Barry Davis

Dec 28, 2024 | jpost.com | Barry Davis

You don’t need to be a media junkie to know these are challenging times for Israel in the global arena, as if we didn’t have enough ongoing existential threats right here at home. There are reports of rising antisemitism all over the show, and Jews around the world are far more wary these days.

Dec 18, 2024 | jpost.com | Barry Davis

The idea of music playing an invaluable and incontrovertible role as the quintessentially “universal language” is still alive and kicking. It is encouraging to learn that, notwithstanding the ongoing violence in these parts and the constant stream of grief and horrific news reports, there is a group of youngsters who meet up to do what comes naturally to them – playing music together. We are not talking about any old cross-section of teenagers here.

Nov 16, 2024 | msn.com | Barry Davis

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Jul 6, 2024 | jpost.com | Barry Davis

Is life all a matter of perspective? That, surely, is one of the central tenets of any field of art whereby, for example, members of the viewing public go along to a gallery or museum to peruse the fruits of some artist’s gifts, skill, and creativity, not to mention blood, sweat, and tears, and summarily pass judgment on the visual bottom line.

Jul 4, 2024 | jpost.com | Barry Davis

Imagine, if you will, a bevy of haredi young men, kitted out in their finest all-black traditional threads, strutting up and down a fashion show catwalk. That’s not exactly the way Didi Khalifa sees it but he does open our eyes to some surprising aesthetic elements of the ultra-Orthodox community we might otherwise have missed.