January 29, 1905: Barnett Newman, abstract painter and lifelong anarchist, was born
An abstract painter and lifelong anarchist who specialized in intense color-field paintings, Barnett Newman was born in New York on this date in 1905. His best-known works are large canvases painted in flat yet...
Conductor Yoav Talmi a classical composer
Following his successful guest conducting engagement with China’s Beijing Symphony Orchestra last month, Israeli Conductor, Yoav Talmi, was immediately reengaged for another season.
The manager wrote, “Those who attended the concert could testify to the...
Germany returns Nazi-looted art to descendants of French Jewish collector
The German government on Wednesday returned three works of art stolen from a Jewish lawyer and collector during the Nazi occupation of France to descendants of their original owner, reported France 24.
The two paintings—Dame en...
UCLA to host its first-ever American Jewish Music Festival
UCLA will host its first American Jewish Music Festival on March 1 under the banner “Music Crossing Boundaries.”
The all-day event is funded by the Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music at the UCLA...
Q&A: A Yiddish-speaking gumshoe with a tapping toe
Gale Kissin, 67, wears several hats. She not only sings and plays guitar and percussion in Mama Loshn, the Yiddish revival band she co-founded, but she’s spent decades working with attorneys as a private investigator. Though...
‘Rendering Witness’ displays risks artists took while the Holocaust raged in Europe
Artwork made by eyewitnesses who documented their experiences during and shortly after the Holocaust, often in secret and while risking their lives, are showcased in a new exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living...
Chaim Soutine artwork exhibited for first time in Israel in 50 years
Now through March 21, Mishkan Museum of Art in Ein Harod, a kibbutz in northern Israel, is exhibiting the works of Chaim Soutine, one of the leading artists of the 20th century, for the first time...
January 16, 1933: Susan Sontag, influential writer, novelist and American essayist was born
Susan Sontag, née Susan Rosenblatt, (born January 16, 1933, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 28, 2004, New York), American intellectual and writer best known for her essays on modern culture.
Sontag (who adopted her...
“The Labor Of Life,” in Yiddish, A tragi-comedy by Hanoch Levin. Israel’s Beckett
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Jewish director Sam Mendes wins two Golden Globes for World War I film ‘1917’
Jewish director Sam Mendes won big at the 77th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night in Los Angeles, taking home two honors for his World War I epic “1917.”
After Mendes won the award for...