Hipster guide to the High Holy Days
September 18, 2014
High Holy Day meals, local honey, meeting singles, where to do tashlich, where to break the fast and much more
Avishay Artsy
Lazer Lloyd, Israel’s king of Blues, comes to L.A.
August 13, 2014
Lazer Lloyd has been dubbed Israel’s king of the blues, but, for the last few weeks, you could say his entire country has been singing the blues.
Four Clowns presents ‘Noah & Jonah’
July 9, 2014
If you were asked to picture a clown, you’d probably imagine baggy pants, suspenders, white face paint and a red nose.
Theodore Bikel’s 90th birthday celebration
June 25, 2014
How do you celebrate the 90th birthday of a man who has had a major impact on American film, television, theater, music and social activism?
Teaching Americans to dance like Israelis
May 28, 2014
Being an Israeli in the United States can have its challenges. Social customs are slightly different, you miss your friends and family — and the coffee’s not the same.
Fusing ritual and theater
May 28, 2014
In Encino, seven actors move across the scuffed hardwood floor of a gymnasium. It’s after 10 p.m. on a Tuesday night, and this is only the third rehearsal for the play “Tefillah or Prayer: A Transition.”
Avi Oved: A new Jewish student leader
May 28, 2014
Abraham “Avi” Oved, a Jewish student at UCLA, has been nominated to become the 2015-2016 student regent on the University of California Board of Regents.
Jewish art culture: Movin’ on up to the East side
May 21, 2014
A crowd of people has gathered inside a shipping container set in a parking lot in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Monica Horan, activist artist
May 14, 2014
In her first scene in the ensemble play “Different Words for the Same Thing,” actress Monica Horan sits at a table in a doughnut shop, talking to another character. After finishing her doughnut, she reaches across the table, snatches up her companion’s confection, and quietly chews it as the audience bursts into laughter.
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