Tag Archives: Jewish holidays

‘Hanuca: Sărbătoarea și… un cântec al sărbătorii’ – un articol de Lucian-Zeev Herșcovici

Ce reprezintă sărbătoarea de Hanuca în calendarul evreiesc („mozaic”)? Mi-am pus această întrebare în repetate rânduri, încercând de fiecare dată să-mi dau un răspuns universitar sau un răspuns „iudaic” și să evit reluarea argumentelor și contra-argumentelor auzite sau expuse anterior. … Continue reading

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Seven Synagogues for Seven Days

It’s holidays season again. I was on the road until the eve of Rosh HaShannah, so I am a little late with my festive post for the beginning of 5776. Not too late I hope, as there is a full … Continue reading

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Israeli Artists Born in Romania

Jewish artists played an important role in the development of the Romanian art, and artists from Romania played an important role in the history of Israeli art. For the Israeli Independence Day I chose to present a short selection of … Continue reading

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Jews and Masks

Purim is the first spring festival in the Jewish tradition. It celebrates a victory of the Jews and their survival against an evil enemy about 2500 years back, and has borrowed in time elements from the spring festivals and carnivals … Continue reading

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Jews Who Rock

The holiday of Sukkot arrived, with it the first (kind of) rain over the Land of Israel, and here is my traditional holidays posting. Jews are considered, right or wrong, quite a musical people. I have dealt in past postings … Continue reading

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The Sound of the Shofar

The traditional Rosh Hashanah posting on The Catcher in the Sand is dedicated this year to the shofar. Jews are (among other things) a nation of musicians and they have been so since the oldest times. King David is said … Continue reading

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Passover Movies

The traditional Passover posting on The Catcher is this time about the Passover movies. There are not too many movies dedicated to the Passover history or even to Passover nowadays, and I am wondering why. The Exodus is one of … Continue reading

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Jewish Laughs – The Purim Edition

The pattern of Jewish holidays goes like this. We first say (or watch others saying) a prayer. Then we tell or read a story about how other very very very bad people tried to discriminate, kill, destroy us the very … Continue reading

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Hanukkah Rocks

With Arik Einstein having left us on the eve of Hanukkah the whole holiday looks different. I do not know how Arik was celebrating the holiday. His daughters married in very religious families, he was in-law-ed with his ex-partner Uri … Continue reading

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… on Hebrew Themes … (Hag Sukkot Sameakh!)

After many years I renewed this season my subscription at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. An announcement received yesterday inspired me for the theme to pick for this Sukkot holiday. A change in program brings in the first concert of the … Continue reading

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