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Urban Desert Holy Land Hip-Hop

By Micah Kelber

The hip-hop bravado of Soulico, the Israeli DJ collective, comes with an undercurrent of adorable self-consciousness. Although the members are veterans of the business, they seem surprised by their breakthrough with an album and an American tour. Their affect is an excited, “Can you believe it?” Because of the vibrant complexity they create, you shouldn’t be surprised by feelings of happy mindlessness on the dance floor. But if you do decide to pay attention, the album lends itself to bigger ideas and more important questions.Read More

Forget Your ‘Bashert,’ God Has Made You Millions To Choose From

By Micah Kelber

A young rabbi explains why he no longer teaches about the concept of bashert, or the divine determination of the one person whom we are to marry.Read More

For Four Decades, a Doctor’s Legacy of Life

By Micah Kelber

Forty years ago, when Dr. Felicia Axelrod began caring for patients with familial dysautonomia at the New York University Medical Center, 50% of parents who had children with the rare genetic disorder could expect to bury them before they reached the age of 5.Read More

At Home To War and Peace

By Micah Kelber

This is a play delivered from the heart of left-wing academia where sloganized anti-Zionism is usually delivered in coded academic jargon but is no better than that which comes from the bullhorns of campus demonstrations. And the stronger the rhetoric, the higher the credibility.Read More

A Horse! A Horse! My Horse for a Theater!

By Micah Kelber

On cold winter New York nights in the late 1990s, Erez Ziv could be seen driving a horse-driven carriage and smiling as big as the moon. A rare Israeli among the otherwise Irish population, he excelled at the act he performed for tourists seeking romantic turns in the park or through Times Square. Regaling them with stories about the city, he made his riders feel like they were in the most important and exciting place in the world. It was an act of generosity, really, because they would have paid just to listen to the clop of the horse beneath them, but he wanted to make their experience extra special.Read More


 

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