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History / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Holocaust

To Sign or Not to Sign: Jerusalem Theater Troup Brings Nazi-Era Dilemma to the Stage

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The author of 'The Statement' forms his connection to all the characters. “I seem to have lived with these characters and shared their suffering,” he says.

Headline / Government / Arts and Entertainment

Independence Day Ceremony Fight Resolved; Netanyahu to Light Torch But Won’t Deliver Speech

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Netanyahu will light a torch and will say a few words, but he will not deliver a speech,” Edelstein’s office said.

US / Arts and Entertainment / Diaspora / Judaism

'Wendy’s Shabbat' Picked for Tribeca Film Festival

By JNi.Media

"This is a story of rediscovering the joys of community again in older age, and in the longing for ritual, however unorthodox it may appear."

Headline / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Scarlett Johansson in Comedy about German Boy Discovering Mom Hides a Jew

By JNi.Media

The film director Taika Waititi is half Māori father, half Jewish mother, Scarlett Johansson is half Danish father, half Jewish mother.

Headline / US / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

BDS Threatening Netflix Lawsuit over Israeli Thriller 'Fauda'

By JNi.Media

The BDS letter mentions that the series’ creators, Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff, are themselves veterans of IDF special forces, and “support the machinery of the occupation, Israeli colonialism and apartheid.”

Featured / Israel / Holidays & Observances / Arts and Entertainment

30 Free Museums and Other Fun Places in Israel on Chol Hamoed Pesach

By JNi.Media

The sites and the museums included in the project combine contemporary Israeli culture with the history of the people and the land.

Headline / Government / Arts and Entertainment / Africa

Israeli Embassy in Pretoria Gives Away Edoardo Villa 'Junk' Sculpture Woth Half a Million Dollars

By JNi.Media

Villa, along with Cecil Skotnes, Cecily Sash, Giuseppe Cattaneo and Sydney Kumalo, made up the artist group “Amadlozi” (Zulu for “ancestors”) for the conscious appropriation of African sculptural traditions.

Israel / US / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment

First Disneyland-Style Park with Own Nuclear Bombs Planned for Dimona

By JNi.Media

Malul insists that the World of the Jewish Nation will not feature Jewish tradition, and instead will present “life and what surrounds us with values that are not only Jewish but universal.”

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / NY / Police and Crime / Arts and Entertainment

Actress Amber Tamblyn Goes to War Against Hasidic Men

By JNi.Media

“This isn’t the time to attack Orthodox Jews, let’s find these specific men and deal with it that way,” one user suggested.

Israel / Politics / Arts and Entertainment

'Golden Bibi' Sculptor Presents: Toppling Israeli Flag

By JNi.Media

Culture Minister Miri Regev expressed her anger at the installation and said that "the flag is falling only in certain parts of society who are not willing to accept the decision of the voter."

Israel / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment

Leonardo DiCaprio Partner in Herzlia Luxury and Marina Hotel

By JNi.Media

The Herzlia hotel will comply with the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and be certified by its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating systems.

Featured / Jewish / France / Arts and Entertainment

Large-Scale David Goldblatt Photographs Retrospective at Centre Pompidou

By JNi.Media

David Goldblatt often says that photography is not a weapon, and that it should have nothing to do with propaganda, even in a good cause.

Arts and Entertainment

Purim and the Masked Jews of Spain

By Sharon Katz

The Women’s Performance Community of Jerusalem together with OU Israel are bringing an original musical, “HIDDEN – The Secret Jews of Spain”, to the stage in November 2018.

Featured / US / Arts and Entertainment / Science and Tech

Barbra Streisand Cloned her Dog Samantha - Twice

By JNi.Media

“They have different personalities,” the Brooklyn native Streisand, whose zaide was a cantor in Russia, told Variety.

Featured / Terrorism / France / Arts and Entertainment

Unknown Activist Painted Arafat Street Sign Black in Southern France

By JNi.Media

The mayor argued in court that he had named a street after late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin "in the same neighborhood."

Featured / Politics / The Courts / Arts and Entertainment / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Dancing on the Edge of Demolition in Netiv Ha'Avot

By JNi.Media

"They are wonderful, Israeli mothers. They are raising their families with the values of Torah, Love of Israel and a devotion to the land. Here are their stories."

Featured / History / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries

Warrior Poet Haim Gouri Dead at 94

By JNi.Media

Gouri's songs are an inseparable part of the Israeli ethos.

Iran / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Exiled Iranian Actress Stars in Israeli Spy Movie

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“I make my choices not to become a symbol of liberty, but at the same time for the ears and eyes that are looking where I am going.”

Featured / Government / Arts and Entertainment / Science and Tech

$6 Million International Light Design Competition to Make Haifa Spectacular

By JNi.Media

The Haifa Lights project will be a new and free permanent attraction, comparable to similar light attractions in Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore.

Featured / Jewish / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

Legendary Jewish Photographer Madame d'Ora's Work on Display in Hamburg

By JNi.Media

In Austria, in 1945-6, Madame d’Ora documented the fate of refugees near Vienna, acting for the first time as a social reporter.

Featured / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Arts and Entertainment

Israeli Film Depicting IDF Soldier's Life, Death, at a Checkpost Makes Oscar Shortlist

By JNi.Media

The film was denounced by Israel's Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev (Likud), who referred to it as "the result of self-flagellation and cooperation with the anti-Israel narrative."

Featured / US / Politics / History / Antisemitism / Arts and Entertainment / Russia

Exhibition Explores the Movement to Free Soviet Jews

By JNi.Media

The exhibition opened last week on the 30th anniversary of “Freedom Sunday,” a momentous rally that took place on December 6, 1987, the day before Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev’s historic summit meeting with President Ronald Reagan.

Featured / Israel / Arts and Entertainment / Diaspora / Holocaust

Lithuania, Not Israel, Embraces Surrealist Shmuel Bak with Dedicated State Museum

By JNi.Media

The Samuel Bak Museum which was opened this month is a new branch of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum. Bak donated more than 60 of his paintings, and plans to send many more.

Government / History / Arts and Entertainment / Diaspora / Religion / Russia / Judaism

Israeli, Russian State Libraries To Digitize Collection of Rare Hebrew Manuscripts

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Three generations of the Günzburg family amassed one of the largest private collections of Hebrew books and manuscripts in Europe.

Politics / History / The Knesset / Arts and Entertainment

'Balfour at 100' Exhibition Showing at the Knesset

By JNi.Media

The Jerusalem Biennale exhibition entitled Balfour at 100, featuring the artwork of three British artists, will be temporarily re-sited from its location in the Museum of Underground Prisoners into the Knesset.

Featured / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Arts and Entertainment

Ramallah Film Festival Dumps Director Who Shot in Tel Aviv

By JNi.Media

Doueiri, who is on the record as opposing boycotting Israel, has been arrested in September 2017 in Beirut.

Headline / Eye on "Palestine" / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria

Palestinian Authority Artists Threatened With Expulsion From Union If They Participate in Israeli Cultural Festival in Jerusalem

By Palestinian Media Watch

"The General Union of Palestinian Expressionist Artists has demanded that all artists not participate in the festival as it is a normalization festival that serves the Israeli agendas."

Archaeology / Headline / United Nations (UN) / On Campus / Education / Arts and Entertainment / Antisemitism / History / Politics / US / Israel

New French Jewish UNESCO Chief: the Organization Must Change

By JNi.Media

After the vote, Azoulay said, "if my nomination is confirmed, my first action would be to restore the agency's credibility and the confidence of member states in its ability to confront the challenges that only UNESCO can face."

Arts and Entertainment / Product Promotion

Avraham Fried and Family - First Time Ever on Stage Together

By Jewish Press Staff

It’s ‘family first’ this Sukkot – with the Fried family performing at the United Hatzalah Chol HaMoed in Jerusalem

Israel / US / Arts and Entertainment / Diaspora

Lena Dunham Embracing Judaism through Israel's Trailblazing Poet Amichai

By JNi.Media

"While I've learned a lot, I haven't started going to temple," Dunham notes – which we applaud, because we'd much rather see her give the ol' Orthodox shul a try.

Featured / Jewish / US / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries

Let's Make a Deal Host Monty Hall Dead at 96

By JNi.Media

Monty Hall's wife since 1947, Marilyn Hall, died on June 5, 2017, in their home in Beverly Hills.

Government / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Israeli Film “Foxtrot” Wins First Runner Up at Venice International Film Festival

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The film is controversial, dealing with the issue of a cover up when a deadly mistake is made by IDF soldiers.

Featured / Jewish / Arts and Entertainment / Eastern Europe

Film about Jewish Polish Director Wins Best Documentary at Venice International Festival

By JNi.Media

Waszyński was a prolific film director in prewar Poland – in the 1930s he directed 37 of the 147 films made in Poland in that decade, including the Yiddish-language film Dybbuk.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Netanyahu: Conan Who?

