Devra Ferst
By Devra Ferst
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Culture Israeli Choreographer Wins Lifetime Award
Ohad Naharin, the artistic director of the Israeli-based Batsheva Dance Company will receive the 2009 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth is reporting. Naharin, who studied and worked with dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, has directed the innovative modern dance troupe since 1990. In addition to his choreography, Naharin…
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Culture What’s ‘Good For the Jews’
What’s good for the Jews? Well if you ask three Jews you’re likely to get five answers. Luckily the some of them are more entertaining to listen to than that of your grandma, rabbi or Seder companion. Rob Tannenbaum, a member of the musical comedy duo Good for the Jews — David Fagin is the…
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News A Prison Shul, Lost and Found
Under layers of crumbled mortar and plaster, eroding walls and a skylight enlarged from a caved roof, the small synagogue at Eastern State Penitentiary was nearly unrecognizable in the 1990s, 20 years after the prison closed. But recent efforts to restore the synagogue, which is believed to be the first prison shul in the country,…
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Culture Old World, New World Variations on Brisket
There are few holiday foods that call up tradition and memories as much as brisket or brust, as I’m told my great-grandmother called it. There are endless variations of recipes — each one boasting local influences from sweet paprika to Coca-Cola to spicy Mexican chiles. This Passover season, we share with you a recipe from…
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Life Balkan Beat Box Out With Its ‘Nu’ Album on Tuesday
If Arab club music, Israeli hip-hop and klezmer had a ménage à trios, its love child might sound something like Balkan Beat Box. Joining musical genres and artists across political spectrums the group aims to erase political borders through music saying, “our ears don’t have them, why should we?” The group blends musical influences from…
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Israel News ‘The Simpsons’ Bring Peace to the Middle East
Some say politicians will bring peace to the Middle East; others think only the messiah could summon such a miracle. But this fall, Homer Simpson, father of America’s favorite animated TV family, will prove them all wrong. The Simpsons, who have visited Japan, Australia, Great Britain and France, will embark on their first trip to…
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Israel News Brad and Natalie: Trading Places?
Natalie Portman and Brad Pitt are set to co-star in an upcoming film adaptation of Leanne Sharpton’s book “Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry.” In somewhat of a religious role reversal, Israeli-American Portman will play the part of Lenore Doolan, a…
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Israel News Krasikov Scoops $100K Rohr Prize
The Jewish Book Council announced on March 24 that Sana Krasikov is the 2009 recipient of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The $100,000 award is one of the most lucrative of its kind. Krasikov won for her debut collection of short stories, “One More Year,” which provides eight insights into the lives of…
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