Before there was Earth Day, the Jewish people introduced an “Earth Day” on the full moon of the Jewish month of Shevat. Called Tu B’shvat, the 15th of Shevat, it marks the time of year in Israel when sap begins to flow, giving new life to the trees. Read More »

This week’s top stories from the Jewish world: An Israeli murder victim’s face is blurred out of a photo in the name of gender segregation; a little girl’s tragic death unites a community; we interview the filmmaker of the Oscar-nominated “In Darkness”; Janeane Garofalo plays a Russian Jew off-Broadway; and more. Read More »

Of course not! This photo is obviously fake ! For starters, the IDF does not issue AK-47s to it’s soldiers. Secondly, no elephant serving for the IDF has ever reached the rank of Sergeant Major. It’s unbelievable how low enemies of Israel will stoop in order to cast aspersions on our beloved institutions. Read More »

Guest Post by Andrew Kane I remember years ago learning that there were Jewish institutions in some countries in Europe and South America (i.e., France, Argentina) that didn’t have signs, fearing that identifying themselves as Jewish would lead to anti-Semitic acts of one form or another. Having been born and raised in the U.S. Read More »

Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” packs so much heartbreak and pain into every note that it’s nearly impossible not to sing along and feel what she’s feeling. The song takes another turn with Diwon’s remix, bridging the upbeat feel of a club track and downtempo feel of a song meant for headphones and lonely nights. Read More »

Lia Dolinsky was born in 1987 in Kiev, Ukraine. At the age of two, her family, like other Soviets, left their home in hopes of a better life. En route, however, the collapse of the Soviet Union began and suddenly their documents were no longer valid. They could not return to the Soviet Union and the United States wasn’t an option. Read More »

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Lady Cora, as played by Elizabeth McGovern Downton Abbey, the award-winning British television series that is a hit and obsession in the United States and UK, may have a Jewess hidden in the upstairs rooms. Read More »

Two Israeli productions won at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Whether Israel won… well that is another story. It is rare enough that a filmmaker has their film accepted by the Sundance Film Festival . It is even more rare for the filmmaker to have his thoughts published as an Op-Ed during the festival in The New York Times . Read More »

One of the coolest things about the Festival this year is that we are all under one roof! But how do you make that happen? You need to book your room now at the Queen Mary. Read More »

We are pleased to announce our headliners for our 8th Annual Jewlicious Festival. The phenomenal actress and brain scientist Mayim Bialik (Blossom, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Big Bang Theory), the most upbeat band in LA, The Aggrolites (Coachella, Vans Read More »

The real story behind the Atlanta Jewish Times flap, and leading Orthodox political professionals talk about what it’s like to be frum and helping to run the country. Read More »

Hey all you entrepreneurial “change the world” folks out there! Disappointed that you missed the boat on applying for a local PresenTense Fellowship? The second coming is at hand! You can apply for the PresenTense Global Summer Institute . Read More »

Israeli/North African MC SHI 360 releases “Shalom Haters” video which received over 30,000 unique views in one week and debuted on Vibe Magazine’s All Hip Hop site. This Platinum artist from Israel, has toured all over the world with acts from Subliminal to Killah Priest. Read More »

Join Jewlicious and Nessah for the West Coast Launch of Rabbi Shmuley’s controversial book Kosher Jesus. This Interview Between Rabbi Yonah Bookstein and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach will discuss: What Is The Real Story of Jesus Did He Invent A New Religion and Who Killed Him. Read More »

In an interview with New York radio WNYC singer told the reasons for such changes in his image and life in general. The singer continues to go to the synagogue, still visits the mikvah, and wears a kippa. Absolutely no sense that Matisyahu abandoned Judaism. Read More »

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What do readers of GayCities.com consider the number one gay city in the world? Would it be New York? Rio? San Francisco? Portland? Paris? No! Would you believe it’s Tel Aviv? Well, probably yes because you already read the title, but still… Tel Aviv Read More »

Cross-posted at Huffingtonpost.com If you want your restaurant to prosper, give free food to the homeless. This is according to the anecdotal evidence put forward by my homeless friend Yehuda. Yehuda has been on the streets for five years in Los Angeles and can can’t shake a heroin addiction. Read More »

(Los Angeles, CA) The most popular Jewish group blog, Jewlicious.com, has blackened out its logo in solidarity with web giants Facebook and Google, in showing opposition to SOPA legislation now being discussed in Congress. SOPA legislation could infringe on Jewlicious’s attempt to bring a hip, clever, and diverse look at the Jewish world. Read More »

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