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A museum near Tel Aviv, which first opened nearly 35 years ago, has ceased operations after failing to reach an agreement with 47 artists who accused the museum — and the city — of censorship, and demanded that their work be removed. The artists had asked The Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art to reverse…
According to a verdict by the Tel Aviv Local Affairs Court, the popular Yiddish cultural center and library,”Yung Yidish”, located inside the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, will be forced to close its doors by December 5, 2021. The eviction is part of a grand plan by the city to shut down the huge station…
In Israel, #hotvaxxedsummer is already underway; all restrictions have been lifted, bars are packed and parties are sold out. Hookup culture has come back to life, and people are beyond grateful to be out of their houses, finally seeing their friends and meeting new people. But not everyone actually stopped seeing people in the first…
The U.S. is finally reopening. Nightclubs will soon be back in full swing, and people are predicting another Roaring ’20s era of debauchery and indulgence — dubbed, at least online, #hotvaxxedsummer. But not everyone is so excited. Some are anxious about how it will feel to be in a crowd after over a year of…
Something’s brewing in south Tel Aviv. After years of maturation, Israel’s first whiskey distillery is making its US commercial debut. Despite the economic crunch brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, M&H Distillery started selling its freshman year whiskey in the United States in August as part of a push to distribute its liquors to a…
In 2015, when The Rolling Stones took the stage at HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv, that event represented more than just the world’s greatest and longest-running rock band’s first concert in Israel. It also marked one small victory in the war against a rock ’n’ roll boycott of Israel being waged by some English rockers, mostly…
Editor’s Note: The Rolling Stones’ drummer Charlie Watts turns 79 today. In honor of that auspicious occasion, we return to this 2014 article about the band’s Jewish influences. In 2014, The Rolling Stones took the stage at HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv. That event represented more than just the world’s greatest and longest-running rock band’s…
Power-couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday. Lopez is in town to perform a one-night-only concert at Tel Aviv’s famed HaYarkon Park on August 1, a stop on her “It’s My Party” tour, which celebrates her recent 50th birthday, the Jerusalem Post reported. The pop diva and baseball legend…
Hybrid event in London and online.
Aug 14, 2022
1:30 pm ET ·
Join audiences and participants from across the globe for this live celebration of Yiddish songs, poems, jokes, stories, games, serious and funny - all performed in Yiddish with English translation.
