A British television station is searching for the "ultimate Jewish mother" for a new series. The four-part "Jewish Mum of the Year" series on Channel 4, which is being filmed in collaboration with The Jewish News of Britain, will air in the fall. Contestants...
A mad barber, unusual pie ingredients, mistaken identities, midsummer mischief and romance are themes in the Opera Theatre of St. Louis’s productions of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutti.” Docents...
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Olympic Committee reversed its decision to use a commercial symbol as its official Games mascot. The committee had selected the Bamba baby, a cartoon toddler with a red tuft of hair and a blue diaper, as Israel's official mascot...
The social action committee of Shaare Zedek Synagogue is hosting CyclingSavvy, a series of traffic cycling courses. “Truth & Techniques of Traffic Cycling,” a three-hour classroom session, will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14,...
British diplomats have been warned against traveling with Israelis or meeting them in public. Ynet reported that the warning from London's Foreign Office Thursday comes following terror attacks against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Israeli officials...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 22, 2012
Hello, my name is Ellen and I'm a Snarfette. Or maybe a Snarfer? Whatever the correct terminology, I am now hooked on Snarf's sandwiches; in particular, the portabello and provolone with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and mustard. Delish! Sure, I feel bad...
French authorities have opened an investigation into a Nazi-themed party that led to the firing of a British lawmaker who attended. Aiden Burley, 32, a Conservative member of Britain's House of Commons, was dismissed in December, a week after photos of...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published February 15, 2012
What Joan Lipkin has in mind for playgoers is a theatrical buffet, an opportunity to sample seven short plays, rather than settle in for a full-length entrée. Plus, "Briefs: A Festival of Short Lesbian and Gay Plays" is the first theater festival in...
Demonstrations to put international pressure on Israeli lawmakers to criminalize the purchase of sexual services in Israel are set to be held in four major cities worldwide. Organized by the ATZUM-Justice Works social activism organization, the protests...
JERUSALEM—Israel congratulated Egypt on the inauguration of its new parliament, the first in the post-Mubarak era. "On the occasion of the opening session of the Egyptian parliament, on Jan. 23, Israel extends its congratulations to the people of Egypt...
NEW YORK—It was said to be a finding of groundbreaking scholarly and historic significance, comparable in importance to the 19th-century discovery of the Cairo Geniza and rivaling the Dead Sea Scrolls for sheer drama. That, at any rate, was the buzz...
British scientists and filmmakers have called on the Natural History Museum in London to pull out of a study because of its collaboration with the Israeli company Ahava, which operates in the West Bank. Ahava/Dead Sea Laboratories, which manufactures...
