Trysts with the Nobel Prize in Literature
RICHMOND, California — The measurement of time changes after you retire. You do not have to go to work, and you can do pretty much what you want to do within financial and physical limits....
Gale Kissin sings “Mame Loshn”
Few recordings so well selected, so clearly interpreted, and so significative as this one:
Gale Kissin sings Mama Loshn
15 songs that illustrate Jewish life and struggles through the last 300 years!
I was afraid that America...
Yale Strom’s American Socialist opens in San Diego May 11
Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies), and five times...
Druze tourism in Israel
The Druze are a proud and ancient people and one of Israel's main minority communities. The Druze communities share with tourists from Israel and the rest of the world their ancient traditions and way...
It takes ten to tango
JERUSALEM — The ad in the paper for the show entitled “Tango in the Shadows” caught my eye, and since Yigal and I have long been aficionados of the tango in every shape and form...
XLNC’s departure from radio a big loss for San Diego
SAN DIEGO — XLNC, San Diego’s only classical radio station for many years, stopped operating on the air waves, as of the beginning of March. The station continues to transmit music on line at...
Team Israel’s inspiring World Baseball Classic run documented
The documentary "Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel" tells a moving underdog story that should inspire people who attend an upcoming Miami Jewish Film Festival members screening.
The screening takes place at 7 p.m....
Kuriozidades en la kultura sefaradi kontemporanea
Es ke vuestra bava baylava flamenko en la kuzina, vistida kon un fostan kolorado, pezgado de tantas telas de ropa? Es ke tenia enklavada detras de su oreja una klavina blanka? Es ke baylava...
Sephardic music: La Roza enflorese
Sephardic music has its roots in the musical traditions of the Jewish communities in medieval Spain. Since then, it has picked up influences from Morocco, Argentina, Turkey, Greece, and the other places that Spanish...
A Jewish-themed Disney Park is Coming to Israel!
The city of Dimona in the south of Israel is in the “advanced stages” of planning a Disneyland-like theme park, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Pla’im (Hebrew for ‘wonders’), or “Park of Wonders,” is slated to have a similar...