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Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks for September 13-18: When Ladino met klezmer, Torah Slam, a lawyerly lecture

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin
Published on September 11, 2008


MUSIC VIDEO: Amonai Shamati—Moroccan High Holy Day Piyyut

Published on September 9, 2008

Beautiful, pleading Sephardic High Holy Day piyyut recited on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur before Amidah. Tradtional Moroccan melody sung by Eyal Bitton.


Henna party adds colorful touch to the happy couple

By Ayala Or-el
Published on April 10, 2008

Sareet Rimon grew up knowing she wanted to have a henna party when she got married. For the local singer it meant carrying on a Moroccan tradition that had been honored by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

In Search of ‘Shlomi’

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 1, 2004

It all looks like another story of another dysfunctional family, a recurring theme in Israeli movies, when Shlomi's life slowly turns around.


Featured Stories

Los Angeles
Half a world away, Los Angeles mourns

The overwhelming majority of mourners had never met the Holtzbergs. But that didn't matter. They have become, for Americans, the public face of this tragedy.

Singles
True confessions of an online dating addict #18: Keep mouth shut

Films
Film of ‘Reader’ probes German culpability

Those who gulped down "The Reader" in one sitting when the English translation of the German book came out eight years ago will need no inducement to see the movie.

Picks and Clicks
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Nov. 29 - Dec. 5: NFL to frum; Shiksa syndrome, ‘Waltz with Bashir’

U.S.
Analysis: Obama sounding similar to Bush on foreign policy

Not only is Barack Obama inheriting President Bush's Middle East, it looks like he's adopting his strategies.

Israel
Analysis: Mumbai attacks mean new challenges for Israel

The attacks on 10 sites in the Indian city, which killed nearly 200 people, could lead to a shift in the way Israel views global terrorism and the way to combat it.

Education
Thanks, Cal State —thanks a lot

When we hear that the one option that has always been guaranteed to us is now an uncertain variable, we can do nothing but doubt. When competition rages from all angles, and the safety we counted on no longer exists, we can do nothing but give up, right?

Food
Kosherfest 2008 is heaven on earth for foodies

Each year Kosherfest organizers hold a competition for the best new kosher-certified products. This year, Zelda's Sweet Shoppe of Skokie, Ill., took top honors with a "Southern Pecan Pie."

Torah Portion
Listen, will you?

Parshat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Men equate the inability to solve a problem with weakness, so when men are in the same situation they feel that they must solve the problem.

Cartoons
Mahatma’s tears

Music
Collectors recover lost era of Jewish America on vinyl

While other music fanatics visit Hollywood's nightclubs to discover groundbreaking music, Kun rummages through countless bins at places like the National Council of Jewish Women's thrift shop looking for Jewish records of the past. But he hasn't done it alone.

World
The Rebbe’s army soldiers on

Chabad has become so ubiquitous that Jewish travelers around the world, no matter how far they stray, have come to expect a Shabbat meal, a holiday celebration and a warm welcome from one of these Chasidic couples, no questions asked. All that's required is a knock on the door.