Soon I will be boarding a plane to attend TribeFest in Las Vegas. There, along with Tess, Kelsey and Erin as well as a crew from Jewcy and the Jewish Federations of North America, I will be live...
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Will Social Media Save the Jews?
Uhm… no. Probably not. The Jerusalem Post coverage of the recent GA in New Orleans verily gushed at the conference’s convergence of youth inclusivity and technology when it reported...
The Scope and Meaning of being Pro-Israel: Ill Defined at the GA
Guest Post by Dalia Wolfson, Do The Write Thing participant at 2010 New Orleans General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America Last week, I attended the G.A. (rhymes with oy-vey!) in New...
Jewish Values vs. Israeli Policies: Young Jews Disrupt PM Netanyahu in New Orleans
Guest post by Rae Abileah Rae Abileah is an alumni of several Jewlicious Festivals*. Being young and Jewish and realizing what Israel’s occupation is really like, contrary to what we may have...
NOLAGA: 1000s of Jewish Machers and I hang out with Westboro Baptist
Duh My relationship with the organized Jewish community has always been touch and go. Sometimes it’s been great, sometimes it’s been indifferent and sometimes it’s been nothing...
Jewlicious at the GA: Laissez les bon temps rouler
New Orleans and the Jews In what is going to be a culmination of a 6-month process, Jewlicious is about to embark upon an official presence the General Assembly of Jewish Federations in New Orleans...
Jewish Community Heroes: Our Choices
Less than a week left to vote! This year’s Jewish Community Hero contest is winding down and I trust you’ve all been voting for your favorite candidates. Last year, the Jewlicious...
#GA09 is the Hash Tag, Washington DC is the place
The General Assembly of the UJC newly uh… christened Jewish Federations of North America or JFNA for short (pronounced JAFINA, like Dafena – Sephardic Chulent!) is now under way...