Arts & Culture
Folk guitarist Nathan Salsburg makes experimental soundscapes from old Jewish phonograph records
By Daniel Bromfield
Folk musician and record archivist Nathan Salsburg lives on a 40-acre former tree farm in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, with fellow...
Aaron Leibel’s ‘crazy or courageous’ Israel odyssey
In 1972, Aaron Leibel moved from Maryland to Israel without even having set eyes on the country. A 30 year old with a doctorate...
‘Shtisel’ Season 3 will debut on March 25 on Netflix
By Gabe Friedman
Season 3 of the hit haredi Orthodox drama series “Shtisel” will debut on Netflix on March 25, Israel’s Yes Studios announced Tuesday.
The...
Nation and World
Israeli Supreme Court rules state must grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts
Israel must grant citizenship to Jews who converted to Judaism in Israel under non-Orthodox auspices, its Supreme Court ruled Monday, possibly igniting another round...
How to move to Israel while working remotely for a US employer
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By Renee Ghert-Zand
It turns out the coronavirus pandemic has had an unexpected silver lining for Americans contemplating making aliyah: the normalization...
Violinist Itzhak Perlman, Rep. Jamie Raskin and blind rabbi Lauren Tuchman highlight the need...
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By Larry Luxner
When Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1963, he performed while seated — a consequence of the polio that...
Camp and School Showcase
Camp Horizons
Established in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1983, Camp Horizons is a diverse community of campers and staff members from across the United States and around the world working, playing, and learning...
Berman Hebrew Academy
Berman Hebrew Academy is a Preschool-12th grade Modern Orthodox Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD. Our Kindergarten is one of the many entry points to our school. Kindergarten at Berman is a year of...
B’nai Israel’s Schilit Nursery School
B’nai Israel’s Schilit Nursery School in Rockville has provided for multiple generations the very best in early childhood education. With flexible options available year-round for transitional two year olds to pre-K, we are here...
Food and Dining
Star chef Alon Shaya helped Holocaust survivor recreate recipes from his youth
By Margaret Littman
Visiting Yad Vashem a decade ago, Alon Shaya got to see some of the Jerusalem Holocaust museum’s culinary artifacts that aren’t always...
(WATCH) Mother/daughter duo cook pasta and popcorn
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Pasta and popcorn are the focus in the latest episode of “Because I Said So,” a weekly instructional cooking show by Leah Packer and...
Triple coconut cake — with or without the coconut
This cake was born out of a surplus of coconut cream. My daughter used a portion of a can for quinoa porridge, and I...
