We know that the Jews just can’t get enough of Chinese food. Every Christmas Eve, whatever Jews aren’t at the Matzo Ball party, they are at a Chinese restaurant fressing up a storm. Many special occasions are also marked with a visit to the local Chinese restaurant – graduations, visits from distant relatives, Yom Kippur […]
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I mean, what? How do you describe the Jewish Monkeys? We’ve certainly tried in the past but I guess it’s lost on most of you. Certainly, all the incel morons that insist on leaving comments about how awesome Hitler was and how much Jews suck – those guys don’t get it. What about those Jews […]
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We first came across the Hip Hop Hoodios when they headlined the Jewlicious Festival in Long Beach CA. It was April 9th, 2005 and while we had seen their video clips, we didn’t quite know what to expect. The combination of a Latino gang banger sound filtered through a distinctly cosmopolitan Jewish lens, well… lets […]
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They met online 10 years ago just before Yom Kippur when Megan, a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, chided David Abitbol of Jewlicious, for Judaism’s “dead rote rituals.” Thus began an unlikely friendship that culminated in Megan leaving her hateful church and becoming an advocate against hate. Today, her book “Unfollow” detailing the whole […]
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Tiny Desk is an NPR radio show that features a quirky collection of artists who perform at a tinydesk in front of a smattering of NPR employees and assorted friends. The show is also recorded and really well musically mastered for rebroadcast on YouTube. This episode features Israeli band A-WA, made up of three sisters […]
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Israeli women. Singing in a Yemenite /Arab dialect. In a studio in the US. The world is a weird place, am I right? Borders are almost meaningless, and if someone is awesome, their talent can spread far and wide. I guess that’s the case with Israeli group A-WA. We’ve posted them here before and hopefully […]
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Jerusalem Day is a day that celebrates the reunification of Jerusalem after the 6-Day war in 1967. Prior to that, Jerusalem was a divided city under Jordan’s control since the aftermath of the War of Independence in 1948 when the Jordanian Army kicked all Jews out of the Jewish Quarter of the Old […]
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Tel Aviv is hosting Eurovision 2019 after Israeli Netta Barzilai’s 2018 win with Not Your Toy. Apparently things are going a bit roughly for the organizers – tickets have gone unsold and the expected tourism bonanza has not turned out as expected, possibly because of the high ticket prices, the recent barrage of Hamas and […]
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This year, Israel is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest thanks to their win last year. The winning artist was Netta and the song was Not Your Toy. In anticipation of this world-class event, enjoy the clip of the song that made it all happen – and see you in Tel Aviv!
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This clip by Israeli group A-WA is amazing on a number of levels – you can get a glimpse of that in the comments where fans from across the Middle East, Muslims, Christians and Jews, heap praise upon the Haim sisters and their latest trac k – which is apparently already a hit in Yemen! […]
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