Conductor Dr. Noreen Green
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (LAJS), celebrating its 18th year – its “Chai Year,” presents Istoria Judia, a performance inspired by Sephardic and Mizrahi history starring Moroccan-based Vanessa Paloma, an internationally known singer. The concert, led by LAJS Artistic Director and Conductor Dr. Noreen Green, will take place on Saturday, March 31, 8:00 pm, at Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Boulevard in Encino, CA. Continue reading
Rose Petal Jam is more than a recipe book with stories. Friends cannot resist picking up the book from my coffee table and browsing through amazing photographs of the Polish countryside, reading about Beata’s childhood and discovering Poland today. – S. Nieman
Beata Zatorska learned to make rose petal jam, pierogi, and other Polish recipes in the kitchen of her grandmother’s farmhouse in a remote village in the foothills of the Continue reading
FILM
This highly contemplative film on a powerful moment in history will leave audiences long captivated and well educated. On September 17, 1978, following secret negotiations at Camp David, The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
A film on the true story of the bringing of peace to the Middle East, the documentary takes the audience behind the scenes of the White House press briefings and into the confessional of one of the world’s greatest historical moments, the 1979 Camp David Peace Accord and Treaty between Egypt and Israel.
The film is a well-told historical record of the Camp David talks, the events leading up to Continue reading
After an extensive global tour as the lead singer for The Wailers, a critically acclaimed major label album release, and features on major motion picture soundtracks, ELAN (Elan Atias) has established his unparalleled organic musical talents. Now with the release of his second solo album We Are, ELAN is back on the road and back in the public eye. This album was produced, written, and recorded over the past year, and demonstrates ELAN’s amazingly personal and artistic connection to his music. The entire album is acoustic and stripped down to genuinely showcase his voice paired with upbeat melodies that promote a ‘one love’ feel. Continue reading
The Perfect Gift For Brides, Bridesmaids and Girlfriends
In Eat, Drink and Be Married (Self/iuniverse), Rebecca Bloom blended just the right amount of hilarious dialogue that women savor when in the company of their best friends, with the right amount of tender moments shared during life’s special events, to create a page-turning story that is chick lit at its finest!
When college girlfriends, Kate, Nina and Zoë, take a break from their busy schedules on opposite coasts to join their former roommate, Hannah, for her wedding in Lake Tahoe, they not only bring suitcases packed with ‘what-not-to-wear’ bridesmaid dresses, but baggage of a more emotional kind. Supported by a variety of eclectic characters determined to wreak havoc on their carefully organized lives, each woman is forced to come to terms with her past before she walks down the aisle. Continue reading
Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik grew up reading comic books and storing them carefully in individual plastic bags. This January he’s bringing part of his collection to Memphis — cut up into pieces and used in his latest one-man art show, “Paper Tefillah.”
The show features sixteen papercuts, each representing a prayer from contemporary Jewish worship. Brynjegard-Bialik says that they are intended to reproduce the worship Continue reading
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Henry Winkler, world famous actor, producer and best-selling author of 17 children’s books is best known for his role as the Fonz on Happy Days.
His most recent book, I’ve Never Met an Idiot on the River, is a delightful collection of humorous anecdotes and heartfelt observations accumulated while honing his skills as a fly-fisherman. Continue reading
2011 Chanukah YouTube videos coming my way. Choose your favorite.
Chanukah Jewish Rock of Ages – Official Hanukkah Song
Contemporary Torah cover by Barbara Barron
Torah Covers, Sacred Textiles features 24 covers that are used to protect a Torah, a scroll with Judaism’s most important text—the Five Books of Moses, the 613 commandments (mitzvot), and the Ten Commandments.
These covers are on loan from synagogues from Florida to New York Chattanooga’s three local congregations— Beth Sholom (Orthodox), B’nai Zion (Conservative) and Mizpah (Reform)—and from various artists.
Torah covers are commonly made Continue reading
Shmaltz Brewing (handcrafters of HE’BREW Beer® and Coney Island Craft Lagers®) proprietor Jeremy Cowan celebrates the national launch of Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah with a book tour that began this fall. The tour hits major and regional markets including NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston, North Carolina, Missoula, Baltimore, and others. Additional book events will be announced. Continue reading
