Alex Suskind
By Alex Suskind
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Israel News Puppets Perform, No Strings Attached
‘I’ve been a puppet… a poet, a pawn and a king.” Frank Sinatra wasn’t talking about actual puppets when he sang those words in his 1966 song “That’s Life,” but festival-goers should expect puppets, kings, poets and more at Jerusalem’s International Festival of Puppet Theater, presented from August 9 to August 14 at the Train…
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Culture Students Create Their Own Charity
For many Jewish children, the idea of charity often means dropping change into a bright-blue tzedakah box. Sure, the collected money goes to charitable organizations, but how do you measure whether the kids’ own efforts have any noticeable effect? Now, one group of students is getting the opportunity to see its money at work. During…
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Culture No Danish Patsies
The movie screen shows two freshly dug graves sitting side by side in a meadow somewhere in the Danish hills. As the camera pans toward the sky, the clouds begin to break, finally shining light on a movie otherwise heavy with drab shades of brown, gray, green and blue. It is a poetic, albeit depressing,…
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Israel News Cha-cha: From Oy Vey to Olé
The scene is early 1950s New York: Many European Jews were living on the Lower East Side, spending most of their time raising families, creating businesses and dancing to Latin music. Wait, what? That’s right; Jews were some of the earliest supporters of the Latin music craze that swept the country in the late ’40s…
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Israel News Jewtoons Take San Francisco
Remember the days of cartoon movies? A time when classics like “The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin” ruled the big screen, and before Buzz Lightyear and his “Toy Story” pals came in and crashed the party? While CGI (computer-generated imagery) movies like “Toy Story” paved the way for a new generation of…
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Israel News Davis Cup: Advantage, Israel
The Israeli tennis team has advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time, defeating the Russians at Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. Harel Levy and Dudi Sela gave Israel a surprising 2-0 lead by winning their respective singles matches. Levi defeated Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, while Sela, after losing the first…
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Israel News Such a Deal! Find God, Win a Trip
‘A Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist and a Jew walk into a house with 10 atheists…” What sounds like the start of a bad joke actually will be brought to life on Turkish television this fall. If you don’t believe in God, perhaps a stint on reality TV will help change your mind. At least…
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Israel News Not ‘Far’ From Her Roots
On June 23, singer-songwriter Regina Spektor released her newest album, “Far.” Since her 2004 debut album, “Soviet Kitsch,” Spektor has made quite a name for herself. In 2008, she headlined the 50th anniversary of Israel celebration in Washington. Her blend of piano-driven melodies and free-spirited lyrics has drawn comparisons with some of music’s great female…
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