Tag: Culture
A taste of Druze culture and cuisine in Daliat el-Carmel
The aroma of cardamom coffee wafts out of a spice shop. Teenage girls are walking home from school, some in jeans and Blundstone boots, others wearing traditional veils and skirts. A cell phone store...
Moroccan King Mohammed VI creates new agencies for Jewish community
Morocco’s government announced last week that “acting under royal instruction,” it will create several new initiatives aimed at strengthening the Jewish community there, preserving the Jewish cultural and historical connection, and improving ties with...
New survey reveals Israel’s Mizrachim Jewish majority overlooked by school textbooks
The majority of Jews in contemporary Israel are descendants of Jews who were expelled or fled from countries under Muslim rule between 1948 and 1967. Generally referred to as Mizrachim (from the East), they include...
East meets West: Jerusalem exhibit displays coffee culture through the ages
Coffee culture in Israel is as varied as the population. Bedouin hospitality dictates finely ground dark coffee served in tiny cups; Arabs will serve strong Turkish coffee often spiked with a dash of cardamom...
Pilot program aims to increase informal Hebrew education at summer camp
The Jewish Agency for Israel has launched a pilot program to increase informal Hebrew education and raise awareness of the language at Jewish camps in the United States and France.
As part of the program,...
Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture comes to National Library of Israel
Clinton Bailey has conducted research in the deserts of Sinai and the Negev over the past five decades, establishing himself as a world-renowned expert on the Bedouin.
The Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture is...
US-Morocco MOU exempts Jewish ceremonial objects
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last week between the United States and Morocco intended to protect Moroccan cultural property exempts Jewish objects.
The MOU was signed on Jan. 14 by then-U.S. Ambassador to Morocco...
Netanyahu discusses free-trade measures with Georgia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Gakharia, with the two leaders discussing advancing a free-trade agreement.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the leaders “discussed the deepening of bilateral relations...
Israeli government makes wine a smart brand to export culture and identity abroad
As Israel’s government ministries endeavor to represent and communicate the singularity and attractiveness of Israeli culture and industry to audiences abroad, wine has topped the list as one way to effectively represent Israeli culture...