I first published this article in Tadias, in 2003.
“The art world likes to see itself as avant-guard, the most open-minded enclave of society,” remarks Israeli art critic Ktzia Alon. “But Shula Keshet has put a mirror in front of those who share this view. They have discovered that they are a closed, elitist, hermetic group.” Keshet is a revolutionary,...
I first published this article in Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Sept 30, 2003
TEL AVIV, Sep. 29 (JTA) –
“When I shower, it usually takes me seven minutes,” says Hayim Foxman, a volunteer with Zaka, the fervently Orthodox rescue and cleanup organization that collects victims’ body parts after terrorist attacks. “But after I return...
I first published this article in Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Oct 2, 2003
TEL AVIV, Oct. 1 (JTA) –
When Amiad Horowitz, 18, first came to Israel for Young Judaea’s Hamagshimim program, he was shocked to discover unorthodox views on Judaism and Israel among his non-Orthodox peers.
Raised in an Orthodox home in Philadelphia and New Jersey, Horowitz...
I first published this article in Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Jan 15, 2004
TEL AVIV, Jan. 14 (JTA) –
Sabra, an asthmatic from Tel Aviv, was at a nightclub enjoying live music when the man seated next to her lit up a cigarette.
Unable to breathe and unable to speak over the loud music, Sabra gestured to the man to let him know that the smoke was bothering...
I first published this article in Jewish Telegraphic Agency on July 6, 2004
TEL AVIV, Jul. 5 (JTA) –
For months, Palestinians have blasted Israel’s West Bank security barrier as an “apartheid wall” that will extinguish Palestinian national goals. But an Israeli ecologist says the fence’s potential impact on plant and animal life...
I turned on the Israeli news network, to see how the Israeli media was responding to Osama Bin Laden’s death. I didn’t see anything on Bin Laden, but I did see a video clip of news coverage from Holocaust Memorial Day. How’s this for irony: The anchorwoman was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, extra-super-deluxe white chick.
If the white face of Israeli...
I just read a news report about two women who were stabbed by Arab men, one woman fatally wounded, while walking a dog in the outskirts of Jerusalem.
In 2002, when I lived in Be’er Sheva, in Southern Israel, a man I was dating, Amir, took me to the remote outskirts of the city, to show me a cool view from the hills. As we came back down the hill, a car...
After driving over a land mine in her youth, Tsipi Weiner spent two decades in severe chronic pain. Meeting yoga master BKS Iyengar changed her life. Today Weiner is pain-free and directing the Yoga Now/Iyengar Yoga Center of Tel Aviv, Israel. This Yoga Journal article acquaints readers with the people and practice of this thriving yoga center.
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This Healing Lifestyles & Spas article features a first-person journey to the Dead Sea for some natural pain relief. It also offers an investigative report on the healing properties of the natural sea salts and minerals in the region, as well as information about Dead Sea products available outside Israel
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Loolwa Khazzoom has worked with leading media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, Rolling Stone, and ABC News. In addition, she has published two books and has lectured at prestigious venues including Barnard Center for Research on Women, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Harvard University. Loolwa is passionate about health, music, dance, multiculturalism, and Judaism.
