Pickin’ up good vibrations, Tibetan-Israeli style

Published on May 30, 2012

In Jerusalem, where the cacophony of Hebrew, church bells and the muezzin fill the air, the hum of Tibetan bowls isn’t exactly a familiar sound. But its healing applications are gaining interest, thanks to a devoted Israeli practitioner.

VIDEO: History will be made in Beijing

Published on August 9, 2008

Director Oren Kaplan offers this 60-second 'commercial' for the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Welcome to the Orwell Olympics

By Marty Kaplan
Published on August 5, 2008

Why do I have the feeling that if hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of Chinese imports and of American business investments in China were not at stake, quiet diplomacy wouldn't be the slogan du jour?

Attempt to pressure China on Darfur loses to the Olympics

By Ben Harris
Published on July 23, 2008

Jewish groups have taken lead roles in drawing attention to China's policies and specifically sought to spotlight the country's record in advance of this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. Yet it appears as if China will suffer no significant international sanction when the games open Aug. 8

Can tolerance extend to China exhibition?

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 16, 2008

VIDEO: Is Tibet the home of one of the Lost Tribes?

Published on June 24, 2008

Quantum Physicist Fred Alan Wolf (from the film "Dalai Lama Renaissance") speaks about Tibet being one of the "Lost Tribes" of Israel, and the similarities of Jewish culture (Judaism) and Tibetan culture (and Tibetan Buddhism).

Jewish Olympians must shine light on genocide

By Daniel Hemel
Published on August 16, 2007

In the summer of 1936, a year after the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws, the world turned a blind eye to Nazi Germany's genocidal intentions as Hitler hosted the Olympics in Berlin. With next summer's games set to take place in Beijing, Jewish and Israeli athletes have a responsibility to help ensure that the world does not make the same mistake.

Dalai Lama Concepts Inspire Works of 3 Jewish Artists

By Morris Newman
Published on August 10, 2006

To paraphrase an old rye bread ad, you don't have to be Buddhist to admire his holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, or at least that's so in the case of at least three Jewish artists, who lend their artistic voices to "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," an exhibition currently at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Journey’s End

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on May 3, 2001

Lunda Hoyle Gill sat in her spare room at a Westwood assisted-living center, the last stop on her remarkable life journey.

The artist once traveled to the remotest parts of the globe, racing to paint indigenous peoples before they disappeared. But that was before cancer ravaged her gut and Parkinson's disease crippled her fingers. Today, at 72, the artist can no longer paint. She can barely walk or hold a spoon.

Arts

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 27, 1998

Documentary focuses on spiritual transformation of Rodger Kamenetz

Redemption, Hollywood Style

By Sally Ogle Davis
Published on October 9, 1997

Let me be direct and come to the point right off the mark:
"Seven Years in Tibet," appropriately filmed in Argentina -- whereold Nazis go to be rehabilitated or to die, whichever comes first --is a turgid piece of filmmaking and as dishonest as, well, "TheDevil's Own," Brad Pitt's last outing on film.