Category: Media & Culture

American Singer-Songwriter Lionel Richie’s daughter Sofia Richie has completed her conversion to Judaism, according to her Instagram.  Richie, 28, revealed on Monday that she had been attending conversion classes ahead of her marriage to Elliot Grainge. In the post, she thanked cantor Nathan Lam writing, “I  want to thank cantor Nathan Lam for helping me […]

We all know that flying can be pretty stressful, but dealing with long flights can be doubly stressful. Chris Major, a British flight attendant with 24 years of experience, was interviewed by the Australian website 7News and provided plenty of tips and ideas to help you survive all those long hours in the air. Is […]

Just in time for Passover Seder night, Merriam-Webster dictionary on Thursday announced their “Word of the Day” was Seder. The dictionary’s website defines a Seder as “a service held in a Jewish home or community that includes a ceremonial dinner and that is held on the first evening, or first and second evenings, of Passover in […]

On Wednesday evening, Jewish people all over the world will be celebrating the first night of Passover.  The US Embassy Jerusalem posted a video to their social media on Tuesday afternoon, kickstarting the holiday by having employees at the embassy’s branch in Tel Aviv running around the building looking for the afikoman, in what they […]

The Military Intelligence Directorate release its annual Passover riddle on TikTok on Tuesday which is meant to be extremely difficult to solve. Last year’s riddle released proved so difficult that only 0.1% of people who tried to solve it were successful. This year’s threatens to be just as difficult. @idfofficial אחרי שנה שלמה! כנהוג בחג […]

Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records, which brought such musical powerhouses as the Ramones, Talking Heads and Madonna to the public light, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles at age 80 after a long battle with cancer. According to Variety, a well-curated mixtape of Sire releases from the ’80s and ’90s is like the […]

When Tessa Laws was growing up in the UK, she recalls going on family vacations to places in France and Italy and staying at charming but sophisticated B&Bs, enjoying good food, lively company and beautiful scenery. “I wanted to recreate that same feeling here in Israel,’’ she says regarding the recently opened Sitopia guesthouse about […]

It’s about a 30-minute drive from Limassol to the small fishing village of Zygi. The road goes along the coast and then inland a bit. If you aren’t careful, you can miss the turnoff and end up heading along the highway into the mountains toward Nicosia.  If you don’t make that mistake, or if you […]

Young Saeed Rashed al-Mheiri from Abu Dhabi became recognized as the youngest author in the world by Guinness World Records last month. At only 4 years and 218 days of age, Saeed published his debut children’s book, The Elephant Saeed and the Bear, which received its Guinness verification last month after it passed the 1,000 […]

WASHINGTON – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) hosted its traditional Ambassadors’ Seder on Wednesday, bringing together 90 diplomats from over 60 countries, including envoys from Israel, France, Egypt, China and Turkey. This was the 31st Ambassadors’ Seder hosted by AJC Washington, attended by 300 people at Adas Israel Congregation. Like last year, the keynote speaker […]