Israeli native Roni Ben-Hur plays a smooth electric guitar in the tradition of Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. He’s a big favorite of mine (won’t someone bring him to town for a show?), and his most recent album, Fortuna (Motéma Music), a collection of 10 Spanish-tinged tunes, burnishes his reputation. Ben-Hur, who’s from a Sephardic Jewish [...]
I was somewhat surprised to read recently about a new psychological malady, which goes under the rough title of “post-Avatar depression.” Some viewers of James Cameron’s brilliant science fiction/fantasy epic reportedly are experiencing confusion and depression — a few folks are having suicidal thoughts.
A recent CNN.com story on this phenomenon quoted Philippe Baghdassarian, the administrator [...]
An Orthodox rabbi in Israel came under verbal attack after making some laudatory comments about Jesus
By MOSHE GIT
Recently, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, of the Orthodox settlement of Efrat on the West Bank, caused a stir in traditional circles by referring to Jesus as “Rabbi Jesus.”
In a video posted to YouTube, Riskin said he has been [...]
Shirah Ozery, director of the Jewish Agency’s Israel Aliya Center in Chicago, will speak at Bet Shalom and host an open house for prospective olim
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor
When Shirah Ozery first visited Israel on a high school trip in 1969, she felt an immediate bond with the Jewish state. In [...]
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