UNIFIL – the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. They are the peace keeping force in Southern Lebanon. Part of their job is to monitor what Hezbollah does in the South of the country...
Taking A Flying Leap: Skydiving over Israel
Sometimes you have to meet your greatest fears head on. Well, in this case it was feet first. Jumping out of an airplane at 12,000 feet to celebrate my birthday recently, hoping it wouldn’t be...
Happy 5th Anniversary Jewlicious!
A Self Congratulatory Post and another Jewlicious Prank! Jewlicious began 5 years ago on July 2004. In that time we have written nearly 5,000 posts and generated nearly 70,000 comments. We’ve...
Russians cast monkeys as Jews in circus
It’s sad to be a Russian these days. The economy is swirling away softly down the toilet, we were unable to invade Georgia successfully, and Verka Serduchka, the Russian version of Dana...
Guess who came to lunch
Eric Fingerhut reports on the Capital J blog on JTA (these guys are getting on my radar a lot today) on the Who’s Who of the Big Meeting with the White House. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President...
Obama should speak to all of us
That is the headline of Ami Eden’s blog on JTA. And he is right. President Obama will be meeting in the White House with 16 leaders of Jewish organizations at 3 p.m. Monday. Those on the guest...
That’s why CK hates me.
Best Ad Ever? Most Offensive?
You decide: Produced by McCann Erickson, it has divided the nation as some are horrified by the use of the Separation Barrier as a prop in a light-hearted cell phone company commercial, while others...
A Picnic in Susya
Guest Post by Joseph Dana aka Ibn Ezra Yesterday, members of Ta’ayush set out to have a picnic at an illegal outpost unrecognized by the Israeli authorities next to the settlement of Susya in...
P.A. to Establish Counter-Terrorism Task Force
According to a Jerusalem Post report, Israel may allow the P.A. to establish a counter-terrorism unit, to act against Hamas terrorism. The French have volunteered to train the unit. The French do...