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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A Zis’n Peysach: Wishing You Joy and Redemption

Apr 20th, 2008 by Richard Silverstein | 0

The Ma Nishtanah page from the Sarajevo Haggadah (source: Talmud.de)
To all my Jewish readers I wish a zis’n Peysach (” a sweet Passover”). I hope you enjoyed wonderful seders tonight and the same for tomorrow for those of you who do second seders.
Today, April 20th at 7PM Pacific time, KBCS will rebroadcast a one [...]

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Passover Music: ‘Baruch Hamakom,’ Dayeinu,’ and ‘Avadim Hayinu’

Apr 8th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

Avadim Hayinu from Hazin Haggadah (source: Richard McBee)
Tonight’s installment of Jewish music for Passover involves a shameless self-promotion. Way back when I was in graduate school at UC Berkeley in the early 1980s, my brother also happens to have been doing his PhD in chemistry at the same school. We then had [...]

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Passover Music: Andy Statman and David Grisman’s ‘Adir Hu’

Apr 7th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 1

Andy Statman & David Grisman have recorded a rousing version of Adir Hu (hear it), traditionally sung as part of the Hallel prayer at the conclusion of the seder:
Mighty is He,
May He soon build His House,
Speedily, speedily in our days.
It anticipates the rebuilding of the Holy Temple and the return of the Jewish people to [...]

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Passover Music on the Radio

Mar 20th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 2

For quite some time, I’ve been disappointed at my otherwise stellar Seattle public radio station, KBCS for its lack of Jewish music programming. When the major holidays come around, there’s almost no Jewish music to be found anywhere on its air. I can’t tell you how sick and tired I am of hearing [...]

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