By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — One doesn’t normally think of translating and editing as a dangerous profession, but my experience of working in this field for the last fifty years has had a deleterious effect on me, leaving me seriously incapacitated. Reading literature of any kind, and especially if it has been translated […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-VansonA drama about three young women trying to figure it all out in Tel Aviv, director Maysaloun Hamoud’s ‘In Between’ is a charming jab at the patriarchy By Jordan Hoffman NEW YORK — The cinema cognoscenti got a peek at something special at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image. While Maysaloun Hamoud’s “In Between”
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe Wonder Woman star’s breakthrough is already making a small but real impact on the lives of Israeli-Americans, particularly those in show biz. By Orli Santo Yonatan Gutfeld has an Israeli accent. Now that he’s singing for American audiences, Gutfeld — a Brooklyn-based, Israeli-born singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist — has been working hard to tone down
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe Oscar winner, the recipient of a prestigious award from the Ruderman Foundation, explains how Judaism stresses inclusion By Yaakov Schwartz TEL AVIV – Actress Marlee Matlin lifted her hand beside her face in the shape of an “L” and tapped her fingers together a couple of times. “That’s it?” a shocked reporter asked. “That’s
Following the declaration of a mistrial in the Bill Cosby sexual assault, spokespeople for the comedian have said he plans to embark on a town hall speaking tour to teach people how to avoid sexual assault accusations. “Mr. Cosby wants to get back to work,” Andrew Wyatt, a spokesperson for Cosby, told a local Fox
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The 24th Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts festival, directed and produced by Todd Salovey, was a learning and poignant experience for me. I learned about the art of Boris Malkin [1908-1972] a talented painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator from Belarus. His dark work reflected the anti-Semitism
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In the Book of Samuel, the prophet pours olive oil onto the head of the shepherd boy David, declaring him the next King of Israel. (I Sam 16) This anointing ceremony inspired the concept of monarchs ruling by “divine right.” King James loved the idea and commissioned frescos
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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIsraeli airline pay tribute to pop singer in new ad, two weeks before her July 3 Tel Aviv concert By Times of Israel staff El Al flight attendants perform a music video tribute to Britney Spears in an ad published on June 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook) El Al Airlines is pulling out all the stops
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsEnglish pop singer Adele is warming hearts after she took time out of her busy schedule to drop off some cake for the Grenfall Tower firefighters. The musician stopped by to say “Hello” to the Chelsea Fire Station on Monday with cakes in hand as a thank you for all of their hard work during
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD, California — Even as you giggle continuously through Sy Rosen’s delightful chronicle of his journey into “old age” you are also continually aware of how skillfully he has mounted his gentle stories. Rosen’s play Robert De Niro Is Older Than Me is a one-man show for three people and a slide
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Michael Roth is an accomplished composer, with over 250 scores for theater productions throughout North America to his credit. This outstanding local Jewish artist had two of his compositions featured as part of the 24th Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival at the Lyceum Theatre. The works not only utilized Roth’s
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court extended trademark protection on Monday to words and names that may be offensive, ruling that the First Amendment right to free speech allows an Asian-American band to call itself The Slants. The unanimous decision will also likely preserve the trademarked and controversial name of the Redskins, Washington’s NFL team. In
She may be 76 years old, but Wonder Woman is stirring passions like never before. The controversy surrounding the Amazonian superhero began last October, when more than 1,000 UN staffers signed a petition protesting at her being named an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls because they thought her image was “overtly
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNORRISTOWN, Pa.—The sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby ended in a mistrial Saturday morning after a jury said it could not reach a verdict on the only set of criminal charges to emerge from the allegations of dozens of women who say they were drugged and assaulted by the entertainer. Montgomery County Judge Steven T.
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