A Lesson in Dancing, and Driving, with Palestinians: A Review of the Other Israel Film Festival

By Catie Damon November 26, 2013

The Other Israel Film Festival, featuring films by and about Arab populations living in Israel, just finished running for its seventh season at the Manhattan Jewish Community Center. I was lucky enough to stream a few of the festival’s documentaries and dramas this week from my little corner of the West Coast. Two films impressed…

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Under Your Israeli Umbrella (Eh, Eh, Eh)

By Carly Silver March 17, 2010

“Come on, rude boy, boy, can you get it up?” asks Barbados-born singer Rihanna on her latest single, the aptly-titled “Rude Boy.” The raunchy hit song will likely be in her set list for her May 30 concert at Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa. Reports say that it has taken “months of negotiations” to get the…

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