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From the “Form and Function” exhibit, which presents creatures from Israel and the world, and demonstrates how their body structures and capabilities are adapted to their various environments and living conditions. Credit: Itay Benit.

Nothing more natural: New museum offers peek at flora, fauna and feisty creatures

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Housed in a building that resembles a treasure chest, it will offer gems of ecology, botany and more. The new Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, situated on the grounds of Tel Aviv University in Ramat Aviv,...
By Arjunaraoc [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Jewish events in Europe for the next 3 months

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Cultures      Arts Festival de culture juive de Cracovie Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow du 22 Juin au 1 Juil Cracovie      Arts Summer Art Camp 2018 The Israel Museum du 1 Juil au 26 Août Jerusalem      Cinéma Festival du film juif de Berlin Festival du film juif de...
Lakisha May and Marcus Terrell Smith courtesy of La Jolla Playhouse

You may go nuts over ‘Squirrels’

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LA JOLLA, California — Sure, we’ve all seen actors warming up by reciting tongue twisters or singing scales to loosen up their vocal cords, doing yoga poses or lunges to limber up and get their...
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..."זיץ! זיץ! עס װעט נעמען בלויז אייניקע מינוטן". דער שוסטער שטעלט אַװעק פֿאַר מיר אַ פּוס-בענקעלע בײַם אַרײַנגאַנג אין זיין קליינער קראָם. קלאָר, אַז מײַנע שיך זײַנען נישט פֿאַרטיק. ער קען נישט פֿאַרריכטן קײן שיך אויב...

‘Jacob and his Sons’ at the Israel Museum

JERUSALEM — The exhibition of paintings by  Francisco de Zurburan, a seventeenth-century Spanish painter, has been a major attraction at the Israel Museum for the last few weeks. I had never heard of him,...

A weird, weird show by Jacob Surovsky

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I recently sat down with Jacob Surovsky, a delightfully talented and innovative young man whom I know from the Guild of Puppetry. Jacob is bringing his fifth show to the San Diego Fringe Festival, Apron...
Participants take part in "Remote X" in a Jerusalem cemetery. The tour is based on a skeleton of a narrative in which the performers are “remoted” from the normal ways they interact with the city, experiencing it as a meta-reflection while walking the streets. Credit: Eliana Rudee.

In Jerusalem, happy ‘horde’ indulges in ‘meta-reflection’ of reality

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As part of the annual Israel Festival in Jerusalem, I boarded the light rail with my fellow performers, each donning a white headset. Our choreographer was a pre-programmed Siri-like female voice named “Rachel” telling...
Stewart F. Lane inducted into Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame 2018

Stewart F. Lane Inducted into the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame

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Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley - Tony Awards Red Carpet 2016 On Monday, May 14th, six time Tony Award winning producer, Stewart F. Lanewas inducted in to the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame. The Manhattan Jewish Historical...
The entrance of “The Teimani Experience” at the Center for Jewish History in New York. Credit: Shiryn Solny.

Multi-sensory exhibit explores Yemenite Jewish culture and history

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A new exhibition in New York City invites the public to see, smell, listen and touch artifacts and items pertaining to the rich Yemenite Jewish culture. The American Sephardi Federation’s “The Teimani Experience” is a...
The ancient synagogue in Baram (Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli attractions: Inside the Baram Synagogue

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Close to the Lebanese border in the upper Galilee is the Baram National Park, located on the Sasa-Bar’am road route 899, which is home to the Baram synagogue. Synagogue remains throughout the Galilee bear witness...