Every other Sunday in Kensington, Maryland, there was a soccer tournament in the park down the street after church. In classic old town America-style, families would come and lay their picnic...
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The Queen’s Gornisht
The Queen’s Gambit and Jewish Exclusion By Cevin Soling, President of Spectacle Films and Xenu Records, and Harvard Academic Picture a movie about a person from Albania enduring a hardscrabble life...
Foolproof Mufletta Recipe & Muflettapalooza / Mimouna Invite!
Probably while you are working feverishly to prepare your house for Passover, the last thing you’re thinking of is the Chametz Festival that takes place at Jewish Moroccan homes at the end of...
Jewish Poles who will Amaze You
A previous post described the People2People project which highlights notable Polish Jews and Jews of Polish heritage, from both the present and the past. I promised that you’d be enthralled...
Poland and the Jews: The People2People Project
When one thinks about Jews and Poland the first thing that comes to mind usually isn’t Jazz, or high fashion, or burlesque etc. A new and innovative project called People2People is seeking to...
Momala’s Coat, Bernie’s Swittens, & Other Jewish-related Inauguration Fashions
I awoke on Inauguration Day early to read through the list of over 140 people who were given pardons or commutations. I was struck by the over a baker’s dozen of names of convicted felons or...
Jerry’s ImPeachM(i)nt Babka, Ivanka’s Toilet, Kosher Executioners, Johns Hopkins Grader and More
It was a day before National Pastrami Day, when Congressman Jerry Nadler of Manhattan’s Upper West Side was seen on the House floor carrying a ZABAR’S (recyclable) bag to his desk. He was...
11 Things Israelis Should NOT do while in the UAE
The Jewlicious Guide to Visiting the UAE while Israeli Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and some cabinet Ministers have expressed concern about Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates possibly...