In Atlanta, Bhutanese people weave local scourge — kudzu into handmade one-of-a-kind baskets, wreaths, and custom orders. At markets, fairs, and houses of worship, they are selling their creations as a collective enterprise that helps them to feed their families. For orders and information, send an email to bhutanbaskets@gmail.com.
Celebrating victory of good over evil while ... Marking family gatherings, ... Renewing community ties, ... Making offerings to the deities, and ... Putting on Tika and Maui.
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A host of guests joined Atlanta's Bhutanese families in community-wide dancing, singing, and sumptuous feasting on the first day of Teej. Friends, volunteers, resettlement agency workers, teachers, health department personnel, and others honored the Hindu women celebrants who were decked out in red saris and traditional jewelry.
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Dr. Dror Izhar briefly lectures on "The Indian Patriot Image in British Commercial Film and TV (1956-1986," his dissertation topic. Publishers (and others who might suggest venues) to develop his work into a book are invited to contact him.
Tags: British Post-Colonialism India 1820 to 1947 History and British Film East Indian Patriots
Then sang Moses and the Children of Israel [Exodus 15:1] at the miraculous splitting of the Re[e]d Sea, which we commemorate on the seventh day of Pesach [Passover]. In a small Tel Aviv cove facing a sunset view of the Mediterranean Sea, the city's four liberal Jewish congregations met at Chinky Beach and sang the "Song of the Sea."
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At Manah va-Khetzi [Hebrew: "portion-and-a-half"], loyal patrons join a fast-moving line to order shawarma, the house specialty, with trimmings of their choice — served with signature local hospitality and blaring radio. Manah va-Khetzi is sandwiched among small low-cost fast-food shops on Yohanan Ben Zakai Street, on the edge of Jerusalem's southwest Katamonim (neighborhoods built in the 1950s for Jews who made aliya ["ascension"] to Israel from Arab countries and Iran). Black and red decor ...
Purim celebrates a story in the biblical Megillat Esther (Book of Esther), in which Queen Esther saves the Jewish people from (Ahasuerus advisor) Haman's plot to destroy them. Purim celebrates a story in the biblical Megillat Esther (Book of Esther), in which Queen Esther saves the Jewish people from (Ahasuerus advisor) Haman's plot to destroy them. Purim eve (observed with fanciful costumes), Tel Aviv's tree-lined Rothschild Boulevard was an outdoor sacred space where the spirited ...
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In Israel's Lower Galilee, looms Mt. Tabor. Something about this mound of earth at the junction of ancient strategic highways — "the battlefield of the nations" (Mark Twain) captured my imagination. And the months following my visit, I felt a compulsion to learn more. "Deploy to Mt. Tabor" (Judges 4:6), the Israelite prophet-judge Deborah instructed Barak in the battle with Canaanite Siseras forces, in the 14th century BCE. Here, too, many believe, the Transfiguration of Christ took place ...
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Josh, an American shooting guard on Israel's Ramat Gan basketball team, shares his experiences and views on work, travel, and life.
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