GLEN JEAN, West Virginia, Brechtel Family Summit Scout Reserve, 2017 National Scout Jamboree (July 24, 2017): Boy Scouts, Explorers, Venturers and adult leaders set a Guinness World Record this week...
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JewliciousReads: Three Cookbooks for Pesach #1
First is Joan Nathan’s eleventh Jewish cookbook. Just in time for Passover King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World by Joan Nathan Knopf...
Housing Values Rising in Jewish Ghettos, Jewish Kids Getting Fewer Awards, Rabbis Allowing Mixed Seating on ElAl, and...
It was just two weeks ago when The Wall Street Journal reported on the plan to restore part of the ancient Jewish catacombs under Rome’s Villa Torlonia. The government will allot €1.4 million (about...
JewliciousReels: Yiddish at Sundance – and Other Highlights 2017
On Thursday, January 19, 2017, the Sundance Institute will convene the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with additional screenings in Salt Lake City and Sundance. The festival will run...
JewliciousReels: Highlights at The 2017 New York Jewish Film Festival
The 26th annual New York Jewish Film Festival opened last week and is filled with stories of the diversity in the Israeli and diaspora Jewish commmunities. It runs in Manhattan’s Lincoln Center...
JewliciousEats: Best Cookbooks of Kislev
What is it about the Hebrew month of Kislev? So many Jewish oriented cookbooks get purchased. Here are some of my favorites of the season. The Gefilte Manifesto New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods...
Will Fiddler Win a Grammy?
The nominations for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning, and guess what… Fiddler on the Roof is up for an award. The winners will be announced in Los Angeles on February...
Is My British £5 Note Kosher? Or at least Halal?
I remember back to 1857, when the British rulers of India issued gunpowder cartridges to its Hindu and Muslim soldiers that contained animal tallow as an ingredient. To use them, soldiers were...