Rose and Max (z”l) Schindler relate their survivals
There is a romantic notion in popular Judaism that everyone has a bashert – a special person intended to become a lifelong spouse. Sometimes, he or she may live just down the street; other times, you...
Movie Review: ‘Kastner and the Little Tuesday’
Kästner and the Little Tuesday, a 2016 movie originally titled in German as Kästner und der Kleine Dienstag is now streaming, with English subtitles, on Amazon Prime.
It’s Germany 1931, the children’s novel Emil and the Detectives is being...
Tale of a Jewish girl hidden during the Shoah
Author Bart Van Es knew about Lien de Jong, the Jewish girl who was provided a home and a new identity with his grandparents during the time the Nazis occupied Holland. However, after such...
Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots against Hollywood and America, by...
For Steven Ross, an acclaimed American historian of labour and the film industry whose parents both survived the Holocaust, this remarkable and meticulously researched book is personal. Initially seeking to understand Jewish passivity during...
Jewish Life Television/JLTV to Premiere “Air Land & Sea” in Porto, Portugal
Jewish Life Television/JLTV proudly announces the premiere of Air Land & Sea in Porto, Portugal. Hosted by Brad Pomerance, this episode from JLTV’s global travel series uncovers the story of the Jewish people in...
Telefon (The Telephone), song based on “El Teléfono”, by Cri Cri
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Telephone - Mixing classical music with the melody of Soler's song, a fox mommy is described as a very homey busy- body doing everything...
Men Drool as Women Rule in New Play
Bad Hombres, Good Wives, a delightful new comedy at the San Diego Repertory Theater, is a cheeky take on Northern Mexico’s narco culture and the relationship between men and women. Written by Playwright in...
Rereading Leon Uris’s ‘Exodus’
A conversation over the breakfast table with friends started with the question, “What book do you wish you had not read so you could read it for the first time?”
We pushed the concept to...
Friendship between Basques and Jews fuels novel
While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile or other parts of newly united Spain. So, when King Ferdinand...
Big splash at Caesarea Harbor with new Crusader market, upcoming visitor’s center
New promenade walls and a 700-year-old Crusader market at the Caesarea Harbor were unveiled on June 10 in Caesarea National Park in the presence of Baroness Ariane de Rothschild, and various representatives from funding...