How to build a Sukkah [VIDEO]
JewishJournal
October 12, 2011
Building as Sukkah is more involved than you think…
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Von Trier questioned over Cannes ‘Hitler speech’
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2011
Director Lars von Trier was questioned by Danish police for saying at the Cannes Film Festival that he had sympathy for Hitler.
Letters to the Editor: President Obama, Muslim Americans, Sarah Palin, Independence Day Festival
Jewish Journal
May 24, 2011
It is ironic that Judea Pearl wrote this article on the eve of perhaps the worst foreign policy speech on Israel and the Middle East in American history (“Words Matter — Obama’s Next Challenge,” May 20). His phrase “Words Matter” tells it all. The words in this case, were all wrong.
Purim Calendar
Ryan Torok
March 15, 2011
Spotlight: Purim museum tour. Sat. 1 p.m. and Sun 1 p.m. Free (does not include museum admission). Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 440-4500. skirball.org.
Israel’s bad boy of cinema gets L.A. fest
Tom Tugend
March 8, 2011
“My country, Israel, is full of contradictions and volcanic eruptions. We fluctuate between extremes. One morning you say peace is at hand and all problems will be resolved. The next day, it’s the apocalypse.” The thumbnail description comes from Amos Gitai, who, more than any other Israeli filmmaker, has explored the emotional peaks and valleys of his people in more than 40 feature films and documentaries.
Remembering Woodstock: Max Said Yes!
Naomi Pfefferman
August 13, 2009
When the American Jewish dairy farmer Max Yasgur died in 1973, he became one of few non-musicians to receive a full-page obituary in Rolling Stone magazine. That’s because Yasgur said “yes” to organizers of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair 40 years ago this week, allowing half a million young people to camp out on his land in Bethel, NY, after neighboring towns refused to grant access to the flower children.\n
Sit, eat, stay a little while in the sukkah
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
October 16, 2008
Sukkot is \’z\’man simchatenu\’ — our season of rejoicing. It is a time to celebrate, to enjoy meals with guests, to sing, to study and to appreciate life. It is a time \’le-shev ba-Sukkah,\’ to live life to its fullest — in the sukkah.
Israeli films take a lead role at Cannes
Jane Ulman
May 29, 2008
Against a backdrop of threatening skies, clearly not a metaphor for the future of Israel\’s film industry, two Israeli feature films premiered on May 15, opening day of the 61st Cannes Film Festival. And a short by Israeli student filmmaker Elad Keidan took first prize in the Cinefondation, a competition supporting new talent.
Israeli rapper Subliminal has built a music empire
Dikla Kadosh
May 15, 2008
The first song Ya\’akov Shimoni ever wrote was called, \”Genesis.\” The lyrics — in English, Hebrew and French — were about pollution, global warming, Mother Earth and the destruction of Israel\’s natural resources. It was 1997 — long before \”An Inconvenient Truth\” became a blockbuster and the green movement reached an unprecedented level of hipness.
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Dikla Kadosh
February 29, 2008
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