|
Hevria
Hevria is an American Jews, Jewish arts and culture website and collective. History Hevria was founded as a group blog in April 2014 by writers Elad Nehorai and Matthue Roth. The site's name is a portmanteau of the Hebrew words "''chevra''" (group or society) and "''briah''" (creation). Roth and Nehorai conceived of the project during an email conversation in 2012 with writer Chaya Kurtz, who had gotten attention for an ''xoJane'' article entitledWhat Women's Media Needs to Know About Chassidic Women; the three theorized that a full website could give even more insight into Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic Jews, and Nehorai subsequently recruited other blogging contacts to participate. Beginning as a collaborative group blog for personal essays, poetry, and fiction writing, the website evolved into a creative collective hosting communal gatherings, arts workshops, weekend retreats, "creative Farbrengen, farbrengens", and other events. Other ''Hevria'' projects have included "Hevria Sess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elad Nehorai
Elad Nehorai (born September 23, 1984) is an American writer, activist, and social and political commentator. A Left-wing politics, left-wing, formerly Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jew, his writing and activism typically revolves around social justice, mental health, religion, opposition to antisemitism, and advocacy for arts education, particularly within the Jewish community. Nehorai came to prominence through his blog ''Pop Chassid'', where he looked at Popular culture, pop culture through a Jewish lens. In 2014, he co-founded ''Hevria'', a Jewish arts and culture website and in-person community, where he was an editor-in-chief and head event organizer until January 2020. Following the 2016 United States presidential election and the ascendancy of Donald Trump, Nehorai became involved with the organization Torah Trumps Hate, a Jewish-run social justice advocacy group. He has written for ''The Guardian'', ''HuffPost'', ''The Forward'' (where he was a columnist), ''The Times of Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthue Roth
Matthew "Matthue" Roth (born June 30, 1978) is an American columnist, author, poet, spoken word performer, video game designer, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a slam poet in San Francisco, Roth gained attention for his unusual blend of religious themes with frank sexual material, and appeared in the 2002 live Broadway production of ''Def Poetry Jam''. As a writer, he has written three young adult novels, two children's books, and two memoirs, and has written for ''The Forward'', ''Tablet'', and ''Jewcy''. He also co-founded the Jewish culture website ''Hevria'', with Elad Nehorai, and the Jewish educational website ''G-dcast'' (later ''BimBam''), with Sarah Lefton. In 2014, Roth and his then-wife, restaurateur Itta Werdiger-Roth, were included in ''The Jewish Week'''s "36 Under 36", a list of influential young Jews under age 36. Early life Roth was born on June 30, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were both teachers. While he was raised in a Conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essays
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure, unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc. Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g., Alexander Pope's ''An Essay on Criticism'' and ''An Essay on Man''). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBT Rights In The United States
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United States are among the most socially, culturally, and legally permissive and advanced in the world, with public opinion and jurisprudence on the issue changing significantly since the late 1980s. In 1962, all 50 states criminalized same-sex sexual activity, but by 2003 all remaining laws against same-sex sexual activity were invalidated in Lawrence v. Texas. Beginning with Massachusetts in 2004, LGBT Americans had won the right to marry in all 50 states by 2015. Additionally, in many states and municipalities, LGBT Americans are explicitly protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and access to public accommodations. Many LGBT rights in the United States have been established by the United States Supreme Court, which has invalidated a state law banning protected class recognition based upon homosexuality, struck down sodomy laws nationwide, struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendy Pellin
Mendy Pellin is an American Chabad Hasidic comic with a web-based satirical news show calleThe Mendy Report Pellin was born to a Hasidic family in Denver, Colorado. He spent most of his childhood in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, home of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Mendy is also co-writer for a sitcom (release date unknown). Mendy and his wife, Shulamit, married at the end of March 2007. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He acted in the independent film "A Modest Suggestion (Film)". See also * Meir Kay * Ayelet the Kosher Komic Ayelet Newman, known by the stage name Ayelet the Kosher Komic, is an Orthodox Jewish female stand-up comedian. She discontinued her acting career and began performing "kosher comedy" to women-only audiences after becoming a '' baalas teshuva'' ... * Adina Sash References External links The Jewish Journal [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yitzchok Moully
