When the Israelites rushed out of Egypt, Pharaohâs men on their heels, they hurriedly bundled their belongings, food included, to carry as much as they could on their backs and donkeys. Seeking to nourish themselves throughout their desert journey to the Promised Land, they rolled together unleavened bread crumbs, eggs and oil to create a round, nutritious finger food: The matzah ball.
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âWaltz With Bashirâ is a movie that expresses filmmaker Ari Folmanâs hatred for war. But the run up to the Academyâs announcement for best foreign-language film felt like a war zone of the spirit, with Israeli Oscar dreams crushed by the Japanese. âI was really hyped and tense. Then it was a drop of adrenaline immediately after the announcement of âDepartures,ââ Folman told The Circuit at the post-Oscar bash at the Beverly Hilton. He described the exact mood at the Hiltonâs International Ballroom, where the Israeli production team â not lucky enough to attend the actual ceremony at the Kodak Theater â watched the Oscars at a viewing banquet held by Jewish philanthropist Daphne Zimanâs Children Uniting Nations and co-sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and 93.5 FM The Beat. READ MORE IN THE JEWISH JOURNAL
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âItâs become more about the wrong things,â he said in an interview at his home in the Hollywood Hills. âThatâs why people donât buy records. They donât feel attached. Itâs not real. Itâs more plastic. People like Elton John, Bob Dylan, Sting, Jim Morrison â they were real artists with points of view.â
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Songwriter Sheppard Solomon won’t be watching the eighth season of American Idol, which is now in full swing – even though the singing contest has gotten him a lot of work. His latest single, “Feels Like Tonight,” performed by American Idol‘s fifth season finalist Chris Daughtry, reached the top of the charts last year, helping American Idol‘s most successful rockster clinch the best band award at the American Music Awards. Solomon has written album tracks for other American Idol winners and finalists: Kelly Clarkson, David Cook and David Archuleta, not to mention artists who made it the “old-fashioned” way, like Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias and Paris Hilton. The singing contest bores the Jewish 39-year-old bachelor, and it reflects his growing disillusionment with the mainstream music business. “It’s become more about the wrong things,” he says during an interview at his home in the Hollywood Hills. “That’s why people don’t buy records. They don’t feel attached. It’s not real. It’s more plastic. People like Elton John, Bob Dylan, Sting, Jim Morrison – they were real artists with points of view.” READ MORE IN THE JERUSALEM POST
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With the Beijing Olympics over, businessman Sheldon Adelson is reaching for the tourism gold in China.