Trilingual reading to feature award-winning Mexican poet
The Jewish History Museum will co-sponsor a poetry reading on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in Spanish, English and Ladino with acclaimed Mexican poet Myriam Moscona. Joining her on stage will be the translators of her...
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival celebrates cinema across cultures
Every year the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival presents movies about Jewish-American life, the cinema of Israel and the legacy of the Holocaust. But this year’s festival, which takes place at multiple venues Feb. 6-26, features several...
Who knew? Hebrew could be the basis for many English and European words
English and European words such as alphabet, earth, loco and habitat could come from Hebrew, according to an independent Israeli linguistics researcher who has written a number of unpublished dictionaries, articles and books.
According to the English Oxford...
Amos Oz and the centrality of Hebrew in Jewish life
For those who only know Israel as a field of political combat, Amos Oz was just a writer with a point of view about his country’s basic political and security dilemmas. Oz’s advocacy for...
Movie Review: ‘Roma’
Roma, a Spanish language film, was written and directed by Oscar winning, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron. It is an engaging and powerful story set in Mexico City from 1970 to 1971. Mexico was in...
On display in Jerusalem: Near East artifacts rescued from antiquity robbers
A collection of artifacts that were stolen but later rescued will be on display at the end of the month at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem.
The museum will open a new exhibit on Dec....
Immigrant stories told at New Americans Museum
Immigrants Tammuz Dubnov and Gad Shaanan from Israel and Michel Cohen of Mexico are among 76 New Americans who are featured in an innovative exhibition that was created by the staff of the San Diego...
If music be the food of love …
The idea came to me when the announcer on the radio said that the next item in the music program would be one of Mozart’s ‘Haydn Quartets,’ i.e., quartets composed by Mozart and dedicated...
IAA uncovers rare 9,000-year-old stone mask
A rare 9,000-year-old stone mask was recently uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). This fascinating and rare stone mask dates to the Neolithic (new stone age) period. It was discovered several months ago...
Mazel Tov! Congratulations to our columnist Mimi Pollack
We are excited to share that last night at the San Diego Press Club Awards, our dear friend and columnist of the Jewish Web Site, Mimi Pollack, won first place in the Multicultural Division...