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Diners sit at Rothschild 12 restaurant on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, on June 22, 2017 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
March 19, 2019, 12:32 pm
Tel Aviv named world’s 10th most expensive city
Coastal city moves up from 28th place five years ago, partly due to transportation, which costs 64% more than in New York
By TOI staff
People sit outside the Carmel market in Tel Aviv, on October 22, 2018. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
March 13, 2019, 3:07 pm
Tel Aviv number 21 in world ‘best cities’ ranking, first in Middle East
Time Out says coastal town ‘has a notorious reputation as a wild non-stop city with a great nightlife and music scene’
By Stuart Winer
The Budapest Operetta Theater (Eszter Gordon)
February 20, 2019, 6:47 pm
Danube days: Hungary launches culture year in Israel with song and dance
With diplomatic ties at a peak, Budapest is intent on winning over the Israeli public with a cavalcade of events including operettas, ballet, theater, art and yes, goulash as well
By Itamar Sharon
This picture taken on September 21, 2018, shows a woman touching the remains of a destroyed piano in a room at the Sofar Grand Hotel in the Lebanese village of Sofar, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Beirut. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
September 27, 2018, 6:34 pm
Golden-age glitterati return on canvas to old Lebanon hotel
Paintings of Arab world’s famous past leaders and culture icons playing poker adorn walls of Sofar Grand Hotel, recently opened to the public for first time
By Layal Abou Rahal
Russian-US director Genndy Tartakovsky (C) poses during a photocall for the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3 : A Monster Vacation" on the eve of the opening of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 7, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE)
July 12, 2018, 10:16 pm
Animation icon Genndy Tartakovksy draws blood for Dracula’s return
With ‘Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,’ out in the US on Friday, the Jewish director says key to writing for kids is to create what he thinks is funny and hope they agree
By Frankie TAGGART
Naya Lekht
July 6, 2018, 5:59 pm
Naya Lekht
How do you inherit your heritage? Ritual!
Jokes and borscht from my parents’ Russia pale in comparison to the customs and practices of Judaism
James Inverne
June 1, 2018, 7:19 pm
James Inverne
Bravo to the Philadelphia Orchestra
Culture primarily inspires personal, private reactions, which is why an orchestra is almost never wrong to play
Cover and detail from the children's book 'P is for Palestine;' photos of Palestinian youth demonstrating against Israel, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails. (Book pages screenshot from drbashi.com; photos of demonstrations from public domain)
December 5, 2017, 4:00 pm
‘P is for Palestine’ children’s picture book ignites controversy in New York
Some Jewish parents deeply troubled by attacks on author Golberg Bashi, threats against store carrying her book teaching children about Palestinian culture and heritage
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella, in white, at the Rio Judaico Fest, October 22, 2017. (Rio City Hall via JTA)
October 23, 2017, 8:59 pm
Rio Jews hold their first street festival, with mayor joining the party
Fest Rio Judaico draws thousands in celebration of Jewish music, dance, cinema, literature, science and food
By JTA
Mickey Birnbaum (L) and his father Eli selling their "Beer'nbaum beer at the Tekoa Beer Festival on July 6, 2017. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
July 7, 2017, 2:39 pm
West Bank settlement keeps it light and bubbly with beer festival
Tekoa’s bevvy of budding brewers are just a sample of the artistic talent at community south of Jerusalem
By Jacob Magid
Jordi Rozenman
June 7, 2017, 1:34 pm
Jordi Rozenman
Kimmy Schmidt’s Jew problem
Tina Fey is a master at self-deprecating jokes that are neither offensive nor PC, so why the overtly anti-Jewish tropes?
Erica Brown
June 1, 2017, 3:28 pm
Erica Brown
An assault on language
Curse words pepper common speech and writing nowadays in ways that undermine nuance and cheapen language
Illustrative: Newborn babies in a Jerusalem hospital. (Flash90)
April 13, 2017, 4:08 am
Numbers game: Do Jewish leaders manipulate existential fears with statistics?
Eclectic essays explore Ben-Gurion’s experimentation with demographic eugenics, and the Jewish ardor — and abhorrence — for taking stock
By Matt Lebovic
Jessica Halfin
December 11, 2016, 3:31 pm
Jessica Halfin
A-Sham: Not just a Haifa food festival
Relishing the human spirit with Palestinian chicken, Mediterranean goulash, mint lemonade, and the ‘bread of the dead’
Erik Ross
November 28, 2016, 2:27 pm
Erik Ross
A goyisher fiddler
The classic musical tugs at the heartstrings, even in Wisconsin, where the bread is white and Jewish jokes fall flat
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