‘Chicago’ Features Minimal Set and Costumes, Maximal Choreography

We follow the story of two murderesses; Roxie Hart (Katie Frieden) and Velma Kelly (Kaitlin Brown) and their sensational murder trials.  Being that it’s set in the roaring 20s which didn’t have modern day social media, the flashy and charismatic and lawyer Billy Flynn (Connor Sullivan) is able to manipulate the press and jury with wild and conflicting stories about his clients, or as he calls it razzle-dazzle, in his attempts to acquit his client. [Sandi Masori]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Tel Aviv University Researchers Identify Alzheimer’s Precursor Activity in the Brain

In 2022, a team of researchers from Professor Slutsky’s laboratory uncovered a pathological brain phenomenon in an animal model that precedes the first appearance of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms by many years. This is an increased activity in the hippocampus during the states of anesthesia and sleep, which results from damage to the mechanism that stabilizes the neural network. [Press Release]

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Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education

Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ Revisited in Tel Aviv Performance

At the performance in Tel Aviv last week the audience sat in rapt silence as the orchestra played and the choir and soloists sang, bringing the majesty and drama of Verdi’s music to life. In Israel of today, with war being waged in the Gaza Strip and skirmishes raging in the north of the country, the performance of the Requiem has special significance. In the plaza of the nearby Tel Aviv Museum families of the hostages held in Gaza were demonstrating in order to convince the government to do more to get them released. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Harvey Weinstein asks top NY appeals court to overturn rape conviction, grant new trial in another

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein asked New York’s highest state court on Wednesday to overturn one of the disgraced film producer’s rape convictions, and give him a new trial in another. “Our client did not get a fair trial,” defense lawyer Arthur Aidala told the Court of

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‘Dumbest exercise’: Pro-Trump senator blasts House GOP’s impeachment of Mayorkas

Published by AlterNet The House of Representatives voted to impeach Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas by just one vote on Tuesday night, with three Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition. With the impeachment now headed to certain defeat in the Democratic-controlled US Senate, some Republicans in the chamber are publicly grumbling about the stunt. After the

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Anne Frank musical hits Dutch stage, ‘we should never forget’

Published by Relaxnews By Nick Gammon / AFP A new musical production based on Anne Frank’s diary has hit the stage in The Netherlands, with the producer and star convinced the story needs telling now more than ever. A new musical production based on Anne Frank’s diary has hit the stage in The Netherlands, with

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California lawmakers take trip to Israel amid growing criticism of war in Gaza

Published by The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group of California lawmakers is on a three-day trip to Israel this week amid growing criticism from U.S. leadership over that country’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza. In a statement, lawmakers said they will “meet with impacted communities and bear witness to the

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Biden protects Palestinians from deportation for ‘humanitarian’ reasons

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden has shielded Palestinians in the United States from deportation for 18 months, the White House said Wednesday, as he faces growing anger over his support for Israel’s Gaza offensive in an election year. Biden signed an order saying the Palestinians should not be deported “in light

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Germany’s Baerbock: Gaza ‘on brink of collapse’ without ceasefire

Published by DPA International German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Israel on Wednesday on her fifth trip since the Gaza war began and called on Israel to hold off on its ground offensive in the city of Rafah. She also urged the government to agree to a ceasefire in view of the worsening humanitarian

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Injured Israeli soldiers fight antisemitism on US campuses

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 14 (ANI/TPS): Aiming to combat rising antisemitism and provide insight into the realities of Israeli military service, a delegation of injured Israeli soldiers took their stories to American college campuses. The October 7 Hamas attacks shocked the world, as Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis, abducted 240 hostages, and

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Praise for ‘Fifths’ Series Celebrating TICO’s 50th Anniversary

In honor of its jubilee year, the 50th year since the orchestra was founded, TICO is performing at each of its concerts the fifth symphony of a great master. This concert opened with the most famous of all, Beethoven’s Fifth. [Eileen Wingard]

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Rescue of 2 Hostages from Gaza was an Entebbe-Type Moment

I was reminded of Israel’s military tour de force in Entebbe when I read of the recent rescue of hostages Fernando Marman, 60, and Luis Har, 70, from a Rafah apartment. The reuniting of the hostages with their families and community members brought elation and joy to them. [Amy Neustein, Ph.D]

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Amy Neustein, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA