Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Genesis Prize helps Jews with and without disabilities

By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi BETHESDA, Maryland — When the inaugural Genesis Prize – dubbed by Time magazine as “The Jewish Nobel” – was awarded in 2014 to one of the world’s leading philanthropists and public servants, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, I admit I was very skeptical. I remember scratching my head and thinking, “One […]

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Modigliani owner denies canvas taken by Nazis from Jewish dealer

The owner of a Modigliani painting allegedly looted by the Nazis has insisted there is no proof it was taken from a Jewish art dealer, after the Panama Papers leak led to it being briefly seized. Authorities in Geneva sequestered the painting in April after the release of millions of documents from law firm Mossack

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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

‘Presenting Princess Shaw’ Shows Firsthand YouTube Fame

Though Samantha Montgomery spent years posting YouTube videos of herself looking into a camera and singing, she never expected that anyone was looking back—much less someone with the power to completely change her life. Montgomery was born in Chicago and raised in Indiana. By the late 2000s, she was living in New Orleans and working

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

Harry Belafonte continues fighting injustice

Consultation on Conscience focuses on civil rights and nonviolence Rabbi Bennett Miller, left, of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple continues the discussion with Harry Belafonte after the program as Rabbi Philip Bazeley looks on. Keynote speaker at the Gertrude and Milton Kleinman Consultation on Conscience Harry Belafonte, seated right, is joined by Rabbi Bennett Miller. From

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

For photogenic Jerusalem, a look at how locals first captured their city

Jerusalem has been photographed from nearly every conceivable angle, dating back to the 1830s, when the world’s first photographic images were captured on film. That photographic heritage is the subject of a new exhibit, “The Camera Man: Women and Men Photograph Jerusalem 1900-1950,” opening Thursday, May 26, at Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum. It was

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Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Curator hopes Iranian art exhibit in Israel will build bridges

Jerusalem (dpa) – Can an art exhibit improve ties between Israelis and Iranians? Curator Yossi Lemel hopes so, which is why he has put together a display of art from Iran – the first of its kind in Israel – which he says will help smash prejudices and build a bridge between the two enemy

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Why French radio played ‘Bolero’ the entire day

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — After a week of cultural delights in Vienna, we spent a week in France to recover from our exertions before returning to Israel a few days ago. And so it was that, as usual, on our first full day in the beautiful Limousin region we tuned our radio

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Capturing a moment lest it be lost forever

LONDON — In a remarkable career spanning over seven decades, renowned British photographer Dorothy Bohm’s motivation to capture a person, place, or moment has remained unchanged. “A photograph fulfills my deep need to stop things from disappearing,” the 92 year old told The Times of Israel in a recent interview. “There are times that I

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

NYPhil concert in S.D. features Beethoven, Sibelius

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The New York Philharmonic, the legendary orchestra whose history includes maestros such as Demitri Metropolis, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez,  Zubin Mehta, Kurt Mazur and Lorin Maazel, presented a thrilling concert at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center under the direction of its current conductor, Alan Gilbert. Gilbert is the son

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Heartbreak, loss subject of artists’ installation

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story, now deleted, inadvertently carried the wrong photograph.   By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO- Two local artists combined their respective inspiration to create a mini-exhibit as part of a Curation class at University of San Diego. Joshua Levi, photographer, musician, and poet, and Mara Friedlaender, painter, both graduates

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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

‘Lions mate with lions’ examines life of Francoise Gilot

When I met Françoise Gilot in London in 1968, she seemed impressively confident and highly articulate. Two things she said stick in my memory. One of her regular chores while living with Picasso, she recalled, was to get him out of bed every day around noon. Each time he was reluctant to begin a new

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