The Arts

Impressionists, Printmakers on Exhibit at San Diego Museum of Art

The “Impressionism Across the Atlantic” exhibit features 40 Impressionist works from Europe and the United States. This movement did not take on as quickly as the other styles but later caught on with the bold and bright colors that seemingly became well appreciated through the works of Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. [Cailin Acosta]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Theda Bara

Theda Bara (July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema’s early sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname “The Vamp” (short for vampire, here meaning a seductive woman), later fueling the rising popularity in “vamp” roles based in exoticism and sexual domination. [Wikipedia]

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Jewish Biography: Franz Werfel, Impactful Novelist

Franz Werfel (Photo: Carl Van Vechten via Wikipedia)

The writer’s friends, including Franz Kafka, considered Werfel to be the prophet of their generation—the generation of expressionists. But, as Thomas Mann wrote, “He was too richly gifted and too great a personality to confine himself within the framework of a single school, and he went far beyond the boundaries of Expressionism.” [Alex Gordon]

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Violin Soloist Zina Schiff Dedicates Latest Album to Her Sister, SDJW Music Columnist Eileen Wingard

How thrilled I was this week to receive my sister, violinist Zina Schiff’s latest CD, Alan Hovhaness, part of NAXOS’s American Classics, and to read on page 4 of the liner notes, “This release is dedicated to my first violin teacher, my sister Eileen, who encouraged me to explore and promote American music.”[Eileen Wingard]

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Wraparound Crowd Attends Holocaust Panel at Comic-Con

Sandra Scheller and Marcia Wollner at Comic-Con's Holocaust panel (Photo: Cailin Acosta)

If you had a red triangle, you were classified as a political prisoner who was opposed to the Nazi regime. A green triangle designated habitual criminals, purple triangles were Jehovah’s Witnesses, black triangles were a-sexual or designated gypsies, more accurately known as Senti-Roma. The yellow triangle was to identify the Jews… (Cailin Acosta)

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Star Trek’s New Generation Confronts the Future—and the Past

When Star Trek Academy asks whether the next generation can fix what’s broken, I’m invested. I want to believe in that future. But I hope the show doesn’t just default to the idea that old ideals, however noble, can solve new challenges without serious rethinking. [Shor M. Masori]

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Roll Call of a Century of Prominent Jews Who Influenced the World of Comic Books

In a Comic-Con panel, Mark S. Zaid, Esq. (Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide advisor; comic book historian, author, GI’s Rabbi) presented a PowerPoint on “The Jewish Experience in Comics: Characters and Creators.”[Cailin Acosta]

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Tisha B’Av Approaches Saturday Evening, August 2

Tisha B’Av is approaching and is observed for the first nine days of the new month of Av. During the nine days, there are several additional observances, which are meant to demonstrate sadness and internalize the sense of loss due to the destruction of the Holy Temples. [Cailin Acosta]

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Reiner and Feig Ponder Their Successes as Movie Directors

In a Comic-C0n panel that mixed deep industry insight with sharp comedic timing, directors Rob Reiner and Paul Feig took to the massive Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center to reflect on their careers, their craft, and the chaos of filmmaking. [Shor M. Masori]

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