Travel and Food

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — A performance of Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion is always an event to be treasured. Its musical complexity and religious significance as well as the fact that it calls for a double choir, an organ and an enormous orchestra means that it is rarely performed in Israel. So

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California– There are people everywhere, at the supermarket, in the streets, in restaurants and movie houses, people standing in line and rushing about. One bumps into people non-stop—And yet, one may feel alone—yes, alone—lonely, isolated! After my husband died I interviewed widows and widowers in order to understand and

NEW YORK (Press Release) — As America marks the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march from Selma to Montgomery, a day that would change the course of civil rights history, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on elected officials to celebrate the progress we have made in guaranteeing voting rights and act today to protect the

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has joined with colleagues to introduce the Iran Congressional Oversight Act of 2015, legislation that would ensure that Congress has a central role in overseeing any nuclear deal with Iran. The bill would require the Administration to

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t just the nose.  Or the hooded eyelids.  Or the protruding gums in the small mouth that almost never smiled.  It was the total demeanor.  The flat tones of his speech, punctuated by frequent pauses.  The  ego that prompted him to identify himself as “The Golden Eagle.” It

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — With friends and collaborators like Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, it is not too surprising that Neil Simon turned out so many successful comic shows, including Barefoot in the Park, Plaza Suite, The Return of Max Dugan and The Odd Couple.  What is surprising is how his writing has

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— To compensate for erratic shifts and spikes in its neuronal communications, the brain relies on the stabilizing mechanism called “homeostasis” — the ability to maintain relatively stable equilibrium between different elements of its composition — to preserve overall network function. Disruptions in stability cause disorders such as epilepsy, but precious little