Muslim and Jewish Women in Nazareth

'We can live in peace'...John Lennon (photo: Dafna Tal)

Mahzor

Mahzor

New York Public Library

Churches

Sarajevo Haggadah

Mah Nishtanah

Sarajevo haggadah

Antaea Darom

Israeli women's art

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Torah as music

Ben Heine

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ceramic bowl

Mohammad Said Kalash, "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit (photo: Ilan Amihai)

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Punch and Judy/Pinchas and Jamila

Avi Katz

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David Grossman

Ben Heine

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Eldrige Street shul

Lower East Side

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Dove

Ben Heine

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Two birds

Hoda Jamal

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Israeli and Palestinian boys

from documentary, Promises

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Cat in the Hat

Yiddish version

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Daylight through the Wall

Banksy: graffiti art on Separation Wall

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Maurice Sendak's Brundibar set

New Victory Theater (photo: Nan Melville/NYT)

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Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Palestinian-Israeli musical ensemble (photo: Kerstin Joensson/AP)

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Great Day on Eldrige Street

N.Y.'s klezmer greats celebrate shul rededication (photo: Leo Sorel)

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Passover Seder: “In Each Generation One Must See Himself as If He Left Egypt”

Apr 9th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

David Moss haggadah illustration (source: Library.yale.edu)
I’m a sucker for the Passover seder. There are many reasons. It is one of the most accessible of Jewish rituals. In fact, I find it absolutely the best such ritual to introduce non-Jews to Judaism. The seder is fun (or at least it should [...]

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Why Won’t the Good Lord Shut Pat Robertson Up?

Jan 6th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 5

God, I’ve had it with Pat Robertson. Bless his pointy little head and big mouth. Whenever he opens it there’s sure to be dreck spewing out. People for the American Way carry the transcript and video of the “performance:”
Pat Robertson spouts bile about Ariel Sharon on 700 Club
…I said last year that [...]

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Kitka’s Shimmering Vocal Harmonies

Nov 18th, 2005 by Richard Silverstein | 0

This blog has several different sections and I have different purposes in mind when I write for each one. When I write about Mideast or U.S. politics, most often rage and injustice motivate my choice of subjects and my style in addressing them. I also sometimes have the pleasure of writing about positive [...]

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