What do Purim, werewolves, Native Americans, Celtic horsemen, Halloween, and the Greek deity Diana have in common? I was going to do a post on this, but then figured I’d let you find out about...
It’s Purim. Is Hashem Angry?
Well, something’s going on… Last night in New York Aish Hatorah organized a swank, star studded Purim party at the Sony Atrium. The party was hosted by Chris Noth, Mr. Big from Sex and...
It’s Purim Time!!
Purim and Activism from Eli Joseph – Taken from my living room in Maaleh Adumim Some thoughts.. When I was growing up, I had a very minimal relationship with Purim. For me, it felt like the...
Jewish News You Can Use
As snow blankets the Northeast portion of the USA (16+ inches in NYC), and hamantaschen bakers in the NYC metro area worry about whether they can bake enough and if customers can dig out to make...
One Day; One Day; One Daaaayyy…there will be peace between Yuri Foreman and Matisyahu
Yonah and their gang had a very good time at Jewlicious 6.0 held in Long Beach last week. The LA Jewish Journal has covered it, and included an interesting clip of WBC world welterweight boxing...
UC Irvine Developments, including a hint of hideous speech from a UC Irvine Professor
Mark LeVine, a professor of modern Middle Eastern history at UC Irvine said in 2007, about attempts to quell some initiatives taken by the MSU and other UCI organizations involved in anti-Israel...
This is a Surprise
Muffti has been a way for a while, and he sees that the landscape has changed in his absence: writers are throwing around words like ‘reificatory’ akwardly and the Middle is back to...
Israel, you want Lieberman so bad for Purim.
Wellp, my Purim costume is all set. As Purim approaches, a new poll found that the political figure whom the most Jewish Israelis want to dress up as is—drum roll, please—Foreign Minister Avigdor...
Yay – I’m Now Repping Jewlicious
What up y’all? Â This is Rabbi Drew a/k/a Drewlicious a/k/a Drew Kaplan a/k/a the newest Jewlicious blogger. Â I think this was a dream of mine when I began blogging four and a half years ago...
Frizzy Fashion Means Freedom For Our Females, Finally!
Sorry. I couldn’t resist. One of the more disturbing hair trends of the past decade is on its way out, at least judging by the latest looks on the runway. What am I talking about? I’m...