Oif der yidisher gas in Meksike – a spetsyele trefung mit Sophie Rubinstein
Oif der yidisher gas in Meksike - a spetsyele trefung mit Sophie Rubinstein
In spite of the fact that Mexico was a melting pot for Jewish immigrants coming from different parts of the Diaspora, little...
Shofar: A love song
As first-chair trumpet in the Orville Wright Junior High School band in Los Angeles in 1966, Robbie Weinger didn’t know it, but he was training his lips for their destiny: to enable their owner...
Arts, Provocation, and Jewish History – with Miri Koral
Arts, Provocation, and Jewish History with Aaron Henne Episode 9 8-19-2020 Miri Koral.
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The High Holidays in Jewish cinema
When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holidays. Its tale was a measure of Jewry’s ties to tradition, but also a gentle sign of its loss.
In The Jazz...
In memory of Michael Anderson, collage master
Last month the world lost an utterly unique and original American artist. Born in the Bronx in 1968, Michael Anderson was essentially a self-taught artist, internationally known for his large-scale collage which he made...
August 19, 1882: Samuel Goldwyn, one of the earliest and best-known film producers in...
Samuel Goldwyn (Shmul Gelbfisz), one of the earliest and best-known film producers in American history, was born in Warsaw on this date in 1882 (his birthdate is variously cited as August 27 and even...
“The Violin” Original animation with Sholem Aleikhem’s text in the voice of Mike Burstein
צוליב די שוועריקייטן צונויפֿצוזאַמלען אַ מנין אַקטיאָרן וואָס קענען ייִדיש (אָדער גיבן כאָטש די אילוזיע אַז זיי קענען ייִדיש), זענען אָפֿט די בעסטע קורצע פֿילמען אויף מאַמע־לשון הײַנט דווקא די אַנימירטע. דורך אַן אַנימאַציע־פֿילם...
August 4, 1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead due to a tragic overdose
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortensen), who became a convert to Judaism when she married playwright Arthur Miller in 1956, was found dead of a drug overdose in her home on this date in 1962.
Monroe...
August 3, 1966: Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce died
Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) died on this date in 1966 at age 40 from a drug overdose. In the early 1950s he worked a double-act with his wife,...
Peres Center and Keter Group Launch Contest for Artists Across the Middle East
The Peres Center for Peace & Innovation and Israeli company Keter this week issued an open call for artists and designers across the Middle East, to take part in a visual art project titled...