Jordana Horn
By Jordana Horn
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Israel News Eleven Chefs Put the Sizzle In Philly’s Latkepalooza
Last Sunday, Philadelphia’s Gershman Y assembled an array of the city’s top chefs for its third annual Latkepalooza. The scene would have made the Iron Chef proud: One room, 11 chefs, two-and-half hours and more than 5,000 sizzling latkes. Twelve dollars was all that the mere mortal needed to play food critic for the day….
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Culture The Son Also Rises
In the Perlman family, musical talent is a family affair. Most people are familiar with Itzhak Perlman, the internationally renowned violin virtuoso. But his wife, Toby, is also an accomplished violinist. The couple’s daughter Navah is a concert pianist who tours worldwide both with her trio and as a soloist, and daughter Ariella plays the…
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Culture Karaoke Without the Culpability
The best trends always come around again: Leg warmers grace the pages of Vogue, shag carpets line the floors of hipster apartments and — finally — shira betzibur is cool once more. Shira betzibur, which translates as “singing in public,” is an Israeli communal activity of passing out songsheets and singing Israeli songs together, usually…
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