Category: Entertainment

A three-minute trailer teases a new reality show called “Unseen Housewives,” and features women describing their experiences as child brides in forced marriages.  “I was groomed by a pedophile at age 14 and married by age 16,” one of four young women in the trailer tells the camera. “I turned into a housewife at 14 […]

When the war in Ukraine broke out just over a year ago, Israeli nonprofit Access Israel and its collaborative partner, Accessibility Accelerator, sprung into action.  The Israel NGO, which addresses issues of disabilities access and inclusion worldwide, quickly realized that the estimated 2.7 million people with disabilities in Ukraine and the elderly would have an […]

The Ramada Olivié Nazareth celebrates local culture with authentic cuisine, a market tour and a folklore evening with a kanafeh workshop and a belly dancer.  It’s a pampering hotel with a heated indoor pool and Jacuzzi, a sports center, a spa and fine cuisine. One of the highlights is the Locanda chef restaurant, which reopened […]

During his lifetime, some 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci was known as the pioneer of modern anatomy and a painting genius. But there is something clearly wrong with his masterpiece The Virgin of the Rocks. The painting, of which he painted two versions, shows the “holy family” as they fled from Bethlehem after King […]

On March 16th, three years to the day after Eli Beer was admitted to the ICU at Miami University hospital, the Covid-19 survivor and Founder and President of United Hatzalah of Israel, will have his official biography released. The book, entitled 90 Seconds: The Epic Story of Eli Beer and United Hatzalah, is being released […]

Kornit Tel Aviv Fashion Week 2023 began Sunday and the opening shot was fired by the hottest designer in the Jaffa neighborhoods – David Wexler, with a display that will not be forgotten.  In the show that opens the fashion week, which feels a bit like an escape from the stormy reality, Wexler reminded us […]

When Judy Blume’s young adult novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” appeared in 1970, intermarried families were a small segment of the American Jewish population. Perhaps 17% of Jews were married to someone who wasn’t Jewish; today, 42% of married Jews have a spouse who is not Jewish, and in the past decade, […]

Six social media influencers from the UK, with 16 million followers on various platforms, recently turned their focus to Israel. The six serial posters visited iconic Israeli locations, such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee as guests of Vibe Israel, an Israeli non-profit dedicated to helping Israel spread the […]

United States President Joe Biden presented actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and a number of other celebrities with a National Medal of Art on Tuesday night during a star-studded ceremony at the White House— all while hinting at his own reelection.  Louis-Dreyfus, 62, a Jewish American comedian, producer and actress best known for her roles in Saturday […]

Classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven is considered one of the most important musicians of all time, yet for centuries the cause of his untimely death has remained a mystery. New research published on Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Current Biology sheds light on how the legendary composer, who suffered hearing loss at a young age […]