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A Pocket Culinary Tour Through Israel

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Film & Television

A Nation's Emergency Call

TV dials up 9/11 as it examines the day's impact 10 years later

By:

Michael Elkin

"Where were you when war broke out, Daddy?" My little girl is too young to recall even a reason for that question, but make no mistake, war -- of terror and on terror -- broke out on Sept. 11, 2011. And where we were then -- daddy, mommy, daughter, son, Jew, Christian, Muslim -- and where we are now traverses...

Food

Grapes: The Perfect Addition to Lots of Dishes

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Eileen Goltz, JE Feature

SLICE OF LIFE Red or green or black, I'm color blind in my love for grapes, those sweet, tangy, bursting with flavor fruits. While I'm not quite as fond of the ones with seeds, I welcome them at my fruit smorgasbord. Grapes are a perfect snack as they offer a great way to get manganese (vitamin B6), thiamin (vitamin B1),...

Food

The Glorious Abundance of the Israeli Breakfast

By:

Rivka Tal

A TASTE OF ISRAEL Ask anyone if he or she has any particularly fond culinary memories of a trip to Israel. The respondent will probably not wax with nostalgia about the sushi bars or even the falafel but, rather, the famous Israeli breakfast. This smorgasbord -- whose origins stem from the do-it-yourself kibbutz breakfast of the past -- evolved into...

Arts

Head of Penn Museum Tapped for Spot in NYC

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Deborah Hirsch

After 13 years at the helm of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art, Claudia Gould will become the next director of the 107-year-old Jewish Museum on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She will replace Joan Rosenbaum, who is retiring after 30 years, and will assume the new role sometime this fall, the museum recently announced. Gould, 55,...

Theater

Fringe With a Sexual Survey on Top

By:

Michael Elkin

Sex and the (Sister) City? It's enough to have Carrie Bradshaw say a brachah. But this isn't Sex and the Siddur, either: What's coming to the Philly Fringe Festival is an edgy offering from Philadelphia's Sister City, Tel Aviv, putting a Smiley face on sexual sensitivity and sensibility that would shake Jane Austen to her core. Smiley (How About Some...