Now that Hanukkah’s over, I guess the next wave of Jewish videos will be those that directly correlate the Jews and Christmas. There’s a long tradition of this sort of thing, from the...
Hanukah Message for Don from Matisyahu
Happy Hanukkah! This year I want to help my friends Dana and Joseph bring their father, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, home from prison. Don Siegelman was convicted of an implied quid pro quo...
Favorite Jewliciousy Books of 2012
As the secular year ends, let’s share the titles of our favorite Jewlicious books of 2012. In no particular order: The Middlesteins. A Novel by Jami Attenberg (Grand Central Publishing) For...
Nechemya Weberman Guilty on 59 Counts of Sexually Abusing a Young Satmar Girl
A major moment for anti-abuse advocacy in the ultra-Orthodox community, after a string of additional successes in recent months. However, ultra-Orthodox leaders continue to avoid making efforts to...
PHOTOS FROM THE 8th SEPHARDIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
What an incredible year for Shemspeed’s 8th Annual Sephardic Music Festival. This year’s festival included the annual Sephardic Scholar Series, the Sephardic Story Slam, a massive party...
The State of The Jews: Interfaith Relationship Hanukkah Gifts
This video is described quite simply as follows: “A shiksa tries to celebrate Hanukkah with her Jewish boyfriend and things go awry.” To say the least. This is funny but if you’re...
The State of the Jews: Upstairs – “I love JDate”
What do you get when you combine “The New Girl,” “Girls” some New York Jews and a viral video? Well apparently a deal for a television show with Fox. That’s what...
Let’s Get Greasy?
Guest Post by Food Philosopher, Abby Margulies I’m currently reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Eating Animalsâ€, an exploration into the ‘whys’ of what we eat. It is a book...
Sorbet Topped Latke Wins Contest
This week, on the third night of Hanukkah, the Fourth Annual Latke Festival took place at BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music. Over 400 eaters and drinkers, and over 17 restaurants, chefs, or chefs-in...
Spotlight on Dhu Nuwas
Muffti is very grateful to our fearless leader and has succumbed to the latter’s pressure to post, after a fairly long hiatus. Anyhow, while listening to a podcast about Justinian, he came...