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Nathan Burstein

By Nathan Burstein

Israel News
Israeli-Inspired Show Grabs a Few Emmys

The Emmys doesn’t have a foreign language category, so Israel’s TV industry had to make do with winning an award by proxy September 21 at the annual red carpet event in Los Angeles. Dianne Wiest, already a two-time Oscar winner, added an additional statuette to her collection by winning the best supporting actress award for…

By Nathan Burstein Sep 24, 2008 | < 1 min read
Israel News
Israeli Flag To Fly High in L.A.

A ceremony outside Israel’s diplomatic headquarters in Southern California will literally stop traffic on the day before Rosh Hashanah. In a first-of-its-kind celebration in North America, Israel’s Los Angeles consulate will raise the country’s blue-and-white flag outside its Wilshire Boulevard office September 28, shutting down two blocks of the famous thoroughfare as part of a…

By Nathan Burstein Sep 18, 2008 | 2 min read
Israel News
Hollywood Celebrates Israel

Four months after most of the festivities have concluded, Hollywood is rolling out the red carpet to celebrate Israel’s 60th anniversary, honoring the country with an A-list fundraiser to be held September 18 on the Paramount Pictures lot. Oscar winners Warren Beatty, Kevin Spacey and Oliver Stone will join supermodel Heidi Klum and TV stars…

By Nathan Burstein Sep 11, 2008 | < 1 min read
Israel News
The Fine Art of Jello

If all goes according to plan, theatergoers will giggle and the artwork will jiggle this October at Beyond the Borscht Belt, a Jewish theater festival in Columbus, Ohio, gearing up to celebrate its second year. Inspired by the plot of “The Snowflake Theory,” the festival’s centerpiece production, organizers are planning an unusual if thematically appropriate…

By Nathan Burstein Sep 4, 2008 | 2 min read
Israel News
Haredi Singer Lands Big Gig

There was no sex or drugs, but there was rock ’n’ roll. Of a sort, anyway. Tzitzit and a black yarmulke were just part of the spectacle August 26 as Gad Elbaz, a 26-year-old from near Tel Aviv, became the first Haredi singer to perform at Israel’s Caesarea Amphitheater, a space unofficially reserved for the…

By Nathan Burstein Sep 4, 2008 | < 1 min read
Israel News
Israeli Spy Novel Hits No. 1

The Mossad’s aura of invincibility may be a thing of the past among the agency’s Middle Eastern foes, but on American best-seller lists, at least, the Israeli super spy is still No. 1. “Moscow Rules,” author Daniel Silva’s latest novel about former Mossad agent Gabriel Allon, debuted atop The New York Times’ Best Sellers list…

By Nathan Burstein Aug 14, 2008 | < 1 min read
News
Racing for Germany, Swimmer Keeps Darfur in Mind

Swimmer Sarah Poewe doesn’t have dual loyalties — if only life were that simple. Instead, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist boasts connections numerous and varied, with passports from Germany and South Africa, and All-American academic and athletic honors from her time at the University of Georgia, where she swam for the 2005 championship team of…

By Nathan Burstein Jul 31, 2008 | 2 min read
News
At His Third Games, Kayaker Has Eye on 2012

For sprint kayaker Rami Zur, the three-month lead-up to the Beijing Olympics has itself been an international affair, divided among three countries and shared with fellow athletes from around the world. By the time the 31-year-old finally puts his boat in the water in China, he will have spent the bulk of the period in…

By Nathan Burstein Jul 31, 2008 | 2 min read

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