Two U.S. national leaders got booed this week. Justin Bieber, performing in New York City at “Fashion Rocks,” and live on television, was booed by members of the audience. He responded by...
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Sarah Aroeste’s Chicka Morena (music video)
American-born Sarah Aroeste continues to push the boundaries of contemporary Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) music by releasing a new pop-style video of an original Ladino song, “Chika Morena.”...
How My Grandmother Prevented a Civil War, by Haggai Segal: A Book Review
How My Grandmother Prevented a Civil War, by Haggai Segal, translated from Hebrew by Diana File and Len Schramm, 384 pages, Gefen Publishing House, 2014. How My Grandmother Prevented a Civil War...
JewliciousEats: A Brazilian Rio HaShanah
During the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, I wanted to highlight a recipe or two from Brazilian-Jewish chef Leticia Moreinos Schwartz. But with the kidnappings and Gaza, I postponed that posting. Time has...
Hillels: Open, Regular, Safe, Venti, or Grande
If not now, when? I will tell you when. Tuesday, September 9. Today, Eric Fingerhut, President and Chief Hillel Officer of Hillel International, will meet with representatives of OPEN HILLEL in...
JewliciousReads: From YadaYada to Suburban Jewish Angst
In It Won’t Always Be This Great: a novel by Peter Mehlman (September 2014) we find a podiatrist walking home in suburban Long Island, NY on a frigid Friday night. He is forced to walk due to...
Steven Salaita is a Tenured Professor?! The Shame of Academia
A prominent BDS activist professor of Palestinian descent by the name of Steven Salaita has become a centerpiece in the fight over Israel on campus and the right of universities to prevent a hostile...
Selichot Like You’ve Never Heard Them Before!
Selichot are special prayers for forgiveness that are recited on fast days as well as during the period just before Yom Kippur. These prayers are generally recited just before dawn as the Jewish...
JewliciousHealth: Checking Breasts and Genes
Up until last week, Ashkenazi Jewish women who had relatives with breast or ovarian cancer were told to be tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations. These (BR)east (CA)ncer markers can highly...