One of the most viewed Israeli television series, launched in Fall 2020, is Valley of Tears, a ten episode saga about a tank crew, and some Golani, intelligence and other soldiers in the Golan...
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You Say Shapiro, I Say Sha PI Ro – HBO Girls Update
Shoshanna Shapiro, the character on HBO Girls, spells out her name to a snarky NYU Junior working the graduation desk at the Kimmel Center in the closing episode of Season 3. Shosh, as played by...
Counting the OMAR
Huh? The Counting of the Omer is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between Passover and Shavuot (that’s that High holiday in the Summer that you’ve probably never...
Another Reason to Love Lena Dunham
We have one more reason to love Lena Dunham. She is a dating a Jewish dude, Jack Antonoff, the guitarist from the band fun. Yes, that is right. A famous Jewish actress is unabashedly in love with a...
Jewish Timbits: Keret, Chickens, Jocks, and Rabbis for Romney
So much news, I just couldn’t let a day go by without sharing some timbits of news. First, did you hear that the CEO of Empire Kosher poultry has flown the coop. He was removed from his...
Foreman vs. Cotto: Boom Boom Shavua Tov
One of the highlights of my Jewlicious Festival 6.0 was spending the weekend with Yuri Foreman, Israel’s first World Boxing Champ. Yuri is down to earth, engaging, funny, and warm – he...