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Israel

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2013

    Israel's 65th Independence Day Dinner with Suzanne Tracht and Machneyuda Chefs

    In celebration of Israel's 65th Independence Day, Suzanne Tracht will open her kitchen to Assaf Granit and Uri Navon, chef-owners of Machneyda restaurant in Jerusalem, at Jar for a collaborative one-night dinner on Saturday, April 13.

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2013

    IACP 2013 Food Writing Award Finalists Announced

    The IACP, which would be the International Association of Culinary Professionals and not the International Association of Chiefs of Police -- yes, that's an old joke now, but you try googling IACP and see what you get -- announced their 2013 award finalists this morning for four of their prestigious ... More >>

  • News

    February 7, 2013

    Comments: Foster Care and Film Reviews Have Readers Wound Up

    The IACP, which would be the International Association of Culinary Professionals and not the International Association of Chiefs of Police -- yes, that's an old joke now, but you try googling IACP and see what you get -- announced their 2013 award finalists this morning for four of their prestigious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2012

    Cookbook Of The Week: Jerusalem: A Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi's Baharat Recipe

    If you're a Yotam Ottolenghi fan, you probably already have a copy of Jerusalem: A Cookbook by the London-based chef and his longtime friend, business partner and chef Sami Tamimi, who helms the kitchen of Ottolenghi's namesake restaurant. Lucky you. It's the ideal time of year to flip through the 3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2012

    Q & A With Homeland's Abu Nazir: Navid Negahban on Israeli and Persian Cuisine, Looking for Hummus in L.A., Shimon Peres' Facebook Page Getting Detained by the Real Guys

    Who is Navid Negahban? If you're a fan of Showtime's Emmy-award winning thriller Homeland, you might know that he is the actor who brings a quiet, composed danger to Abu Nazir, an Al-Qaeda overlord who has violent plans for Damien Lewis' Brody, a U.S. military officer whose trust he gained as a POW. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2012

    Villaraigosa's DNC God Flap Subject of Campaign Ad by Allen West

    The flap over L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's disputed approval of including references to God and Jerusalem in the Democratic party platform is proving to be ample ammunition for the enemy. As chair of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week the mayor made three calls for an a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2012

    Q & A With Yisrael Aharoni, Israeli Celebrity Chef: Chinese Food In Israel, Hollywood Being A DJ

    Israel Aharoni keeps himself busy. He's a chef, television show developer and host, journalist and cookbook author. Credited with being Israel's first celebrity chef and bringing Chinese food to Israel, Aharoni studied cooking in Taiwan and has owned and operated several restaurants in Israel, inclu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 26, 2012

    Alaev in the Family

    Israel Aharoni keeps himself busy. He's a chef, television show developer and host, journalist and cookbook author. Credited with being Israel's first celebrity chef and bringing Chinese food to Israel, Aharoni studied cooking in Taiwan and has owned and operated several restaurants in Israel, inclu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2012

    The Survivor Mitzvah Project

    Israel Aharoni keeps himself busy. He's a chef, television show developer and host, journalist and cookbook author. Credited with being Israel's first celebrity chef and bringing Chinese food to Israel, Aharoni studied cooking in Taiwan and has owned and operated several restaurants in Israel, inclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    The Top Five Metal Albums Consisting Of Only One Track

    Long, slow ... heavy metal songs​Slow-crawl stoner metal lovers rejoiced last year when Sleep reunited for their first U.S. tour since breaking up at the end of the '90s. The band's 2010 tour included a stop at last year's FYF Fest, where loyal fans were rewarded with a set exceeding all expec ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 2, 2011

    Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, on Broadway

    Long, slow ... heavy metal songs​Slow-crawl stoner metal lovers rejoiced last year when Sleep reunited for their first U.S. tour since breaking up at the end of the '90s. The band's 2010 tour included a stop at last year's FYF Fest, where loyal fans were rewarded with a set exceeding all expec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Fiery Theft at 'Temple Israel of Hollywood' Marks Second L.A. Synagogue Attack This April

    Temple Israel of Hollywood​Suspected synagogue bomber Ron Hirsch may be behind bars after allegedly planting a homemade explosive device in the Chabad House of Santa Monica, but the scares continue to roll in for the vast Los Angeles Jewish community this month: The Temple Israel of Hollywood ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    March 10, 2011

    The Human Resources Manager

    Temple Israel of Hollywood​Suspected synagogue bomber Ron Hirsch may be behind bars after allegedly planting a homemade explosive device in the Chabad House of Santa Monica, but the scares continue to roll in for the vast Los Angeles Jewish community this month: The Temple Israel of Hollywood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2010

