Shalva Band to be honored with top media award
The Shalva Band will be granted a special citation for fostering Israel-Diaspora relations through the arts, as part of the B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism, Israel Hayom has learned.
Formed in 2005 by the Shalva...
Israel’s highest cultural honor to be awarded posthumously to Rona Ramon
Rona Ramon will be posthumously awarded the Israel Prize, the country’s highest cultural honor, announced Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday.
Ramon, the wife of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who perished in the Columbia space...
Gal Gadot to become first Israeli actor with Walk of Fame star
Gal Gadot will next year become the first Israeli actor or actress to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
“This is unbelievable. I’m so, so grateful and thankful and humbled,” said Gadot...
Paul McCartney wins Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize
Famed singer-songwriter and former Beatles bass guitarist Paul McCartney was announced as one of this year’s nine recipients of Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize.
In announcing the winners, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said that “together with...
July 7, 1887: Marc Chagall was born
Marc Chagall, (born July 7, 1887, Vitebsk, Belorussia, Russian Empire —died March 28, 1985, Saint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes, France), Belorussian-born French painter, printmaker, and designer who composed his images based on emotional and poetic associations, rather than on rules of...
Tapping into the ‘Golden Age’ of cantorial music for the 21st century
Aryeh Leib Hurwitz is attuned to all things musical. A chazzan (“cantor”) and ordained Chabad rabbi born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he studied at yeshivahs around the world while honing his voice and performing...
The Colours of Judaism in Italy at the Uffizi Gallery
Running until October 27, The Colours of Judaism in Italy shines a light on the Jewish community in Italy through the art of weaving, which has long played a vital role in the decoration of homes, palazzi and...
Exhibit Tour: Celebrate SD!
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Join the CJC for an exclusive curator-led tour of the San Diego History Center’s exhibit “Celebrate San Diego! The History and Heritage of San Diego’s Jewish Community.” Walk...
A freylekhn khanike! + Yiddish Song Workshop Package Available for Purchase
As we approach the first night of Chanukah, the team at YAAANA would like to take a moment to wish you and your family a joyous holiday - a freylekhn khanike! Here at YAAANA, we are...
Uncovering the Yiddish-language tales about Knights of the Round Table that Jews (and non-Jews)...
Have you heard of the Yiddish-language King Arthur stories written between the 14th – 18th centuries? These retellings of Arthurian tales for Jewish audiences were tremendously popular for centuries, though they aren’t well known today, as...