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Using the blues to bridge gaps

Johnny Mayer’s message is simple: “American Jews, Israeli Jews, everyone, we’ve all got the blues, so let’s use the music to bridge some gaps, and

Find of a lifetime

Professor Elisha Linder pints to two sections of the 2,400-year-old ship his neighbor discovered in 1985 is being re-assembled in the Ma’agan Michael Ship Museum,

Rare harmony emerges from the Middle East

Conductor Daniel Barenboim gives pointers to members of The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. (Photo: AFP)Using the adage that music can soothe the savage beast, reknown conductor

Keeping things in perspective

Some 30,000 painstakingly modeled and painted human figurines dot Mini Israel, including 4,500 military and sports figurines that actually walk, wave their arms and kick

Looking for a donkey, low mileage

Janglo provides a way for immigrants to benefit from other people’s expertise, knowledge and experiences to solve all kinds of problems in a foreign culture.For

Voice of Peace Sets Sail Again

.It was once a legendary message of peace and reconciliation that became part of Israeli folklore. A ship anchored outside Israel’s territorial waters transmitted a

Knocking on klezmer’s door

Eve’s Women (with Orit Orbach center) is bringing its explosive klezmer fusion of Latin rhythms, rock and traditional Jewish music to American audiences.Orit Orbach is

Love is the answer

Israeli filmmaker Dan Katzir: We live in an age that has lost its innocence. When filmmaker Dan Katzir saw the classic Yiddish play Grine Felder