Category: Entertainment

“I am a proud part of the Diaspora. …. In my heart I hold Jerusalem and Africa,” says hip-hop artist Noah Shufutinsky (aka Westside Gravy) in his song “Diaspora.” As a black Russian Jew, born in America and living in Israel, he uses music to both reflect on and embrace his mixed heritage and multiple […]

I recently attended a special event that was hosted at the Japan Society in New York. The evening included a performance of Fiddler on the Roof by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) run by Zalmen Mlotek. Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and artistic director of (NYTF), the longest continuous […]

TikTok star Montana Tucker, who documented a family trip to Auschwitz last year for her millions of followers, will emcee the Israeli embassy in Washington’s event celebrating Israel’s 75th anniversary. The 30-year-old actress and singer is best known for her short dance videos, which often include celebrities. She has over 9 million TikTok followers and […]

Israeli musicians Yizhar Ashdot and Rami Kleinstein will receive ACUM Lifetime Achievement Awards, it was announced on Thursday. The Lifetime Achievements Awards are given by the ACUM Board of Directors for the recipient’s contribution to Israeli music and culture. Other recipients include composer and singer Esther Shamir and music producer Loui Lahav. The ACUM Awards […]

Holidays booked from “all-inclusive” vacation websites aren’t a new thing, but apparently, Israelis made it even better. For a fixed price, they are the pinnacle of indulgence. A deal that isn’t cheap but pays off, a deal that will keep you calm regarding all the expenses of your trip. But even people who think they […]

PISAC, Peru — About 20 miles northeast of the tourist capital of Cusco, the small Peruvian town of Pisac sits nestled among the verdant Andes Mountains. Lined with cobblestone streets and two-story adobe houses, the town offers a distinct blend of ancient Incan culture and breathtaking landscapes.  Pisac’s main square, Plaza de Armas, is often […]

Chanie Apfelbaum’s newest cookbook, “Totally Kosher,” is filled with many inventive, flavor-packed recipes, like “Miso Matzo Ball Soup,” “Berbere Brisket” and “Pad Chai,” a shrimp-free version of the Thai staple. But while the book is designed for kosher-keeping observant Jews like herself, Apfelbaum — who boasts 101,000 followers on Instagram and runs the popular Jewish […]

American ultra-Orthodox singer Lipa Schmeltzer revealed last week that he was sexually molested while growing up in an insular Hasidic village in New York. In a video posted to YouTube titled “My heartfelt message of personal growth & challenges before Matan Torah 5783” the popular singer known for lively Yiddish lyrics said that he had […]

Thomas Buergenthal, a survivor of Auschwitz who became a judge at the UN war crimes court in The Hague, has died aged 89. Buergenthal was born in 1934 in what was then Czechoslovakia, to a Jewish family that was forced to flee to Poland when the Germans invaded. He was one of the youngest survivors […]

Food and seduction. Two words that may not always go together, however, are more related than they seem. Eating is supposed to bring us pleasure and make our stomachs full but what if we changed the way we thought about food? What if it made us uncomfortable? It isn’t often that someone really thinks about […]