February 4, 2004: Facebook shows its face
Facebook was launched from a Harvard dormitory room by Mark Zuckerberg, then 19 years old, and three classmates on this date in 2004. By summer they had an investor, Peter Thiel, the co-founder of...
Ten of the most beautiful buildings in Jerusalem
Jerusalem is full of beautiful buildings—everywhere you walk, both old and new, religious and secular, ancient and modern.
While everyone has favorites, ISRAEL21c chose these 10 to best represent a variety of unique structures from different eras.
The...
For bestselling Russian-Israeli author, physics is a day job
In the last month of 2020, Russia announced the winners of the Big Book National Literary Prize for the best prose writers in the Russian language. The prize, founded 15 years ago, has been...
January 28, 1887: Arthur Rubinstein, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century,...
On January 28, 1887, Arthur Rubinstein, one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, was born in Poland. The artist performed at an early age with Joseph Joachim in Berlin and in his...
In a first, Israeli Hebrew novel is translated into Moroccan Arabic
For the first time, an Israeli novel has been translated into Arabic in Morocco and will be sold in Moroccan bookstores.
The groundbreaking novel, A Girl in a Blue Shirt, was written by Gabriel Bensimhon of...
Verter fun der Vokh – Inauguration
address the nation: ווענדן זיך צום פֿאָלק
administer the oath: משביע זײַן; באַשװע֜רן; (אָ֜פּ)נעמען אַ שבֿועה
call for unity: <אוי֜פֿפֿאָ֜דערן אַחדות <איי֜ניקייט/געא֜ייניקטקייט
chief justice: דער הױ֜פּטריכטער, ־ס
Constitution: די קאָנסטיטו֜ציע
four-year term: די פֿי֜ריאָריקע קאַדע֜נץ, ־ן
inaugural address: די אײַ֜נשװער־רע֜דע,...
Israeli chef Assaf Granit awarded Michelin star
Israeli celebrity chef Assaf Granit has just won one of the most coveted accolades in the culinary world—a Michelin star for his Paris restaurant, Shabour.
The 2021 Michelin guide book was published on Monday
Shabour opened...
Art as Liberation: The Mexican Muralists at the Whitney Museum
Vida Americana is an exhilarating, expansive and immensely satisfying exhibition at New York’s Whitney Museum. Like a great and varied feast, this is a show that one must take one’s time to fully appreciate...
Wikipedia in Yiddish, an invitation to participate
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the foundation of Wikipedia, which in this period of time succeeded in use instead of Encyclopedia Britannica as the most consulted source.
Furthermore, Wikipedia is published in 317 languages...
Felder’s ‘Before Fiddler’ Highlights Music of Sholem Aleichem Era
Hershey Felder continues to stream one-man shows from his current residence in Florence, Italy. Among his many portrayals of famous composers such as Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikowsky and Debussy, he also featured three great Jewish...