Becky Guttin at the 29th Annual Juried Exhibition
BECKY GUTTIN so proud to have received the LESLIE VON KOLB MEMORIAL AWARD
It's with great pleasure that I share with you the recent recognition that I was given at the 29th Annual Juried Art...
Shira Haas, ‘Asia’ win Israel’s Ophir Awards
The mother-daughter drama “Asia” was named Best Picture at the Israeli Academy of Film and Television’s Ophir Awards, automatically becoming Israel’s entry in the Best International Feature category at the Oscars next spring. “Unorthodox”...
More than 100 Italian sites take part in European Day of Jewish Culture
Italy participated in the 24th annual European Day of Jewish Culture at 101 sites across 16 regions, with Florence serving as the lead city. This year’s event, held on Sept. 9-10, was dedicated to...
Immigrant stories told at New Americans Museum
Immigrants Tammuz Dubnov and Gad Shaanan from Israel and Michel Cohen of Mexico are among 76 New Americans who are featured in an innovative exhibition that was created by the staff of the San Diego...
Stories under quarantine
Who doesn’t love to listen to a good story? For many of us, stories were an essential part of bedtime. And podcasts like Story Corps, The Moth and This American Life just go to show that our desire...
Nude photo shoot to bring attention to dying Dead Sea
Ten years after Spencer Tunick first set his lens on the Dead Sea, the world-renowned photographer will once more capture the quickly disappearing natural wonder against the backdrop of hundreds of nude people.
The photo shoot,...
Hebrew’s journey: ‘King David and I could probably understand each other’
A recent article in National Geographic lays out the history of the Hebrew language, its ancient origins, modern revival and continued evolution.
Mirit Bessire, Hebrew-language program director at Johns Hopkins University, said that “King David and I could probably understand...
Mandy Patinkin Headlines San Diego’s ‘JFest’ June 4
Broadway’s master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, will bring his newest theatre concert Mandy Patinkin in Concert: BEING ALIVE, to Balboa Theatre on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. This powerful...
While Wall Street Journal highlights the success of Harry Potter in Yiddish, two new...
The first time in Yiddish!
Pride and Prejudice - Gayve un Forurtl
By Jane Austen - Volume One
Translated by Barry Goldstein
Dos ershte mol oyf Yidish!
Gayve un Forurtl
Fun Dzheyn Austen - Band Eyns
Ibergezetst fun Berish Goldshteyn
דאָס ערשטע מאָל אױף...
Artist’s series on display for first time in Croatia depicts Holocaust victims, partisans
An exhibition of 30 paintings and graphic works titled “Nazi Occupation in Graphic Works of Meer Axelrod” opened in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia—the first time the artist’s works have been shown in the...