It all started at Yale University with a study on whether the political affiliation of your physician affected treatment. Professors Eitan D. Hersh and Matthew N. Goldenberg (they might be Jewish...
Amy Schumer – Transgendered Aliyot – Days of Awe(some) – RBG and More
Truly these are the ten days of awe(some). Just look at the latest news. The Daily Mail and other sites reports on Amy Schumer and her instagram video from her walk with Rachel Feinstein to shul on...
JewliciousReads: Is Elena Ferrante an Italian-Jewish Author? Outing a Best selling anonymous author
Is best selling author Elana Ferrante actually Anita Raja, a Jewish Italian translator at Edizioni E/O in Italy? So said the gossip site DagoSpia months ago as well as Claudio Gatti in The New York...
The 10 Days of Repentance: A Time for Forgiveness
So now is the time of year when we are supposed to ask people to forgive us if we did anything to harm them in any way in the past year. People post to social media and say to friends things like...
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Love Each Other
Are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump really a couple? With all the talk about the Clinton-Trump debate this week I saw something which literally no one else noticed. Forget the Presidential election...
Shimon Peres Funeral Kaddish Ticks Some Listeners Off
Attending a more liberal synagogue, my friends and I are used to reciting the kaddish prayer with the additional of “for all humankind” to “Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya’aseh shalom...
I’m Pretty Sure My Vision Didn’t Involve Funeral Traffic Snarls
By Shimon Peres Oh look, I’m dead now. That’s a relief. Yes, it’s sad and disappointing, but the time comes for everyone, and I’ve had more time than most. Media attention has...
A-WA, the Yemenite Haim sisters, come to L.A. with Kosha Dillz & Diwon
This Sunday night A-WA perform with Kosha Dillz & Diwon at Skirball! In case you aren’t familiar with A-Wa just yet, they are the newest hottest music to come out of Israel!Sisters Tair...
JewliciousEats: AppleCider Honey Cake and Other Holiday Recipes
It is the second to last Wednesday in ELUL, so all the best newspapers and media sites are highlighting the latest in Jewish holiday recipes and entertaining ideas. First off, the Queen of Jewish...
UN Demands Israelites Supply Anti-Arrow Defenses To Philistines
“These Israelites claim to represent the ideals of the Living God, but I don’t see them doing the ethically proper thing and giving us the tools to repel their counteroffensives,”...