The Arts

The world is mourning the loss of the legendary Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis The country music world is mourning the passing of another legend. Country music great and distinguished singer-songwriter Mel Tillis passed away on the morning of Nov. 19. According to a statement from his publicist, Mel died as a result of respiratory failure. He was 85 years old. RELATED: Mel Tillis’ family opens up […]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Tales of internat’l intrigue in old Key West

The Jews of Key West: Smugglers, Cigar Makers, and Revolutionaries (1823-1969) by Arlo Haskell; Sand Paper Press; 2017; 170 pages plus notes, bibliography and index; $24.00. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – Arlo Haskell’s book on the Jews of Key West is unlike most other local histories in that it is fueled by

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, USA

Hobby Lobby’s Bible Museum Opens After Scandal

More than 2,800 bible-related artifacts will be presented to the public starting on Friday, as the Museum of the Bible swings open its doors in Washington, D.C. But the fanfare over the capital’s newest museum hasn’t overshadowed the scandal involving the project. Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts supply store owned by the Evangelical Christian

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA

Anne Frank foundation buys her family home in Amsterdam

The foundation maintaining the Amsterdam house where Jewish diarist Anne Frank hid from Nazis during World War II said Thursday they had bought another property where her family lived in the 1930s. But the Anne Frank Stichting said it had no plans to use the “other home” as a museum, like the one in Amsterdam’s

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

‘Rabbi Steinsaltz was moved, his eyes sparkled’

For years, Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz, 80, has been working to make the Jewish library accessible to every Jew and anywhere in the world. With his own hands the rabbi built a life project that continues gaining momentum from day to day. Today, much of the Talmud has already been translated into several languages, including

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Yiddish Book Center seeks applicants for three programs

AMHERST, Massachusetts (Press Release) – The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, is now accepting applicants for three programs for recent graduates, college students, and high school students: the 2018 Steiner Summer Yiddish Program, the 2018–19 Yiddish Book Center Fellowship Program, and the 2018 Great Jewish Books Summer Program. The Yiddish Book Center Graduate Fellowship

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Sylvester Stallone accused of shockingly graphic acts against a 16-year-old in newly uncovered police reports

88th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon – Arrivals Sylvester Stallone was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the 1980s, according to a shocking police report obtained by the Daily Mail. Retired Las Vegas police department detective sergeant John Samolovitch confirmed to the outlet that the facts alleging that the veteran actor “intimidated” the

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Veep’ production postponed during Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ cancer treatment

LOS ANGELES — Production on the seventh and final season of HBO’s “Veep” has been postponed while its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, undergoes treatment for breast cancer. “We’re obviously postponing production of the show. We were supposed to have started now, while she’s in treatment,” journalist Frank Rich, who is an executive producer on the Emmy-winning

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Da Vinci painting sells for world record $450m

Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ, “Salvator Mundi”, sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie’s, more than double the old price for any work of art at auction. The painting, only recently rediscovered, was the last da Vinci left in private hands and fetched more than four times Christie’s’ pre-sale estimate of

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

People Are Posting Stories of Celebrities Being Nice to Them and it is Incredibly Refreshing

Though it may seem like there are endless allegations against celebrities for one crime or another these days, it’s good to remember that not all Hollywood stars use their fame for evil. In a social media post created by a Twitter user named Bakoon, people are being called to share their positive experiences of dealing

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Second woman comes forward with bombshell harassment allegations against Senator Al Franken

Al Franken Hours after sports commentator Leeann Tweeden accused Democratic Senator Al Franken of groping and kissing her without her consent, another woman is stepping forward with harrowing claims about the man. “Yes, it’s true. I was stalked and harassed by Al Franken,” Media Equalizer and Media Equality Project Co-Founder Melanie Morgan tweeted on Thursday.

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Gal Gadot’s reported ultimatum to Warner Bros. over Brett Ratner’s involvement in ‘Wonder Woman 2’ is likely moot

Warner Bros. finds itself in an awkward situation with Gal Gadot, the star of its most important movie of the year, “Justice League,” which debuts Friday. At the center of the issue is the studio’s relationship with embattled filmmaker Brett Ratner, who has been accused by several women of a range of sexual misconduct. A

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA