• Posted on Yemenite = awesome traditional dance

    Our girl Andrea hipped us to this as we did a search for rare Yemenite footage for the Yemenite Shemspeed reel being produced by Yechiel Bitton of Rock of David If you see …

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  • Posted on MLK Weekend with Coolooloosh, Afro Semitic & Y-Love

    To pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Shemspeed chose 3 Jewish artists that mix their African American identities with their passion for Jewish music and melodies. Coolooloosh flew in from Israel and …

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  • Posted on Remedy Wu Tang?

    I’m still not totally familiar with Remedy, but his name comes up a lot as the Jewish member of Wu Tang Clan. Mostly from his promotion of that fact. about …

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  • Posted on This aint yo bubbie’s shtick!

    Mad props to Israeli filmmaker Dan Katzir. Dan’s most recent film,”Yiddish Theater: A Love Story” is getting major press, including a front page spread and an article in the LA …

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  • Posted on Walk Hard

    It is as if John C. Reilly woke up one day and decided that he was going to plan all his comedic timing to match his new partners (Will Ferrel). …

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  • Posted on Sabbo is Mad Decent!

    Sabbo of Soulico got his second approval stamp from King Decent himself, Diplo. For those of you who don’t know Diplo….He is king for the underground hipster scene from electro …

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  • Posted on Jew, No? Juno, Yes!

    Running a Jewish culture site is most annoying when blown away by something non Jewish and not being justifiably able to review it. Salvation came this time in the form …

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  • Posted on Shemspeed’s TOP TEN of 2007

    This is our top ten list. We will do this every year … right before Jan 1st hits! Its mixed (music, art, books, movies…) We don’t distinguish which is which …

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