Aug. 19-22, Brandeis Bardin Campus Camp Jewlicious? I know. You’re thinking “wtf?” right? Three years in the planning and the best way we have to describe it is… well, think...
Hate Crime At The Ghetto Wall
Poland continues to be a place where Jews works out deep psychological problems in deplorable ways. Last week an Israeli vandalized the last major section of the Warsaw Ghetto wall. JPost reports:...
Humor or the way having troops in the midst of another population for so long slowly corrupts values?
They’re probably 18 or 19 years old and they’re having fun. They are not hurting anybody and they’re not being violent, hostile or demeaning. In contrast with the propagandist who...
What makes music Kosher?
Good question, right!? Even though I do have a university degree in Classical Clarinet and like to dabble on klezmer clarinet to show my “Jewish” side – I wouldn’t dare go as...
Changing Directions
The Grandmuffti listened to an interesting lecture the other day by Rabbeinu Moreinu Dovid Gottlieb on the age of the universe and evolutionary theory. It struck Muffti that RDG was clearly right:...
Maital Gutman, Documentarian: Recipient of ROI Community Grant
Recently, the ROI Community announced $500,000 in project grants. These grants are meant to foster innovation and help advance projects in early to mid-stage development. We’ve decided to...
Happy Canada Day!
Why is this Jewlicious? (1) Who cares, eh? (2) At least two of the founding writers (Muffti and CK) are Canadian! So go drink a Molson, kiss a pretty lady/gent (or three, as per your tastes), play a...
Fear Not: The Torah Won’t Kill You Unless Someone Beats You With It
In Ha’aretz’s flagrantly biased, recent article regarding the Education Ministry’s decision to introduce a mandatory course of study related to Jewish tradition and culture, Bar...
Seeking Confirmation of my Paranoia?
As I sit on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and watch the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings in Washington D.C. for Elena Kagan’s nomination to the US...
Schalit March: Day 4
Is anyone marching? Would be great to hear first hand reports. And photos. From Jpost A march demanding the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit continued on its fourth day on Wednesday...