On Friday evening, as the clock hovered near 10PM, the New York State Senate passed a law allowing for marriage equality and same gender marriage licenses, and NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed...
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Mind, Body and Soul in Synagogue
Romemu, NYC For some people, temple is temple and yoga is yoga. They don’t mix. You may not want to see your Rabbi doing downward dog, or saying “Namaste†instead of “Shalom.†I get it...
The Jewish Media Conspiracy: Beer and Challah Edition
Andrew Krucoff, of the Jewliciously Bar-Mitzva-ed Andrew Krucoffs, is having hipster Shabbat parties at his apartment with reckless abandon. Because it physically hurts me to recount the whole piece...
Last Yiddish Bookstore in NYC faces Closure; Israel Expands Arabic Language Instruction
Things to come? New York City’s last secular Yiddish bookstore is set to close shortly, unless someone steps in and finds it a new home. The “store”, called the “Central...
Win One of 2 Pairs of Tickets to SIN in NYC
Another SUPER easy Jewlicious Contest When Isaac Bashevis Singer’s stories were serialized in the Yiddish Forward, the Chassidic typographers complained about the pornographic content...
Rabbi Haskel Besser – Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet
It is with great regret and sadness that we note the passing of Rabbi Haskel Besser. For over 40 years he led Congregation Yisroel Chaim on the Upper West Side and he was a member of the Agudat...
From Date to Mate: Webisode 2
OK, so Shalom TV’s online series, depicting the lives of Jewish singles is NOT The West Wing. But my friend S_, a single, Jewess in New York did describe it as “spot on!” So at...
From Date To Mate: WTF?
No seriously. WTF?? From Date to Mate is a faux reality show, sort of like The Office, except here, a camera crew follows around 20-30 something Jewish singles in New York as they try to find love...