The Idan Raichel Project  - Idan Raichel  is an Israeli singer-songwriter and a musician, known for his Idan Raichel Project, distinctive for its  fusion of  electronics,  traditional  Hebrew  texts,  Middle  Eastern and Ethiopian  music.  Prior to the Project,  Raichel was a  keyboardist,  collaborating  with artists such as Ivri Lider.  He  has sold over 300,000 records  to date. The Idan Raichel Project launches a new iPhone app. You are [...]

There are dozens of coloring and painting apps for iPad and iPhone, but just few “Jewish”. Turn your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad into a Jewish coloring book. Davka Coloring Blast is a new, lovely coloring book for Jewish children, with an easy-to-use navigation tool for the young ones. Kids can paint and learn the basic colors, and [...]

In 1936 a group of young, idealistic photographers, most of them Jewish, first-generation Americans, formed an organization in Manhattan called the Photo League. Their solidarity centered on a belief in the expressive power of the documentary photograph and on a progressive alliance in the 1930s of socialist ideas and art. The Radical Camera presents the contested [...]

Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles - A Companion Walking Tour Millions have been moved by the words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…,” but few know the story behind them. Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles, which marks the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, is [...]

The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the world’s leading art and archaeology museums. Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections, including works dating from prehistory to the present day, in its Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Jewish Art and Life Wings, and features the [...]

Judaica Art wallpapers brought to you by top judaica painters from all around the world. From time to time the app will be updated with new wallpapers. . . App: Judaica by 807 Ks Compatible: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Category: Photography Released:  June 13, 2011 Publisher: Alex Rubanny © 2011 807Ks Price: Free (get app) . . [...]

The original Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam was set up in 1932 in a small room at Weigh House but during the 1940 German invasion, most of the artifacts were confiscated and destroyed. In 1955 the Joods Historisch Museum was re-opened with only one-fifth of the original collection, so private collectors and even the general public [...]

The Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, Poland is one of the most important and largest events of its kind in the world. The First Festival took place in 1988 and its program focused on a scholarly conference on the encounter between two cultures, Jewish and Polish. Shaped by outstanding figures in various fields of Jewish [...]

This year we celebrate the 11th year of the JCC Ames Amzalak Rochester Jewish Film Festival underwritten by Friendly’s. Born of the desire to bring Jewish themed film to Rochester, the birthplace of film, Festival has turned into something no one could never have imagined in 2001. With more than 65 donors supporting the Festival and nearly [...]

In the classic joke, a man asks a rabbi: “Why do Jews always answer a question with a question?” The rabbi answers: “Do we?”. Bay Area artists Ken Goldberg and Gil Gershoni present a contemporary take on the inquisitive impulse with a new media installation at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco until July 31, [...]

Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of  Baltimore, The Jewish Museum, New York, May 6 – September 25, 2011 Henri Matisse fondly called Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone “my two Baltimore ladies.” The two Cone sisters began buying art directly out of the Parisian studios of avant-garde artists in 1905. Although the sisters’ taste [...]

Beautiful Israel, the newest app created by Davka Corp., features 125 vibrant, high-quality wallpaper images highlighting the natural beauty and magnificence of the Holy Land. Stunning mountain vistas, lush wildflowers, rushing streams, ripening fruits – all are shown in this spectacular collection of extraordinary photos. From the verdant hills of the North to the desert [...]

Audiobook app “The Brothers Ashkenazi” by Israel Joseph Singer (brother of  Isaac Bashevis Singer) is presented by Blackstone Audio. In the Polish city of  Lodz, the Brothers Ashkenazi grew up very differently in talent and in temperament. Max, the firstborn, is fiercely intelligent and conniving, determined to succeed financially by any means necessary. Slower-witted Jacob is [...]

While the iPhone and iPod touch are quite capable little computers it seems that most of the applications released for these platforms have been overly simplistic or lacking in their feature set. This has been especially true in the photo editing arena where there are many contenders vying for the top spot, an especially heated [...]

Want to draw in the air? A revolutionary new way to express your creativity. Write or draw in the air by moving your iPhone 4 like a laser pointer. The result image will appear on your screen. Instructions: 1. Hold iPhone firmly in your hand, screen facing upwards. 2. Touch the screen in the white [...]