From ‘Oslo’ to ‘Hello Dolly,’ the Tony awards are full of Jews
This year’s Tony Awards, which will held on Sunday, June 11, includes a large number of Jewish nominees and works with a strong Jewish connection.
Ben Platt, 23, is nominated for best lead actor in...
El Kuartier Yemin Moshe en Yerushalayim
Munchos son los kuartieres de Yerushalayim ke yevan el nombre del filantropo Moshe Montefiori komo Ohel Moshe, Mazkeret Moshe, Kiriat Moshe i Zihron Moshe ma sin duda, el mas konosido de entre eyos es...
History at risk: 20,000 archaeological sites threatened by conflict
From the ancient cities of Petra and Jericho to historic religious temples, thousands of archaeological sites in the Middle East and North Africa are severely at risk, according to a new online public database.
In...
Ghosts of jewish Warsaw don’t haunt the city, but murmur in background
The ghosts of Jewish Warsaw don’t haunt the city, but they do murmur in the background.
Home to 375,000 Jews on the eve of the Second World War – one-third of the city’s population at...
Jewish immigrant’s closet on display at NYC’S Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sara Berman, a onetime Jewish immigrant in New York City, certainly had a unique personal style.
It wasn’t just her choice of clothes, which were all in shades of white, cream and neutrals. It was...
‘Closeness,’ story of caucasus jewish family, wins Cannes’s International Critics’ Award
“Closeness,” by 26-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov, set in his home city of Nalchik in 1998, has won the Cannes Festival’s International Critics’ Award on Saturday.
The plot is based on a story Balagov says...
JerusaLENS International Photo Challenge Exhibition
The Jerusalem International Photography Challenge Exhibition will be held between June 6th to August 6th at the Ammunition Hill by KKL-JNF along with JNF USA, Ammunition Hill, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Jerusalem...
Sid Jacobson JCC’s Jewish Film Festival opens June 21
Sid Jacobson JCC’s Randi and Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival opens on Wednesday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m. with the documentary On the Map. The festival features documentaries, comedies and short films.
On the Map...
Florine Stettheimer’s vision of equality
Along with Marsden Hartley, Georgia O’Keeffe, Archibald Motley, Arshile Gorky, and Horace Pippin, Florine Stettheimer is one of the great American painters in the first half of the 20th century. There are lots of...
Cannes and Cannes-not: Jews abound, but no Israeli films at the festival
Time to pack up, head home and not think about how many flaky, butter-drenched croissants I stuffed in my maw during my 12-day stay in the south of France.
This was my fourth visit to...