Months ago, I e-mailed a friend (let’s call him Earl) about who-remembers-what. Earl is also a writer, and in addition, works in photography, film, and music. He is waiting for his Big Break...
J Street: A New Avenue for Ideas or a Dead End? Day 1
Washington DC has a grid of numbers and lettered streets overlayed with diagonal avenues named for U.S. states. There are smaller streets in alphabetic order which ascend in sequence by their numbers...
Jerusalem Audience Awed by Sderot Girls’ Theater Performance on Rocket Life
Israel Government Press Office Director, calls show “fantastic.” Jerusalem–On Monday night, October 26, the high school girls of the Sderot Media Center Community Treatment Theater...
J Street Students a Little Confused
The Jerusalem Post reported that the student section of the J Street U national conference voted to remove the words “pro-Israel” from their self-description while keeping the words...
The Hip Hop Sulha Returns to New York
Jewish and Muslim MCs, beat boxers and spoken word artists are coming together on one stage Wednesday, November 11th at SOBs in New York City for the Hip Hop Sulha. Sponsored in part by Jewlicious...
new jersey: only the strong survive
Today, members of the extremist Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church ended their two-day tour of hate in New Jersey. WBC (the God hates Fags & Jews people) added a new slogan to their platform...
A little Praise for Tablet Magazine
Let’s face it, there’s just too much to read out there. Our local paper for one, the NY Times for another, The Atlantic, New Yorker, Slate and for those of us who enjoy reading about...
Does Taglit Make More Jewish Marriages? Or Did Jared and Ivanka Go on Birthright?
I love Taglit and Birthright Israel. May they double and triple in size and contributions, and may they go from strength to strength. So you can imagine my glee at the most recent results reported...
MK Yuli Edelstien, Minister of Diaspora Affairs LIVE
Brought to you by Leadel.net Leadel Live – Yuli Edelstein from Leadel on Vimeo. Are diaspora Jews at the risk of being lost? Is the emergence of alternative perspectives to Israel/diaspora...
Kosher elk makes for game night
Our pal over at the LA Times, Jerry Hirsch has a great gastronomic delight to share – I thought it was pretty Jewlicious. Game night in the Hirsch household involves a dinner with some sort of...