July / august 2006:

The AJL Hot List
The 19 things that are hot in Jewish culture, all neatly divided and explained for your pleasure. Careful. You don't want to burn yourself.



As it turns out, we at AJL Magazine are simply smitten with words like hot, trendy, hip, and a myriad of synonyms. Thus we decided to do something that would give us ample opportunity to use said words, over and over. What we came up with was our first annual hot list, a survey and sampling of all that's hot in the Jewish world today.

We measured every actress, inspected every icon, made lists of people, and even thought of checking it twice. Then we realized we're Jewish and decided a first draft would be fine, and when we were done with the people we moved on to the ideas, websites, and cool concepts that make Judaism sizzle like Sinai.

So here it is, for you our dear readers, the official smokin' 19 hottest people and things in the Jewish universe this year in absolutely no particular order. Any decidedly attractive celebrities or pseudo-celebrities who made this list, feel free to shower us with your appreciation in whatever illicit manner you desire.