It’s here. The Wednesday before High Holidays week, the customary time for newspapers to feature holiday recipes from North America’s top food writers. I am not disappointed in this...
JewliciousReads: No Kumbayas at Camp David
A Southern Baptist, a Muslim, and a Jew walk into a bar… but in this case, the bar was a woodsy park encampment in the Catoctin Mountains. In THIRTEEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER: Carter, Begin, and...
The eScapegoat: Collecting Sins in Preparation for Yom Kippur
Just in time for Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, which begins at sunset on Friday, G_dcast presents eScapegoat. Escapegoat is a fun tool that lets you anonymously type your confessions in a...
Vogue – Getting All Political Up in My Face
A quarter century ago, in 1988, Anna Wintour took control of the world’s fashion bible: Vogue magazine. For her first issue, she chose Israeli model Michaela Bercu, then 19, as the cover model...
ADvice: New Israeli Ads – We Don’t Want You Here
Friday! Time to relax and check out some new Israeli ads. BBR, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi, recently produced the following: In celebration of the 80th birthday of Elite’s ‘Cow...
Cruz and Bieber Both Get Booed
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...
9/11
’nuff said. Image source Anthony Quintano via The Blaze
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...