The Arts

Verdict upheld for elderly French couple who hid Picasso works in garage

A French court on Friday upheld the two-year suspended sentences of Pablo Picasso’s former electrician and his wife, who kept 271 of his artworks stashed in their garage for almost 40 years. Pierre Le Guennec and his wife Danielle were convicted last year of possessing stolen goods and for hiding the works from Picasso’s heirs. […]

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

In praise of Mona Golabek, author and performer

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Several years ago I read The Pianist of Willesden Lane written by Mona Golabek about the experiences of her mother, Lisa Jura, first in Vienna and then in London. She had been sent there at the age of fourteen in the framework of the Kindertransport, the undertaking that

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Bernard Fox, the bumbling Dr. Bombay on ‘Bewitched,’ dies at 89

LOS ANGELES — Bernard Fox, known to a generation of TV viewers as Dr. Bombay on “Bewitched” and the fumbling, forever naive Col. Crittendon on “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 89. Fox died Wednesday of heart failure while hospitalized in Van Nuys, family spokesman Harlan Boll said. Though his role as the womanizing, wisecracking

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

A travel case filled with love for Israel

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As the widow of billionaire Carnival Cruise Lines founder Ted Arison, Lin Arison has had the chance to travel wherever she wants to around the world.  The Carnival Corporation owns not only Carnival Cruise Lines, but such other cruise lines as Princess Cruises, Cunard Lines, Holland-America, Seabourn Cruises,

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Travel and Food

With spy Sarah Aaronsohn’s suicide, Israeli history was rewritten, claims author

In 1915, the Aaronsohn siblings founded an espionage group in their village of Zichron Yaakov to help the Brits defeat the Turks. Outside of Israel, why was their tale whitewashed from history? By JP O’ Malley On December 11, 1917, the British imperial governor, General Sir Edmund Allenby, entered Jerusalem, placing the city under military

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East

The hospital of the future may be a tiny, high-tech medical kit

A Star Trek-inspired medical device gives us a glimpse of medicine’s future Paramount Television He’s dead, Jim! In so many ways, the gadgets seen in Star Trek remind us that the show is science fiction—a fantasy world inspired by the one we live in. And at times, the show can act as a glimpse into

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

ADL protests rapper Lupe Fiasco’s lyrics

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly condemned anti-Semitic lyrics in a newly released song by popular rapper Lupe Fiasco. In the song, “N.E.R.D.,” Fiasco rhymes about, “Artists getting robbed for their publishing by dirty Jewish execs who think that it’s alms from the covenant.” In response to a tweet from DJ

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Natalie Portman Talks About Her Golden Globe Nomination For ‘Jackie’

Natalie Portman has a lot to say about her role in “Jackie,” especially after receiving a Golden Globe Award nomination for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife of assassinated President John F. Kennedy. The Oscar-winning actress showcases the life of Mrs. Kennedy following the days of her husband’s assassination in 1963. “A lot of

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Natalie Portman’s Bizarre ‘Jackie’ Accent, Explained

Your browser does not support the video tag. JACKIE | OFFICIAL TRAILER | FOX Searchlight The legend is that the Kennedy family was cursed. The reality is that the Kennedy family was blessed with an unmistakably odd style of speech. “It doesn’t really sound like anybody else from Massachusetts,” says Amy Stoller, a dialect production

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA