Indulge me. My narcisstic blog of my average Sunday in NYC. Sunday began with a trip to a morning minyan, where I learned that a nonagenarian member of the minyan had passed away. I knew her as an...
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What is Jewlicious Festival?
We get that question a lot. It’s more than any other kind of weekend, and needs to be experienced to really get-it. HOWEVER, here is a short description: An agenda-free Jewlicious party of...
Dreaming of a White Hanukkah
Last week, the Idelsohn Society released its latest compilation of classic American Jewish songs: “Twas the Night Before Hanukkah: The Musical Battle Between Christmas and the Festival of...
Whither The Minyan Among People’s Sexiest Men of 2012?
People magazine is America’s most read American magazine. It prints over 3.5 million copies each week, and with pass-alongs, it has a readership of over 40 million. Half the stories are about...
KatmanJews, Jews v. Jews, Sandy Aftermaths, and More
Some tidbits to read as Jewlicious readers await U.S. voting results. Over the weekend, The New York Times reported on a “Lox Sherpa” and his life and work at Manhattan’s Russ and...
Nobel Prize in Lit to Howard Goldblatt?
This morning, in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy conferred the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature upon China’s prolific author, Mo Yan (which means “don’t speak” in Chinese). To...
I’m Not Sorry
I had a very interesting and meaningful Yom Kippur, thanks to the wonderful Chabad of Raleigh (special thanks to Rabbi Herman & his amazing wife). I was nervous about spending YK alone, but felt...
ShivaWatch: David Rakoff and Marvin Hamlisch
On Thursday night, as midnight approached, the essayist and author David Rakoff passed away in his Manhattan apartment. He had been battling a recurrence of cancer – a pain he thought had been...