Category: Entertainment

A group of 29 adults with disabilities stood near a Cobra helicopter at Palmahim Airbase in Israel, mesmerized as Yuval Wagner recounted that fateful day in 1987 when the helicopter he was piloting abruptly crashed and left him paralyzed and his commander dead. Wagner also explained how his new life as a paralyzed man with […]

Pop icon Christina Aguilera received thunderous applause as she greeted 14,000 fans at Park Live on Thursday night with “Shalom!”  The Rishon LeZion concert marked the singer-songwriter’s first time in Israel and she appeared in love with the country, telling the crowd, “It’s been too long,” and “I am so happy to be with you […]

In 1725, Abraham de Oliveyra was officially registered as a silversmith in London — the first Jew known to be given a license to practice the trade in the city. Jews had been let back into England just 70 years beforehand following an expulsion centuries earlier, and Oliveyra’s registration established him as a prolific maker […]

Amar’e Stoudemire hasn’t donned a Phoenix Suns jersey since 2010, but soon, no Suns player will wear his No. 32 ever again. The Suns announced Wednesday that Stoudemire, along with his teammate Shawn Marion, would be inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor during the 2023-2024 NBA season. According to the team’s press release, this […]

Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and main songwriter in The Band, the Canadian-American group known for songs including “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” has died at the age of 80, his manager said on Wednesday. Robertson, who left his Toronto home at age 16 to pursue his rock’n’roll dreams, died Wednesday […]

At Yotvata, a kibbutz near Eilat, during August, kids are all smiles, gulping down glass after glass of chocolate milk. Everywhere you look, there are happy faces and chocolatey mustaches, with endless chocolate milk on tap. Yotvata Kibbutz has recently announced the reopening of its “Chocolate Milk Faucet” at the Yotvata Inn, offering travelers enroute […]

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, more than seven months after he was convicted of shooting fellow musical artist Megan Thee Stallion during an argument in 2020. Judge David Herriford handed down the sentence to the 30-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, during a hearing in […]

Israeli pop star and Eurovision 2023 representative Noa Kirel will star at Madison Square Garden in New York in June 2024, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. Kirel’s management has reportedly been in talks with the venue for the past two months in an effort to book the prestigious arena and now an advance payment has […]

August 8, 2023 marks the 21st annual International Cat Day, a yearly celebration of everyone’s favorite – and oft aloof and quirky – feline friends. But despite how popular cats are, not everyone knows the best ways to adopt them. Unlike humanity’s other domesticated pet of choice, the humble dog, the not-so-humble cat is known […]

(JTA) — Adam Weiner, leader of the rock band Low Cut Connie, says he can find inspiration in just about anything. “I could be sitting at a salad bar at a mall, and that gives me everything I need to know,” he said on a video call from a house in New Mexico, where he […]