Yitzchok Moully (born 1979) is an Australian- American Orthodox rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary (''shaliach'') in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.Bensoussan, Barbara. "True Color." ''Mishpacha Magazine''. July 4, 2012."Pop Artist, Chossid, Shliach." ''COLlive.com''. July 8, 2012."Yitzchok Moully." ''The Algemeiner Journal''. Accessed December 1, 2014. Moully's combination of rabbinic work and art is expressed in a piece "Orange Socks." The piece, according to Moully, contrasts what people think of as a homo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan (band)
Darshan is an American Jewish alternative hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 2008 at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, the group primarily consists of rapper Eprhyme and singer-songwriters Shir Yaakov and Basya Schechter. Its debut album, ''Deeper and Higher'', was released in 2015, followed by a second album, ''Raza'', in 2017. History The band's debut EP, ''Lishmah'', originally released by Shemspeed Records on December 15, 2009, was re-released on January 5, 2010. The EP was produced by Shir Yaakov and engineered by Smoke M2D6 of Oldominion. The group's first full-length album, ''Deeper and Higher'', was released on September 29, 2015. It was produced by Jamie Saft and featured accompaniment by him, Ben Perowsky, and Basya Schechter of Pharaoh's Daughter. Musical style In addition to hip hop, Darshan's music also contains elements of folk rock and the minor key melodies of traditional Jewish music. Ezra Glinter of ''The Forward'' notes th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Jewish Center For Learning And Leadership
The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL) is a leadership training institute, think tank, and resource center. It is an inter-disciplinary and inter-denominational movement, in which rabbis from all major Jewish denominations in North America participate. The organization is described by ''The Jewish Daily Forward'' as a "think-tank dedicated to questions of Jewish identity and religious practice...in its quest to expand the boundaries of Jewish communal life". Rabbis Irwin Kula and Brad Hirschfield presently serve as co-presidents of CLAL."50 Influential Rabbis" '''', April 30, 2009. Etymology CLAL is an acronym formed from the organization's Eng ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices. There also exist podcast search engines, which help users find and share podcast episodes. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism. Many podcast series provide an associated website with links and show notes, guest biographies, transcripts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the paper was bought by Mirkaei Tikshoret, a diversified Israeli media firm controlled by investor Eli Azur. In April 2014, Azur acquired the newspaper ''Maariv''. The newspaper is published in English and previously also printed a French edition. Originally a left-wing newspaper, it underwent a noticeable shift to the political right in the late 1980s. From 2004 editor David Horovitz moved the paper to the center, and his successor in 2011, Steve Linde, pledged to provide balanced coverage of the news along with views from across the political spectrum. In April 2016, Linde stepped down as editor-in-chief and was replaced by Yaakov Katz, a former military reporter for the paper who previously served as an adviser to former Prime Minister Naftali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arutz Sheva
''Arutz Sheva'' ( he, ערוץ 7, lit=''Channel 7''), also known in English as ''Israel National News'', is an Israeli media network identifying with religious Zionism. It offers online news articles in Hebrew, English, and Russian as well as live streaming radio, video and free podcasts. It also publishes a weekly newspaper, ''B'Sheva'', with the third-largest weekend circulation in the country. History In the 1970s an offshore radio station Voice of Peace was launched, broadcasting pacifistic messages. In response, Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed launched radio station ''Arutz Sheva'' in 1988, aimed at Israelis opposed to negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Based in Beit El, the station generated its broadcast on the Israeli airwaves from the ship MV ''Eretz HaTzvi'' in the Mediterranean Sea. It was one of the first Internet radio stations and was used as a beta tester for RealPlayer. From 1996 to 2002, ''Arutz Sheva'' broadcast in Russian. In 2003, ''Arutz S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion ( he, גּוּשׁ עֶצְיוֹן, ' Etzion Bloc) is a cluster of Israeli settlements located in the Judaean Mountains, directly south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the West Bank. The core group includes four Jewish agricultural villages that were founded in 1943–1947, and destroyed by the Arab Legion before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, in the Kfar Etzion massacre. The area was left outside of Israel with the 1949 armistice lines. These settlements were rebuilt after the 1967 Six-Day War, along with new communities that have expanded the area of the Etzion Bloc. , Gush Etzion consisted of 22 settlements with a population of 70,000. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank International law and Israeli settlements, illegal under international law, but the Israeli and US governments dispute this. History The four core original settlements of Gush Etzion were Kfar Etzion (founded in 1943), Massu'ot Yitzhak (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.png "Click for more on -> Essays")
.jpg "Click for more on -> Arutz Sheva")
