Artist painting life during wartime When visionaries take to battlefields Not everything in a war zone is bombs and bullets. Or at least, not everyone in the war zones sees it as such. Some even fantasize or imagine entirely different scenes of the reality and the environment surrounding them. This Artist painting life during wartime […]
Israel
Fajr 5 Steals Parking Space in Tel Aviv – Yaffo What do residents of Tel Aviv – Jaffa do during rocket attacks? As Iranian-made Fajr-5 rockets flew from Gaza to Tel Aviv for the first time, residents of Israel’s largest coastal city had to contend with falling missile debris, along with the usual land-based debris, […]
Yom Kippur 5773 Lunch Menu Why do Jews celebrate the new year in Autumn? The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur holiday of spiritual atonement – is a day of soul-searching, forgiveness, and fasting. No food or drink is consumed by the observant for a period of 25 hours, from sunset on one day, until 1 […]
Rosh HaShanah Happy Jew Year 5773 Why do Jews celebrate the new year in Autumn? Rosh HaShanah – the Jewish New Year’s holiday – is a celebration of the cyclical lunar calendar, and a time of forgiveness, renewal, and soul searching, aside from all the feasting and drinking that’s involved in the spirit of the […]
Tu B’Av Loves Grapes And Virgins What’s Tu B’Av and what’s funny about it? Tu B’Av – the Jewish Love Day – celebrates the ritual tradition of men harvesting the early season’s grapes, while virginal unmarried women dance outside of the walls of Jerusalem. According to learned Judaic teachers, white garments are worn by the […]
