Posts Tagged: Jewish culture
Israel’s Most Famous Fountain Is Back In Use
In Tel Aviv, preparations for the re-opening of famed artist, Yaakov Agam's Dizengoff Square Fountain are complete, according to the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv. The renovation of...
Staying Calm in the Supermarket: If Israelis Can, So Can You
So what was I doing behind six shopping carts at the local Shufersal Deal supermarket in MishorAdumim on a Friday morning? After all, as far...
Tonight: John Legend to Jam for Judaism
Fittingly in time for Black Music Month in June, tonight at 8 PM, nine-time Grammy award winning R&B crooner and philanthropist John Legend will be...
How Not To Succeed
The Economist of May 5th has a fascinating piece on why the Mormons, a relatively small USA religious sect, with a very strange history,...
Jewish Holiday Improvising in Nicaragua
Leaving the comforts and luxuries of home to spend a week in Nicaragua for Spring Break with the American Jewish World Service is an experience...
In The Stereo with DeScribe and Idan Raichel (INTERVIEW)
Brooklyn based hip-hop artist DeScribe has teamed up with Israeli superstar Idan Raichel to create the single "In the Stereo," one of the most original and...
2012 Los Angeles Herzog Wine Festival, a Night of Elegance and Sophistication
This year's annual International Food & Wine Festival event promised to be even more alluring and more popular than last year's, forcing the Herzog Winery...
Jewish Peoplehood and Fantasy Sports
On my walk through my local shopping strip on Saturday I overheard the florist comment that he'd sold more Christmas trees this year to Jewish...
Was Saul Bellow a Jewish Writer?
In 1970, when I was living in Glasgow, a close friend suggested I read Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet. I went right out and bought...
