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My Jerusalem's Jeff Klein On Getting Soy Bombed, The Replacements and X

Jeff Klein, frontman and main songwriter behind My Jerusalem, has shared some of his background before, but not for My First Show. My Jerusalem, whose new album, Preachers, is out next week, comes back to Dada on Friday. Klein took time out a few weeks ago to share his obsession with Paul Westerberg ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 46: DJ Israel

Israel Marcano started spinning in the mid '80s, and had his first professional gig in 1989. "I remember my hands shook as I cued up my records but I was totally ready to make people dance," he recalls. "Once I saw people getting into it and having a good time, I started to relax and didn't feel so ... More >>

Dear Benjamin Netanyahu, Could You do a Mitvah for Dallas?

This is a personal letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Dear Prime Minister: My name is Jim Schutze. I am a columnist for the Dallas Observer. I write about local things here. My politics are sort of all over the place, but I have always considered myself a great friend of Israel, ... More >>

Elemental Souls

Saturday, August 4, at Sandaga 813

I See Dead Scrolls

The Most Innocent Victims

Over the Weekend: My Jerusalem, Bad Design, Aaron Barker

My Jerusalem - Shake The Devil (official video) from My Jerusalem on Vimeo.Over the Weekend: My Jerusalem, Aaron Barker, Bad Design Bryan Street Tavern November 18 Better than: driving to Iowa, covered head-to-toe in OSU gear, expecting a blowout victory. In the middle of My Jerusalem's 12-song se ... More >>

My Jerusalem's Jeff Klein on Playing in Dallas and with Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli

Austin-based My Jerusalem hits Dallas tonight, a night crowded with great shows. Seems like everyone is stuffing the good pre-Thanksgiving concerts into one night. My Jerusalem plays a special folky orchestral pop that isn't precious or twee, and it's not something to miss. With a new album in th ... More >>

Rick Perry's Summer Reading: The Only Thing Worse Than Judaism is Happy Hour

Rick Perry's summer readin'.​OK, so we know now that whatever Rick Perry is readin' this summer, it ain't a science book. Because until 142 percent of all scientists agree on something, science is just theories, and people don't need theories right now. They need jobs. Jobs and provocative rhe ... More >>

Good Friday: Kings Of Leon, Band Of Horses and The Best of The Rest This Weekend

The Kangs​The biggest show this weekend, for better or for worse, is headlined by a group of Followills known as Kings Of Leon. The show will take place tonight at Gexa Energy Pavilion. And, with Band Of Horses as the opening act, we suggest that the tour be called The Bands That Started Off Great ... More >>

Does Jewish Culture and Religion Make Women Prone to Eating Disorders?

Photos by Leslie Minora Adrienne Ressler, eating disorder and body image specialist, talks to the crowd about Jewish culture and eating disorders. ​ ​ ​​Potato knishes, challah bread, rugulah pastries -- face it, Jewish people have some tempting food options. And with weekly Shabbat and to ... More >>

The Human Resources Manager: Compassion Meets Bureaucracy.

Miral: Style, but Little Substance in Schnabel's Palestine Plea.

Kosher Chili Cook-Off Draws Record Number of Entries

Tiferet Israel's kosher chili cook-off returns this weekend for the 18th year -- a milestone that's the Jewish timekeeping equivalent of a silver anniversary, thanks to Hebrew numerology -- with its biggest-ever field of contestants. ​Cook-off chairman Scott Janco reports 47 teams have regist ... More >>

Q&A: Monotonix's Yonatan Gat Defends His Native Israel Against Bands That Boycott It, Describes Letting Himself Go During His Band's Notorious, Off-The-Wall Performances

Daniel RodrigueMonotonix's Ami Shalev​For astute music fans in the North Texas region, the name Monotonix has become quite familiar. In the last couple of years, the Israeli garage-punk trio has made a few stops here, including a 2009 NX35 slot that got the ball rolling pretty hard on their Metrop ... More >>

Right on Cue, 8 Ball Zucchini in Season

Photo by Elaine Liner​Among the veggies in season right now at the downtown Dallas Farmers Market (1010 S. Pearl St.) are the adorable 8 Ball zucchini squash. About the size of a baseball, in yellow flecked with green or solid green like the typical zukes, 8 Ball squash are a new hybrid develo ... More >>

Glassworks

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 15: DJ Avi

​In the span of five years, Avi Marco, perhaps better known as DJ Avi, has made quite a name for himself around DFW. The Israel-born jock moved to the area in 2005 and has since played numerous venues in both Dallas and Fort Worth, scooping up a couple of residencies along the way.  He grew u ... More >>

During Friday's Rally for Flotilla Casualties, A Reflection of Gaza Down at Dealey Plaza

Patrick MichelsA pro-Palestine rally at Dealey Plaza on Friday afternoon ended with a march to Memorial Park, a show of solidarity with activists trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. You'll find more photos in our slide show. The long war over Gaza played out in miniature down at Dealey Plaza ... More >>

Lady Blues

Local Activists' Response to Egypt's Ban on Gaza March: We're Going Anyway

Roger Kallenberg and Diane Baker of the Dallas Peace Center​On Tuesday, the Egyptian foreign ministry warned activists planning to march across its border into Gaza to mark the anniversary of last year's conflict that they'll be "dealt with by the law." But that isn't stopping Roger Kallenberg ... More >>

Sour Power

Happy Birthday, Dear Promised Land

Celebrate Israel Independence Day in Dallas

Weekend Roundup: NX35 Edition including Monotonix, Tame...Tame & Quiet, Gun Gun, Boyfriends Inc. and Possessed by Paul James

Denton was the place to be for live music this weekend, hands down. With the first ever NX35 festival all wrapped up, I wanted to pay it some well-deserved homage with a special edition of Weekend Roundup... Enjoy! Monotonix at Hailey's, Sunday, Mar. 15This garage rock band played in Dento ... More >>

Chewing The Fat: Wednesday Ground 'Round

Here are some of the leftover bits from the past few days. Officials in Marin County, Calif., are considering the potential benefits of turning food waste into an energy source. The city already does something similar with sewage, but adding food apparently assists the process, according to St ... More >>

Parenting Off The Grid in The Alt-Family Portrait Surfwise

Monotonix

Body Language (Drag City)

Badu's New Concert Posters Are Ridiculously Awesome

Obama and the Hand of God

L'Chaim: A Dallas Artist Helps Give Israel a Second Life

From a Former Dallas Rabbi Living in Israel, An Open Letter to President Bush

Dallas-Based Company is in Israel, Putting the "Oy" in Oil Exploration

Shalom, Y'All!

It's Getting Chili

Ace Up His Sleeve

Joe Carnahan's overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself

In Case Against Holy Land Foundation, Government Says: C'mon, What Sixth Amendment?

Once More, With Feeling

Verdi gets an encore

True Connection

The End Is Near

Famine, pestilence, war, death--at Dallas Theological Seminary, the Apocalypse is the horse to bet on

Schindler's Fist

Maya Schindler's traumatized sirens pack a powerful punch

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Get on the Bus

For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics

God Grief?

Gay Orthodox Jews engage in more than just Trembling Before G-d

Strong Stuff

Time of Favor's look at Israel is fascinating and powerful

Seeker of the Lost Ark

Vendyl Jones says he's a crusading archaeologist searching for long-lost biblical treasures. His critics sya he's more worried about self-promotion than science.

Camping out

Let's do the Time Warp on stage again

Four-point-oh

Bistro A scores straight, solid grades

Passover plot

The new kid at the Seder table fends off the matzo-crazed hordes

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