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Israeli Diamond Magnate’s Business Unwelcome in DubaiLast month, Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev announced plans to open two eponymous jewelry stores in Dubai, but steps taken by officials in the emirate seem to indicate that Leviev’s business is not welcome there.…Read more

Never Forget: Hip-Hop Artist Looks to Youth‘Does anybody have a tissue?” Grammy Award-winning hip-hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari asked. “I’m having a moment.”…Read more

Activists Who Exposed Meat Industry Reveal Their Own (Kosher) IdentityWhen AgriProcessors, America’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, was caught on tape conducting what a federal agency later called “acts of inhumane slaughter,” officials at the plant knew they had been infiltrated by undercover investigators. What the company didn’t know was that two of those infiltrators were a married couple who keep kosher themselves.…Read more

Plaza Hotel Takes Visitors On a Musical JourneyHotel lounge music isn’t usually a genre associated with experimental compositions, but a collaboration between composer Ariel Blumenthal and the Plaza Hotel in New York might change that.…Read more

Dramatic Journey: A Personal StoryHilarity might not be the most obvious feature of the Ethiopian Jewish community’s arduous migration to Israel, but playwright Yossi Vassa has not only made that trek as a child, he also has a background in stand-up comedy.…Read more