It is six-thirty in the morning, and I am about to kill a goat – literally.
Wait, let’s back up. Four months ago, I was doing what every nice, suburban, Jewish girl with a theater degree does: living with her parents.
I was the type of person who would spend twenty minutes trying to “free” a spider […]

Celebrating Jewish holidays away from home is always hard. I miss my family, the rituals, the familiarity, but most of all, the food. During college and graduate school, was lucky enough to have extended family close by who fed me, took me to synagogue, and made sure I was included in […]

I was wandering along through the Weihnachtsmarkt[i] in Hamburg, enjoying a Glühwein[ii] and a wurst[iii] when it occurred to me that tonight was the first night of Channukah. Seeing as the active Jewish community in Hamburg only warranted one synagogue, and I hadn’t seen a single menorah in any window, I felt a […]

Cool jobs: A sassy Israeli radio producer brings diversity and fun to proramming. Read on!

I first heard the Soulclap duo at the redline in Cambridge, where they were opening for King Brit. I was impressed at how energetic and incredibly fun to watch they were. I met them in Harvard Square to talk about music, Jewish community and Jewish identity. Check out the All-Israeli-Artists mix that they made especially for Shebrew! (click!)

Our friends and writers share their curent favorites! Tell us yours, and pick up some ideas!

We asked our contributors and their friends, “What music gets you in the mood for some lovin’?”

When my husband first proposed the idea of traveling to Las Vegas, I met his suggestion with severe apprehension and haughty disdain. As a self-confessing prude, cultural snob, and “fun-hater” (as my husband, Jason, commonly refers to me), a town with the epithet of “Sin City” certainly did not sit high on my list of must-see destinations. Somehow, I was convinced that if I merely set foot in Las Vegas I inadvertently would transform into a pole dancer answering only to the pseudonym of Electra.

“Family Junction” has that off-beat hip funkiness that makes you want to dye your hair blue, wear dark-rimmed glasses, sit outside a tatoo parlor, smoke cigarettes and watch the world go by. At the same time they’re funny, approachable and adorkable (that’s a new word I learned from The New York Times). Here is what they have to say about themselves.

Lesly Hershman:
I live in Atlanta, Georgia where summers are sweltering. Some days, it’s almost too hot to go outside and sit by the pool to cool off. Once fall moves in (which it still hasn’t really done) my favorite activity is just sitting outside. It’s hard to have bright, sunny days that […]