Russian book fair honors Israel-themed tome
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2011
An Israel-themed book was chosen as one of Russia\’s top books of the year for the first time in an annual book conference\’s history.
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Leisure
Can Tel Aviv become a center for fashion?
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2011
For Israeli fashionistas, last week’s inaugural Tel Aviv Fashion Week proved what they’ve known for years: Israeli fashion is creative, current and worthy of worldwide attention — and, hopefully, sales.
Israel’s ‘Unmaking’
Jonathan Kirsch
November 28, 2011
No book review I’ve written for The Jewish Journal has prompted as much feedback as the one I wrote about “A New Voice for Israel” by Jeremy Ben-Ami, the founder of J Street. His argument that Israel must make uncomfortable compromises and take dire risks in order to secure peace with the Palestinian Arabs is clearly unsettling to a great many Jews, both in Israel and America.
Expanded museum gives boost to Tel Aviv art scene
Jewish Journal
November 25, 2011
Tel Aviv\’s recently expanded modern art museum, with its dazzling new building no less an attraction than the art showcased inside, has given a home to hundreds of displaced Israeli works and helped boost the city\’s cultural scene.
Change soap opera’s Hitler name, ADL asks Indian network
Jewish Journal
November 23, 2011
The Anti-Defamation League has called on an Indian television network to change the name of a new soap opera with Hitler in the title.
A gift for every reader
Jonathan Kirsch
November 23, 2011
From novels to memoirs to movie reviews, and much in between, here are a few standout books for Chanukah gift giving.
Ozomatli: Band of the people
Ryan Torok
November 23, 2011
The Latin band Ozomatli is rocking out on the flatbed of a truck parked on a closed-down Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. It’s a Saturday in early November, and the band is playing for a motley group of aging and 20-something hippies, union workers and even some Jews from the Westside, all of whom are dancing in the street a few hundred yards from the Occupy L.A. encampment on the grounds outside City Hall.
Carnival ride’s name upsetting Fla. Holocaust survivors
Jewish Journal
November 23, 2011
The name of a ride at a South Florida fair is offending some Holocaust survivors living in the area.
Dance group cancels over removal of Israel references
Jewish Journal
November 22, 2011
A Melbourne-based Israeli dance group refused to perform at a folk festival to protest the organizers\’ decision to remove references to their being Israeli.
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