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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.

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 >>

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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Alaev in the Family

The Survivor Mitzvah Project

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 >>

Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, on Broadway

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 >>

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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 >>

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 >>

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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 >>

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 >>

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Middle man

The Bubble: Make Love, Not War

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

22nd Israel Film Festival

The T-Word

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

Holiday in Israel

Holistic Healer

Israel takes Gidi Dar’s fundamentalist comedy to heart

The Soldier

Separate, Unequal — and Turned Away

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

Freedom’s Rage

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

Visit Palestine

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

Rough Road, Messy Map

The all-too-human comedy of The Holy Land

Fences Make Bad Neighbors

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

The Back Story

Let a hundred pipelines bloom

Unconventional Fear

Furor in Frisco

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

Germany’s Trial Balloon

Anti-Semitism for political gain and profit

Truth Without Borders

Conversations with Grandpa about Israel and Palestine

A Family Divided

The challenge of Jewish peace groups to speak out

Just Saying No

Israeli soldiers vote with their feet

Hope's Passing

Keeping Score

Coping with split realities in Israel

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

War of Attrition

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

The Deep End

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

Divided We Stand

This is no time for unity on the left

Lessons From Israel

Dread Again

Welcome to El Al

Out of the Past

Arabs and Jews revive their blood hatreds

Piecemeal Peace

Shifting politics end 14-year siege in Lebanon

Lost Generation

Israeli and Palestinian youth share bond