Category Archives: holidays

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

Posted on December 18, 2022 by admin

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 →

The Eternal Zionism

Posted on April 18, 2018 by admin

A couple of months ago I attended in the day care center where my mother-in-law spends her mornings at the party given for her birthday together with the celebrations for other colleagues of her born in February. All … Continue reading →

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Sionismul etern

Posted on April 18, 2018 by admin

Cu două luni în urmă am participat la căminul de zi unde își petrece soacra mea diminețile la sărbătorirea zilei ei de naștere, împreună cu alți colegi născuți în luna februarie. Toți sunt ca vârstă între 80 și 90 … Continue reading →

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Variations on HaTikhvah

Posted on May 11, 2016 by admin

This is the week of the Independence day or in other words of the birthday of Israel according to the Jewish calendar. I decided to offer each day this week on my Facebook wall and in a few Facebook groups … Continue reading →

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Seven Synagogues for Seven Days

Posted on September 15, 2015 by admin

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

Posted on April 22, 2015 by admin

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

Posted on March 3, 2015 by admin

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

Posted on October 8, 2014 by admin

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 →

Posted in holidays | Tagged Bangles, Blondie, chris stein, Dire Straits, gene simmons, Jewish holidays, kiss, Marc Bolan, Mark Knopfler, Paul Stanley, Sucot, Susanna Hoffs, T.Rex | Leave a comment

The Sound of the Shofar

Posted on September 23, 2014 by admin

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

Posted on April 12, 2014 by admin

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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