admin | November 24, 2019
Jeremy Fall and Henry Costa, the LA-based hospitality duo best known for their modern iterations of classic American eateries, have finally brought their new age dining concepts to the South. Mcflys Bird Shoppe (an 80s-inspired chicken tender joint) and Unplugged (a 90s-inspired cocktail bar) opened on Nov. 14 in Five Points South.
admin | November 24, 2019
WHAT WE CANT WAIT TO WATCH The Witcher As the world searches for the next Game Of Thrones, Netflix throws down this lavish sword-and-sorcery series based on the work of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, a golden-eyed, white-haired monster hunter who travels the mystical kingdom of The Continent slaying beasts while also starting to wonder whose will he truly serves. The streaming service is so committed to the show that it has already ordered a second season, and its rolling out the episodes of season one weekly, for that extra prestige feel.
admin | November 21, 2019
On May 4, 1945, five days after Hitlers death, African-American soldiers in the 761st Tank Battalion led the liberation of nearly 15,000 Jewish prisoners at the Gunskirchen concentration camp in Austria.They had sacrificed mightily to get there, suffering heavy casualties during the Battle of the Bulge. Even before arriving in Europe, they had sacrificed, having battled for the right to join combat units reserved for white soldiers.They were true heroes who, in the face of oppression at home, fought to defend oppressed Jews in a foreign land. When the soldiers of the 761st arrived back in America, they were greeted by segregation and Jim Crow
admin | November 17, 2019
All of this puts progressive Jews like myself in an extraordinarily difficult position. We often refrain from calling out anti-Semitism on our side for fear of our political bona fides being questioned or, worse, losing friends or being smeared as the things we most revile: racist, white supremacist, colonialist and so on
admin | November 17, 2019
From left, Lauren Molella and Sarah Lawrence of Eltingville, Miss New York Outstanding Teen, pose at Violette's Cellar, Grant City.
admin | October 21, 2019
[1] The Heritage Foundation has previously cited the Los Angeles airport ticket-counter shooting in 2002 as a successful terrorist attack. Due to the fact that there remains very little information about the motivations of the perpetrator of this attack, Heritage has decided not to include this incident in this report.
admin | October 15, 2019
The Jewish Quarter (Hebrew: , HaRova HaYehudi; Arabic: , Harat al-Yehud) is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem (part of Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem). The 116,000 square meter area[1] lies in the southeastern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the Armenian Quarter on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in the east. In the early 20th century, the Jewish population of the quarter reached 19,000.[2] The quarter is inhabited by around 2,000 residents and is home to numerous yeshivas and synagogues, most notably the Hurva Synagogue, destroyed numerous times and rededicated in 2010.
admin | October 9, 2019
President Trumps comments last month regarding the disloyalty to Israel and to themselves of American Jews who vote Democratic reignited a debate about American Jewish priorities and views of Israel.
admin | October 6, 2019
We are far more Hispanic than we think. When a crew member in the expedition of Christopher Columbus spotted land on October 12, 1492, he set in motion a world-changing series of events. The Italian Columbus claimed the New World for his Spanish patrons.
admin | May 18, 2019
Its a musical journey thats long and deep, robust and resonant. While Carnegie Halls citywide cultural festival Migrations: The Making of America which kicks off on Saturday, March 9 with a concert at Carnegie Hall has been in the works for several years, the theme is most timely now. The festival celebrates the musical legacy of three migrations: the crossings from Scotland and Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries, the immigration of Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe between 1881 and 1924, and the migration of African-Americans from the South from 1917 to the 1970s.
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