of Jewish and Zionist identities. Jack Millman, a student at the...
Where do we go from here?
Do what makes you happy, they say. But what if you don’t know how to turn that into a career? What if you haven’t found your passion and are unsure how to begin? College and career...
In Pursuit of Light, Liberty & Latkes
You’ve heard of the 10 Days of Xmas? How about the 21 Days of Thanksgivukkah? In honor of the five-year anniversary of my first book, Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide For Every Member of the Tribe...
Achdut Yisrael Synagogue Nachlaot
This is another in a series that I am writing about Nachlaot. Achdut Yisarel synagogue is located in an old orphanage complex that runs between Aggripas and Yafo streets right near the Clal building...
Bethlehem: A Movie Review
Bethlehem: 2013, 99 minutes long, in Hebrew and Arabic. I resisted seeing this movie at first. I mistakenly believed that it was a polemic against how Israel’s security forces operate with...
Le Mood Montréal 2013: Plus ça change…
Jewlicious began just under 10 years ago in a digital media office in Montreal. At the time, reaching out to young, unaffiliated Jews via the Internet was a notion that was in its infancy. There were...
The Ramen Noodle King is a Jew?
Aw forget all those Nobel Prizes the Jews keep winning. Every year it’s the same thing, “The Nobel Prize Committee are proud to announce that Professor Smartypants Ben Jewstein and Doctor...
RIP Lou Reed 1942-2013
Even descriptions like “massively influential” fail to adequately describe the scope and the breadth of Lou Reed’s influence on the world of rock music over the last 50 years. Lou...