The Art of Transformation: Vasily Kandinsky at the Guggenheim

By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The Russian-born artist Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was one of the early pioneers in the field of abstract painting – along with Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and Hilma af Klint, among others. Through September 5, New York’s Guggenheim Museum is hosting “Around the Circle,” an immense retrospective of this extraordinarily

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USA

Ex-Israeli National Security Adviser Says Current Draft of Nuclear Deal ‘Must Not Be Signed’

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) The current draft of the Iran nuclear deal should “not be signed under any circumstances,” a former Israeli national security adviser has warned. Brig. Gen. (res.) Professor Jacob Nagel, who served as acting national security adviser to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and who was the former head of Israel’s National

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International, Middle East, USA

United States District Court Appoints Randy S. Grossman to Serve as US Attorney

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The U.S. District Court has appointed Randy S. Grossman to remain as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California. “It is a tremendous honor and privilege to serve as the U.S. Attorney,” Grossman said. “I am grateful to the district judges for appointing me to serve in this

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California, USA

StandWithUs Commends Arizona for Landmark Antisemitism Legislation

(JNS) StandWithUs commends the state of Arizona for overwhelmingly passing (by a 49-4 vote) important legislation to help confront antisemitic crimes and discrimination. By passing HB 2675 on April 19, 2022, Arizona now joins the ranks of Florida, Iowa, South Carolina, and Tennessee in codifying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism and making sure it is taken into

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USA

Ben & Jerry’s Tries to Force Food Apartheid

(JNS) For the first time in human-rights history, an international mega-corporation has attempted to coerce a licensee into food apartheid. This unprecedented contractual demand has provoked a turning-point lawsuit that asks whether it is legal to attempt to force a food licensee to discriminate against entire communities, especially ethnic ones. More distilled, the lawsuit asks

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Edwin Black, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Subdued Holiday Blessing at Western Wall as Tensions Clamped to Keep the Calm

By Mike Wagenheim (JNS) Israeli security forces got what they were seeking: quiet. And, to some extent, Arab rioters got what they wanted: a depressed turnout. With Jerusalem on edge and the threat of violence palpable, Monday morning’s Birkat Kohanim prayer service at the Western Wall (Kotel) and activities on the overlooking Temple Mount went

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Middle East

Gilbert Gottfried ‘Would Have Loved’ His ‘Star-Studded’ Funeral, Shiva, Comic Jeff Ross Says

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Gilbert Gottfried has been laid to rest. The comedian was remembered by his fellow funny friends and loved ones at a funeral in Westchester Thursday, two days after the “Aladdin” star died at age 67. “The shiva tonight will be a star-studded event and the funeral

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Jewish Celebrities

The Secret of Six

By Sam Glaser LOS ANGELES — I love the connection of numbers and Torah. In macro terms, Torah is the blueprint of the universe. What is the secret of six? According to the famous Passover song, Who Knows One?, one is God, two are the tablets, three are the forefathers, four are the matriarchs, five

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Jewish Religion, Sam Glaser

PJ Library Serves Up Stories About Passover and Mimouna

From PJ Library comes two Passover-related books suitable for reading to children.  Meet the Matzah is the kind of silly story that children will giggle over.  In this case, different kinds of breads and matzah have been anthropomorphized as students in a classroom where they learn about all kinds of holidays and the breads that are served.  For example, one might eat naan during the Hindu festival of Diwali and tortillas on the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Parents: Encourage Your Children to Participate in Student Government

By Elior Amar (JNS) On one Tuesday night in February, a small group of Jewish students at UC Santa Cruz, where I serve as a shaliach (Israeli emissary) for the Jewish Agency for Israel, logged into the weekly Zoom meeting of the Student Union Assembly to support the adoption of a working definition of antisemitism. The

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California, Middle East, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA