Shudders. A Jewish shopper in a Walgreen’s was apoplectic when she saw what perhaps can be seen as a swastika in the Hanukkah gift wrapping paper on Saturday. She tried to contact her rabbi for...
JewliciousReels: Sundance and Hong Kong Fests
The Sundance Film Festival 2015 announced its main selections last week, and the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival wrapped up its 2014 festival. The 15th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival had the theme of...
Thursday The Rabbi Got Arrested – Praying Rabbis Protest Grand Juries
With apologies to the late Jewish mystery writer, Harry Kemelman, (author of the Rabbi Stayed Home series) on Thursday in Manhattan, several rabbis were arrested for blocking traffic as they...
Happy Thanksgiving From Tel Aviv
Today is Thanksgiving, and I am about 10,000 miles away from my parents, siblings, and friends who’ve known me for years. Needless to say, I’m feeling homesick! On days I feel a bit sad...
Voices Against Violence: A Jerusalem Gathering
Guest post by Amy Oppenheimer Jerusalem. The city of gold. The city of peace. And sometimes the city of violence. But not the type of violence that you might expect. Today marks the International Day...
Who is 2014’s Sexiest Rabbi?
Jewrotica has announced the opening of nominations for this year’s sexiest Rabbis. I guess I should say “sexiest” because, despite the site’s nomenclature, this isn’t a...
JewliciousEats: Jewish Soul Food for Shabbat Toldot and Thanksgiving
Jewish Soul Food: From Minsk to Marrakesh, More Than 100 Unforgettable Dishes Updated for Today’s Kitchen by Janna Gur Pub Date: October 28, 2014 Schocken Press Shabbat Toldot and the week...
Dumb&Dumber: UCLA Council Votes for BDS
As the world mourned for those in a Jerusalem synagogue who were butchered and murdered without mercy, UCLA’s undergraduate elected student government voted 8-2-2 to pass a resolution that...
JewliciousReels: Notes from the Jewish Film Fest Circuit
Unfortunately due to poor planning, I did not make it to the Boston Jewish Film Festival this year (its 26th edition), but I did score some tickets to the NYC DOC fest and Manhattan’s OTHER...
JewliciousReels: Above & Beyond at NYC DOCumentary Fest
ABOVE AND BEYOND a documentary about the American, British, South African and other english-speaking WWII pilots who volunteered (with two Israelis) to create the Israeli Air Force in 1948, had its...