International

As Culture Ministry tsks at nudity, Jerusalem’s Dance Week takes off

By Jessica Steinberg Machol Shalem, a Jerusalem dance center and host of the ongoing Jerusalem International Dance Week, will allow performances with nudity, but will make sure those troupes don’t receive any public funds. That was what the umbrella dance organization told the Ministry of Culture and Sport and the Jerusalem municipality, after the two

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jordanian King: Moving embassy to J’lem would threaten peace

Jordan”s King Abdullah warned on Wednesday against moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, asserting that doing so at this stage “would have implications on the Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim scene, and would threaten the two-state solution.” According to The Jordan Times, Abdullah, speaking on Wednesday during a meeting in Washington with US lawmakers including House

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Middle East, USA

Lebanese actor indicted over ‘collaboration’ with Israel

Lebanon’s chief military prosecutor on Wednesday indicted Lebanese actor and writer Ziad Itani on charges of collaborating with Israel and possessing drugs, reports The Associated Press. Itani was arrested last week and accused of collaborating with an Israeli female spy to collect information about Lebanese politicians and journalists. Itani allegedly collaborated with a Mossad agent

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Middle East

PA: We’ll demand equal rights throughout ‘Palestine’

The Palestinian Authority”s (PA) permanent representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, on Wednesday gave a speech before the UN General Assembly on the occasion of the “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”, marked by the UN each year on November 29, the day on which the UN in 1947 approved the Partition Plan

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International, Middle East

Jerusalem Hanukkah event to feature Santa Claus and Mohammed?

Parents and residents are fuming after a Jerusalem community center announced that their annual Hanukka party will include a celebration for Mohammed and Santa Claus. Jerusalem’s French Hill community center traditionally holds a Hanukkah party for the community. However, residents were shocked to discover that this years party will include a celebration of Mohammed’s birthday

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Matt Lauer speaks out for the first time since he was fired from NBC

Janelle Monae Performs On NBC’s “Today” Disgraced “TODAY” co-anchor Matt Lauer has finally spoken out after being fired from NBC on Nov. 29. On Wednesday morning, NBC News chairman Andrew Lack sent an email to staffers saying Lauer had been fired following a complaint of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.” Watch the video Lack

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USA

If this Hollywood legend is to be believed, Geraldo Rivera may be the next media figure whose skeletons come out

Geraldo Rivera, Bette Midler After providing a controversial defense of Matt Lauer after his firing from NBC over allegations of sexual misconduct, Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera may be facing some issues of his own as an allegation made against him in the past comes back around. Rivera released a memoir in 1991 called “Exposing Myself.”

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Angela Lansbury blasts critics for ‘brutishly’ taking sexual harassment comments ‘out of context’

Angela Lansbury lashed out at critics for taking her “out of context” after her comments on women’s roles in sexual harassment sparked a social media uproar. The 92-year-old “Murder, She Wrote” actress, who is starring in BBC1’s upcoming mini-series “Little Women,” said she’s “devastated” that people are upset over her comments this week about the

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Democrat Promises Trump Impeachment Vote Next Week

The first vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump will take place in the House of Representatives next week, Texas Democrat Al Green announced Thursday. Green, one of Trump’s fiercest critics—he has filed multiple articles of impeachment against the president—had previously said he would force a vote before Christmas. Related: Trump impeachment articles could

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USA

New Matt Lauer accuser says he called her to his office for a meeting and woke up on his floor

Janelle Monae Performs On NBC’s “Today” Following the firing of NBC’s Matt Lauer and the subsequent damning report detailing his alleged sexual misconduct towards his coworkers, the network reportedly received two additional complaints about him, including one from a former NBC employee who accused Lauer of summoning her to his office for sex in 2001.

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA