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Whether you’re a golfer or just craving relaxation in gorgeous surroundings, Turnberry Resort Scotland takes the Cup. The sports-minded hotel boasts thoroughbred class, 800 lush acres and breath-stealing views of Isle of Arran, Alisa Craig and the Irish Sea.  “The setting is spectacular,” confirms Ellen Davis. “And the inside is beautiful too – it’s contemporary yet feels appropriate given th ...

  As reported on August 14 by NPR's Eyder Peralta:   There's a story out of Hungary that has received quite a bit of play from the religious press but hadn't quite risen to the mainstream until the AP ran a piece about it today.   It's quite dramatic with an incredible plot twist: One of the leaders of Hungary's Jobbik Party, which the Anti-Defamation League says is on ...

The following clip reveals in plain and simple terms how President Obama has treated the United States' strongest ally in the region.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xO8qZP_iU9I#t=6s    

By Laura Blum On October 23, when JCC Greenwich brings the winner of the 1971 Oscar for Best Foreign Film to the Avon Theatre, don’t miss this rare chance to catch legendary director Vittorio De Sica (The Bicycle Thief) at the top of his game. You'll bask in the lush setting, the ripe score, the dreamy ambiance. But you won't want to get too comfortable. This being The Garden of the Finzi-C ...

By Laura Blum Not since Steve McQueen rode his motorcycle out of Stalag Luft III in the 1963 wartime epic The Great Escape has the fate of POWs so intoxicated the senses. Now that Hulu is streaming the hit Israeli TV drama Hatufim -- about soldiers who return to their native Israel after being held hostage in Lebanon and Syria for 17 years -- American viewers are discovering the addictive properties of the ser ...

By Laura Blum Einat Admony is as cheerful and welcoming as her Mediterranean trattoria in Manhattan, Balaboosta. The name means "perfect housewife" or "gracious hostess" in Yiddish. On Wednesday, October 10, the Israeli-born chef brings her warm smile and culinary talents to Greenwich at a cooking demo to be held in a private home. Participants will learn how to make specialties of the house, including roasted bu ...

By Laura Blum On a fall morning in 1942, watching her and her parents, sister and brother being thrown into a cattle car, a 4-year-old girl named Judith did what anyone would do in the circumstances. She screamed. A soldier put a gun to her head and threatened to drag her aboard as well. She shut up. Listen closely and you'll hear the silent scream in Judith Alter Kallman’s memoir, A Candle in the Heart ...

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  Interview by Laura  Blum Lauren Greenfield and Benoît Jacquot should swap film titles. Greenfield’s documentary following the fall of Jacqueline Siegel and her “timeshare king” husband David Siegel is called The Queen of Versailles. Jacquot’s period drama outing Marie-Antoinette bears the name Farewell, My Queen. Promptly upon The Queen of Versailles

Interview by Laura Blum Bud Clayman is a filmmaker with Obsessive Compulsive disorder, among other syndromes indexed in the The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- and in his documentary's subtitle: The Obsessive Compulsive Major Depression Bipolar Asperger's Movie. Three decades ago he had hoped to get his career underway, but these dysfunctions headsmacked him sidewise. Now with O ...

Interview by Laura Blum What do Edie Falco, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts and Harvey Keitel have in common besides Actor's Equity? Google "Oran Etkin" and find out. Judging by the raves posted on his site, they're among the ecstatic parents whose children are now mini music mavens thanks to the Grammy Award winner's imaginative instruction. Fairfield County parents -- and kids -- saw what the fuss is about when Oran present ...

Interview by Laura Blum On November 8, 2012, two days after America elects its next president, Franklin D. Roosevelt will be on the minds of many of its citizens. That's when curtains officially rise on a new Broadway production of Annie. Inspired by the Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, this Tony Award-winning musical follows a young Depression era orphan who finds refuge with fiction´s ...

For insight into the "making of" Follow Me, read Laura Blum's interview with filmmakers Ari Daniel Pinchot and Jonathan Gruber: Around midnight on July 4, 1976, in Uganda's Entebbe Airport, a 30-year-old Israeli named Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu was heading a mission to rescue more than 100 hostages and kill their guerrilla captors. He didn't survive to tell the tale, but his friends, significant others and writings did, a ...

Discuss episodes of the hit Israeli drama, "Hatufim"

Il était une fois when the quest for kosher eateries in Paris meant planning one's itinerary around the rangy Place Pigalle and Les Folies Bergere. These days the French capital is home to 150 kosher establishments, with more than a few in the toniest arrondissements. Here are three recommendations: Kavod A stone's throw from the Israeli embassy, Kavod serves up French cuisine in a cozy ...

By Janna Gur Israel is a tourist's Eden, but restaurants have not traditionally rated among its "bucket list" attractions. Now a foodie can make a special trip just to explore the local culinary landscape. Here are a few of my top favorite Israeli restaurants, and I'm happy to say that the country has many more truly excellent choices these days. Many tourists tend to regard Tel Aviv as a transit p ...

Interview by Laura Blum Post-impressionist artist Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940) ranks among the more intriguing characters in French art history. His penchant for intimate art and relationships is especially suited to the bespoke spaces of The Jewish Museum in the former Warburg mansion on Upper Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. From May 4 to September 23, 2012, art lovers can cozy up to the intricately patterned interiors, ...

Erica Jong shares hard-won wisdoms from the "Sugar in My Bowl" front. Read below.

This unique program provides young people with a carefully selected list of bar/bat mitzvah volunteer ideas and arranges one-on-one meetings with program participants and their parents to design and implement projects that cater to the child’s individual interests and personal goals. No charge.

The author of Go the F**k to Sleep tells the story behind the story. Read below.