    Fear Of A Latino District Appears To Fuel Haim Saban's Support Of Prop. 27, The Nov. Initiative That Would Reverse Redistricting Reform

    ​Los Angeles business journalist Mark Lacter takes a look at little-known Prop. 27, which would reverse reforms that took responsibility for redistricting away from state legislators and put it in the hands of a citizens' commission. Lacter notes that one of the reasons billionaire Angeleno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Lebanon vs. Israel: World Record Set For Bowl Of Hummus

    CNNworld record hummus​ It seems as if Lebanon and Israel have moved the battlefield to the kitchen. This past Saturday Lebanon set the world record for the largest bowl of hummus in the village of al-Fanar, near Beirut, surpassing the previous record set four months ago by Israel in the Arab ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2009

    HOORAY FOR HOLY LAND!

    CNNworld record hummus​ It seems as if Lebanon and Israel have moved the battlefield to the kitchen. This past Saturday Lebanon set the world record for the largest bowl of hummus in the village of al-Fanar, near Beirut, surpassing the previous record set four months ago by Israel in the Arab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Mayor Still Catching Flak Over Gaza

    Today's L.A. Times reports that the city's Muslim community is continuing its criticism of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's high-profile support for Israel's invasion of Gaza. Representatives from Islamic groups say Villaraigosa's vocal endorsement for Israel's punishing assaults against Palestinian tar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Gaza on Wilshire: Part 2

    Today two implacable foes will fight over a barren strip of land that time seems to have forgotten. That would be, of course, the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that is home to the Israeli Consulate, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators will protest the Jewish state's invasion of Gaza -- and where, ac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    Return

    Today two implacable foes will fight over a barren strip of land that time seems to have forgotten. That would be, of course, the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that is home to the Israeli Consulate, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators will protest the Jewish state's invasion of Gaza -- and where, ac ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Jordan Elgrably

    Middle man

  • Film+TV

    September 6, 2007

    The Bubble: Make Love, Not War

    Twenty-something Tel Aviv hipsters live life, have sex, befriend the enemy

  • Film+TV

    March 1, 2007

    22nd Israel Film Festival

    Twenty-something Tel Aviv hipsters live life, have sex, befriend the enemy

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    The T-Word

    Coming out for Hizballah on the streets of L.A.

  • Columns

    August 10, 2006

    Holiday in Israel

    Coming out for Hizballah on the streets of L.A.

  • Film+TV

    October 27, 2005

    Holistic Healer

    Israel takes Gidi Dar’s fundamentalist comedy to heart

  • Columns

    May 5, 2005

    The Soldier

    Israel takes Gidi Dar’s fundamentalist comedy to heart

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Separate, Unequal — and Turned Away

    What it’s like to be a Palestinian looking for a house in Jerusalem

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    Freedom’s Rage

    On the scene of Israel’s latest release of Palestinian prisoners

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Visit Palestine

    How an old tourism poster became a ubiquitous symbol of modern struggle

  • Film+TV

    August 7, 2003

    Rough Road, Messy Map

    The all-too-human comedy of The Holy Land

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Fences Make Bad Neighbors

    Palestinians working on Israeli security barrier wonder, 'What road map?'

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    The Back Story

    Let a hundred pipelines bloom

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Unconventional Fear

    Let a hundred pipelines bloom

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Furor in Frisco

    Left takes up cause of rabbi who had criticized anti-war group

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    Germany’s Trial Balloon

    Anti-Semitism for political gain and profit

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Truth Without Borders

    Conversations with Grandpa about Israel and Palestine

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    A Family Divided

    The challenge of Jewish peace groups to speak out

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Just Saying No

    Israeli soldiers vote with their feet

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    Hope's Passing

    Israeli soldiers vote with their feet

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Keeping Score

    Coping with split realities in Israel

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    5 Web Sites To Read, Hands Trembling, At 3 A.M.

    Coping with split realities in Israel

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    War of Attrition

    What people in Israel are thinking, in 600 words or less

  • Music

    November 29, 2001

    The Deep End

    First AIDS, now genocide . . . Diamanda Galás won’t lighten up

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Divided We Stand

    This is no time for unity on the left

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Lessons From Israel

    This is no time for unity on the left

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Dread Again

    This is no time for unity on the left

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Welcome to El Al

    This is no time for unity on the left

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    Out of the Past

    Arabs and Jews revive their blood hatreds

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Piecemeal Peace

    Shifting politics end 14-year siege in Lebanon

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Lost Generation

    Israeli and Palestinian youth share bond

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