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Jewish Journal LA, Celebrating Jewnity the Jewlicious Way, March 23, 2007…. Jewlicious 3.0 at the Beach, a three-day exploration and celebration of all things Jewish that drew approximately 400 people to Long Beach’s Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center from March 9-11….

JTA Blog, Jewlicious festival draws student enthusiasm and communal questions, March 21, 2007, Last weekend, a group of 500 undergraduates, graduate students, presenters and performers descended on the Alpert JCC in Long Beach, CA, for Jewlicious Festival 3.0, a conference and “celebration of Jewnity” previously known as “Jewlicious @ the Beach….

SF Chronicle, MUSIC SPIRIT IDENTITY: Young Jews from Fort Bragg to Uganda Gather, March 18, 2007, Sunday Edition
When J.J. Keki began leading classic Hebrew songs at a traditional Jewish Sabbath meal in Long Beach last weekend, his 400 lunch companions were transfixed. An African Jew and Grammy-nominated musician, Keki attended Jewlicious 3.0 @ the Beach, self-described as the largest Jewish youth festival.…

Jweekly, Third Time Around, Jewlicious Still Drawing Crowds, March 16, 2007 When Cecile Merrin, 18, made the 460-mile trek from Sonoma to Long Beach for her first Jewlicious festival last weekend, she was thrilled to make new friends. “I like the diversity because we don’t have any students who are Orthodox at Sonoma State. And I really like all the people I met,” she said. Merrin, a junior majoring in business accounting and financial economics, was among 26 Northern Californian residents attending Jewlicious @ the Beach 3.0 at the Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach….

LB Press Telegram, Jewish Leaders Seek New Ways to Reach Youth, March 10th, 2007 LONG BEACH – On Friday, Jewlicious 3.0 at the Beach kicked off at Alpert Jewish Community Center, with a record crowd of 400 to 500 young adults expected to attend…

LB Press Telegram, Jewlicious Festival Celebrates Third Year, March 9th, 2007, Preview Story LONG BEACH – It isn’t exactly a reunion of the 12 tribes, but about 400 college students and young adults are expected to converge on Long Beach beginning today to attend the Jewlicious Festival 3.0. Billed as the largest youth festival of contemporary Jewish culture….

LB Gazette, Jewish Youth Connect at Weekend Party, March 8th, 2007 With 60 straight hours of nonstop entertainment, music, food and spiritual connections, it’ll be a “Jewlicious” weekend in the city this Friday through Sunday….

LB Jewish News, Jewlicious Festival 3.0: Ready to Rock and Roll, March (March 9, 2007) – At noon Friday, March 9, last minute preparations were underway for the Jewlicious Festival 3.0. The event is welcoming enthusiastic, enlightened, energetic and very e-computer savvy Jewish youth from across the nation and around the world to LB’s Alpert JCC…

LB Jewish News, Jewlicious Festival 3.0: Saturday Night, March 10, 2007,
After a refreshing Shabbat, the Jewlicious Festival 3.0 rolled into Saturday night (Mar. 10) with an estimated 350+ students enjoying food and each other’s company at LB’s AJCC.

KPCC, the local NPR affiliate, runs a one minute piece about the Festival.

2005-2006

From Internet pals to real friends,blogs remaking Jewish community
JTA, By Sue Fishkoff, May 8, 2006

Hate Speech at CSULB
Little Green Footballs, Monday, May 08, 2006

Beach Hillel protests MSA speaker
Mellani Lubuag, Online Forty-Niner, Assistant News Editor

MSA opposes Beach Hillel birthday celebration
By Katie Plourd Online Forty-Niner Managing Editor , May 4th 2006

Long Beach Hillel sponsored the second annual Jewlicious@thebeach
Press-Telegram – Beachweek, April 5, 2006

At Gathering, Young Jews Confirm Findings About Choice and Diversity
JTA- By Sue Fishkoff, April 3, 2006

Say it loud, I’m Jewish and proud:
Study finds identity, but less affiliation

JTA- By Sue Fishkoff March 26, 2006

Jewlicious Conspiracy
by Reina V. Slutske, The Jewish Journal, March 10, 2006

Nominated for Best Student Life Blog
Jerusalem Post, 2006

Beach Hillel Brings Jewish Traditions Into 21st Century
By Steve Irsay, Staff Writer, Gazettes Newspaper, 2005

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