If you’ve been to Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market (the Shuk) lately, you can’t help but notice all the colorful graffiti decorating the all the shutters. The artwork, by artist...
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Jerusalem Pride 2016
An estimated 25,000 people participated in this year’s Jerusalem Pride parade. Last year’s parade was marred by the stabbing death of 16-year-old Shira Banki at the hands of Yishai...
Jewlicious and Westboro Baptist Church: The Jewish Angle
The story of how a twitter exchange between Megan Phelps Roper and, well… me, helped Megan and her sister Grace leave their hateful Church, has already been broadly covered. This coverage...
You’ve never seen Jerusalem like this
We’ve seen Jerusalem depicted so many different ways over the centuries, in paintings and mosaics, in songs, in poetry, in photography, in films, you name it. But you have for sure never seen...
Israel Remembrance Day 2016
Officially known as “The Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism,” Yom Hazikaron is Israel’s official remembrance day. Traditionally dedicated...
Holocaust Memorial Day 2016, Jerusalem
Holocaust Memorial Day began last night at sunset. Pretty much everything shuts down – bars, restaurants, shops etc. Television programming is all Holocaust and Shoah-related while the radio...
First Date, A Guilty Pleasure
English-Language Theater Opportunity in Jerusalem – Get Ready to Kick Back, Cringe and LAUGH! You know it. I know it. It’s that universal moment of awkwardness that just about everyone...
JeruZalem: Just Another Shlocky Zombie Flick
JeruZalem: Written and Directed by Doron and Yoav Paz; Starring Yael Grobglas, Yon Tumarkin and Danielle Jadelyn. Epic Pictures, 94 minutes. JeruZalem is a movie which pretends to be some sort of...