Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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Israel News Honored Guest’s Dark Family Past
For the second time in less than two years, a descendant of Germany’s Nazi elite will be a guest of honor at a film festival in Israel. Jan Harlan, nephew of German director Veit Harlan, has announced plans to head the jury at Tel Aviv University’s International Student Film Festival, scheduled from June 5 to…
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Israel News Putting the Old in Old Testament
Israel’s government wants to put the “old” back into the Old Testament. Following a 30-year absence, the Education Ministry has announced the return of its adult International Bible Quiz, an annual competition that tests contestants’ knowledge of the Torah, Prophets and Scriptures. Restricted in recent decades to young students, a second edition of the Bible…
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Israel News Albom Gets the Hebrew Treatment
They’ll laugh. They’ll cry. They might even get a hug from the author. Theatergoers at two of Israel’s top playhouses will be joined in early May by writer Mitch Albom, who will attend the first Hebrew-language performances of “Tuesdays With Morrie,” his best-selling 1997 memoir. A co-production of the Haifa Municipal Theatre and Tel Aviv’s…
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Israel News The Oprah Effect Strikes Again
The so-called Oprah Effect has worked its magic on a beauty company based in Tel Aviv. Stock prices jumped more than 63% for the Israeli company UltraShape after the publication of a favorable article on Oprah.com, according to the Israeli business newspaper Calcalist. Stock in UltraShape gained 26 million shekels (roughly $7 million) in value…
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Israel News Music Of the Heart
In happier times, singers Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad would have been an easy sell: a pair of Israelis, one Jewish and one Arab, singing a heartfelt peace anthem called “There Must Be Another Way.” When the duo performed the song at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest — the annual pop competition voted on by…
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Israel News Hebrew, the Sexy Language
Sexy people speak their own language — and it’s Hebrew, according to America’s top movie. In “Date Night,” a film filled with celebrity appearances, Hebrew makes a cameo. The romantic comedy opened atop the America’s box office during the weekend ending April 11. Starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell, the movie follows a night in…
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Israel News And the Funniest Religion Is…
Judaism’s the oldest, Christianity’s the biggest and Islam, apparently, is the funniest. A pair of Muslim jokesters claimed two of the top three spots in “Which Religion Is Funniest?” a comedy competition that concluded on April 2 in England. With videotaped submissions from some 70 performers, the contest crowned two winners, including Nabil Abdulrashid, a…
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Israel News Fish and Chips: A Sephardic Delicacy
Forget the bagels and lox: The most popular Jewish contribution to world cuisine may be, in fact, fish and chips. The quintessentially British meal is celebrating a major birthday this year, with the United Kingdom’s National Federation of Fish Friers declaring 2010 the 150th anniversary of England’s national dish. “Each of the ingredients had existed…
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