The Arts

French court returns WWII looted Pissarro painting to owner’s family

A French court on Tuesday ordered the return of a painting by impressionist master Camille Pissarro to the family of a Jewish art collector dispossessed during World War II. The court ruled in favour of the relatives of Simon Bauer, a wealthy businessman whose assets were seized in 1943 by the anti-Semitic wartime French government […]

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International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

German museum shows art from vast trove hidden for decades

BONN, Germany – Some 250 art works that a reclusive collector hid from the world for decades, including pieces likely looted from Jewish owners under Nazi rule, are on show at a German museum. The paintings being shown starting from Thursday at Bonn’s Bundeskunsthalle – including works by Albrecht Duerer, Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro

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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

New Anne Frank Play Doesn’t Mention Jews And Nazis

It’s Anne Frank—without the Jews or the Nazis! A Dutch production of a new take on the diary-writing young girl will open amid criticism from Jewish groups this week for erasing the Frank family’s Jewish identity and failing to mention the Nazis who killed Anne and her sister in a concentration camp. Frank, of course,

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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Lakshmi Basile Popularizes Flamenco in San Diego

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — What is Flamenco? Most experts agree that the creation and history of flamenco was in southern Spain in the region of Andalusia where it still flourishes today. Flamenco was created through the fusion of Jewish, Arab, and Gypsy cultures in this area. All of these cultures share the fact

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Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Artisans re-purpose materials; also their lives

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At the annual artisans’ fair at Temple Emanu-El, one often meets people who re-purpose their materials, and in some cases, those who have re-purposed their lives. Harvey and Carol Korfin, for example, sell glass specialty items as well as clocks mounted interestingly on old computer boards. Before turning

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food

When Girl Writes Poem About the Eiffel Tower, the French President Responds With One of His Own

A special birthday present for Sophie, 13 today: President @EmmanuelMacron’s reply to her poem on the #EiffelTower. Bon anniversaire Sophie! pic.twitter.com/NxMTbikMBm- French Embassy UK (@FranceintheUK) November 1, 2017 Seeing a school project pinned up on your household’s refrigerator is one thing – it’s another thing entirely when it is complimented by the president of France.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

Hollywood scandal reaches business partner of Trump’s Treasury Secretary

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s inner circle expressed shock when Hillary Clinton failed to quickly condemn Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein after allegations of sexual assault. Now, the president’s team may find the shoe on the other foot as allegations land on a business partner of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Until June, Mnuchin co-owned RatPac-Dune Entertainment, a

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Actor Dustin Hoffman is the latest actor to be accused of sexually harassing a minor

55th New York Film Festival – “Meyerowitz Stories” Actor Dustin Hoffman has been accused of being sexually inappropriate with a woman who worked as an intern on a production set of one of his films when she was just 17. Anna Graham Hunter made the allegations against Hoffman in a guest article written for The

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Movie review: Woody Harrelson tries on the prosthetic ears in ‘LBJ’

Director Rob Reiner’s “LBJ,” starring Woody Harrelson facially encased in latex and makeup best categorized as a good try, arrives in theaters a year after its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, and 16 months after “All the Way” (Bryan Cranston reprising his juicy Tony Award-winning performance) debuted on HBO. The timing puts this latest LBJ

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Black and white ‘1945’ shows Jews in post-war Hungary faced a rainbow of gray

By Jordan Hoffman NEW YORK — The train rolls into the station, and the villagers know things are about to change. “They’re back,” the town clerk/drugstore owner/erstwhile feudal lord says. Who’s back? Jews. It is 1945 and Hungary has been liberated by the Soviet Union. From a radio we hear that Japan has yet to

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Dual exhibitions lift veil on Nazi-era art hoard

Portions of the spectacular art collection hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era dealer will be shown for the first time since World War II in parallel exhibitions in Switzerland and Germany starting Thursday. “Gurlitt: Status Report”, which displays around 450 works by masters including Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and Picasso, aims to shed a light

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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Netflix cancels flagship series ‘House of Cards’

The next season of Netflix’s award-winning “House of Cards” will be the last, a spokesman said Monday, as the series reeled over sexual misconduct allegations against its star Kevin Spacey. The 58-year-old double Oscar winner, who plays ruthless President Francis Underwood in the hit show, is facing claims from actor Anthony Rapp that he “made

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA