2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (487+ words) Last month something quietly remarkable happened: the Negev was officially recognized as a protected Geographical Indication " effectively an appellation " for wine. It is the kind of development passes unnoticed amid war, politics, grief and the endless stream of urgent headlines....

10+ hour, 39+ min ago  (168+ words) I learn of his death in my home, 3, 500 miles away from Paris. He will love "besides gastronomy which is implied" French culture and finesse, silk scarves with warm colors, and he will develop a weakness for hats and berets, like…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (511+ words) Hans Rosenthal was a beloved superstar on West German television from 1971 to 1986. His'popular and lucrative quiz show, Dalli, Dalli, was watched by millions. In 1978, he faced an agonizing dilemma. His boss wanted him to host Dalli, Dalli on November 9. This…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (101+ words) The front-runner in New Jersey's 12th District wants Israel stripped of the one thing standing between a rocket and a kindergarten. Strip the armor and let the blows land. That's not where compassion leads. So compare the two rooms. One of…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (920+ words) Dave Matthews didn't just lose me over Israel. He turned the one place that felt like home into a place where kids feel free to scream slurs. Here's what we do about it " and why we don't have to give…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (617+ words) Benjamin Adam Saidel is a full professor in the Department of Anthropology at a regional public university in the southeastern United States. He earned his A. M. and Ph. D. in Anthropology from Harvard University and also holds a master's degree in Theological…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (677+ words) I got the inspiration to write these words while talking to a European friend of mine who" I talk to frequently about matters of the world. Our conversation led me to the following conclusion. I am happy to announce that…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (700+ words) Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Ungar observed, "Ashokan Farewell was written in the style of a Scottish lament. I sometimes introduce it as, "a Scottish lament written by a Jewish guy from the Bronx." I lived in the Bronx until…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1106+ words) Languages evolve. But they do not always evolve in the same direction " even when societies claim to pursue the same values. Consider English. Once upon a time, feminine professional forms were common: Today, many of these forms sound archaic, awkward,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (399+ words) Monday night I saw Fiddler on the Roof. In Yiddish. Part of it was intellectual curiosity. Yiddish was the lingua franca of that world. Sholem Aleichem wrote in Yiddish. Tevye der Milkhiker " Tevye the Dairyman " was born in Yiddish. Hearing…...