The Jewish Actors: Joseph Wiseman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wiseman Wiseman appears here as Dr. No
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Spielberg: World needs more magic
Cannes, (dpa) – The world could do with a little more magic as it faces up to grinding poverty and extreme inequality, three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg said on Saturday as he launched his new fantasy adventure film at the Cannes Film Festival. “All of us believe in magic,” said Spielberg at a press conference
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastWhy French radio played ‘Bolero’ the entire day
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — After a week of cultural delights in Vienna, we spent a week in France to recover from our exertions before returning to Israel a few days ago. And so it was that, as usual, on our first full day in the beautiful Limousin region we tuned our radio
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBill Clinton derides Hamas, defends Hillary on Gaza
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton defended his record on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and excoriated Hamas tactics in the Gaza Strip Friday afternoon, responding to a heckler at a campaign event for his wife who suggested US foreign policy has contributed to the devastation in the coastal enclave. “I killed myself to give the Palestinians
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Middle East, USACapturing a moment lest it be lost forever
LONDON — In a remarkable career spanning over seven decades, renowned British photographer Dorothy Bohm’s motivation to capture a person, place, or moment has remained unchanged. “A photograph fulfills my deep need to stop things from disappearing,” the 92 year old told The Times of Israel in a recent interview. “There are times that I
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsNYPhil concert in S.D. features Beethoven, Sibelius
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The New York Philharmonic, the legendary orchestra whose history includes maestros such as Demitri Metropolis, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Mazur and Lorin Maazel, presented a thrilling concert at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center under the direction of its current conductor, Alan Gilbert. Gilbert is the son
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsU.S. calls for release of Baha’i leaders in Iran
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — United States State Department spokesman John Kirby released the following statement to the media on Saturday, May 14: Seven leaders of Iran’s Bahai community were arrested by the Iranian government eight years ago. Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Vahid Tizfahm, and Mahvash Sabet were convicted
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Middle East, USAThe Jewish actors: Cornel Wilde
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Travel and FoodRefugee dies of heart failure in Nauru
Israel’s friends in the Western Pacific: Nauru A Bangladeshi refugee on the Pacific island of Nauru died Wednesday from suspected heart failure, the Australian government said, amid rising protests, including acts of self-harm, by people on the island who are sent there after trying to reach Australia illegally by boat. A statement from the Australian
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InternationalParagon Shipping makes annual report available
Israel’s friends in the Western Pacific: Marshall Islands ATHENS, Greece, May 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Paragon Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PRGN) (“Paragon Shipping” or the “Company”), today announced that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (the “Annual Report”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
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InternationalAdelson: It’s Trump or a ‘third term’ of Obama
Jewish American millionaire Sheldon Adelson published an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday, in which he endorsed Donald Trump for president. If Trump isn”t elected president, warned Adelson, Americans would get a third term of Barack Obama in the form of Hillary Clinton. “While the primary cycle still has some important elections ahead, it
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Middle East, USANewcastle U cuts ties with NUS
The students’ union at Britain’s Newcastle University this week voted to cut ties with the National Union of Students after the umbrella body elected as president a woman accused of anti-Semitism. Two-thirds of Newcastle students came out in favor of disaffiliating from the NUS in Wednesday’s vote, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported, two days after students
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International, Middle EastHumoring the headlines: May 13, 2016
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ A poll conducted by the Israeli Democracy Institute found that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis believe Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories does not constitute an occupation. It also indicated that the same percentage of Israelis refer to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank as urban sprawl. * Denigrated
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireEl Salvador’s Castellanos honored by Germany
BERLIN (WJC) –Germany’s Foreign Office and the Centrum Judaicum Berlin held an event in the German capital in honor of José Arturo Castellanos Contreras, El Salvador’s consul-general in Geneva who during World War II helped to save tens of thousands of Jews from Central Europe from Nazi persecution. Felix Klein, special representative of the Foreign
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