By Jewish Press News Desk

Very cute Mr. Prime Minister, but don't give up your day job.

Featured / Jewish / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

When It Cools Down a Little, You Can't Miss the Third Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art

By JNi.Media

In honor of the Balfour Declaration centennial, Biennale2017 will showcase specially-commissioned works by three British artists exploring this watershed in recent Jewish history and host a special event in the Knesset.

Featured / Israel / US / Politics / Arts and Entertainment

Conan O’Brien to Tape Show for One Week in Israel Late August

By JNi.Media

We went online—so you won't have to—and collected Conan's Israel-related jokes that are fit to steal in a family publication.

Featured / US / Politics / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / Interfaith Relations

Evangelical Leader Calls to Picket Roger Waters' Nashville Concert

By JNi.Media

“Roger Waters is a global symbol of Jew Hatred that should not be welcome in Nashville or anywhere else in the United States of America.”

Featured / On Campus / Education / Arts and Entertainment / Jewish / Israel

Hebrew U Launches World’s Largest Jewish Art Index

By JNi.Media

The online Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art preserves the rich artistic heritage of the Jewish people throughout time and across the globe.

Headline / History / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Local

Jerusalem Wine Festival to Highlight 30 Years of Industry Growth

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The winemakers of Israel are unique because they're constantly "trading ideas back and forth. If one winery in Israel succeeds, we all succeed."

Arts and Entertainment / From the Paper

‘Menashe’ Is A Marvel

By Alan Zeitlin

Unfortunately, when it comes to the media and film, chasidic Jews are sometimes portrayed as people from another world who joylessly follow archaic laws.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Radiohead Withstands Pressure, Will Play Tel Aviv Wednesday

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“I stand with Radiohead and their decision to perform. Let’s hope a dialogue continues... "

Featured / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Wish You Weren’t Here

By JNi.Media

A new documentary about Roger Waters, one of the most enduring rock stars, who is also one of the most recognizable spokespeople for BDS.

News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

Britney Breaks the Wall

By Jewish Press News Desk

Britney Spears was mobbed by people during her visit to the Kotel.

Travel / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

Jerusalem Launches Millennials Discount Package: Jerusalem for Under $45 a Day

By JNi.Media

Discounts for young travelers ages 20 to 40 include museums, hotels, restaurants and shows.

Israel / History / Travel / Arts and Entertainment

Do Not Miss August Opera Festival in Acre's Mysterious Knights’ Halls

By JNi.Media

The Acre Opera Festival will take place for the fourth consecutive year in the Old City’s Crusader Fortress, (a UNESCO World Heritage site), August 3-5, 2017.

Israel / Politics / Arts and Entertainment / Health and Medicine / Asia / Sports

1,500 Mats to Cover Rabin Square Wednesday as Israel Celebrates International Yoga Day

By JNi.Media

An official ceremony at 8 PM will include a message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Featured / Politics / UK / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Shot over 14 Years, 'Destination Unknown' Probes Post-War Challenges of Holocaust Survivors

By JNi.Media

'What came across to me as unique and fresh was how do you live with pain? How do you have a life after such atrocity?'

Headline / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / On Campus / Education / Settlements

Anti-Settlements Israeli Singer Complains: BDS Boycotting Me

By JNi.Media

Couldn't happen to a nicer gal? Goes without saying, except that the irony of her lament is escaping the talented but, alas, humorless Nini.

Jewish / UK / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment

Silver Snuff Box belonging to Sir Moses Montefiore Auctioned for $63,000

By JNi.Media

'There was an exciting battle for it during the auction, with a bidder in the room competing against a telephone bidder in the final stages.'

Featured / Israel / Lebanon / Arts and Entertainment / Hezbollah

Wonder Woman Officially Banned in Lebanon

By Jewish Press News Desk

In Lebanon they're apparently afraid of strong Israeli women.

Jewish / US / Politics / Arts and Entertainment

New Journalism Photographer Danny Lyon Retrospective in Switzerland

By JNi.Media

Lyon’s earliest photographs were part of the US Civil Rights Movement. In 1962, at the age of 20, he hitch-hiked to Illinois, to shoot his first rally.

Jewish / NY / Politics / Arts and Entertainment

Congresswoman Lowey Opens Exhibition on Leonard Cohen’s Jewish Roots

By JNi.Media

Top Israeli singer Ninet Tayeb gave a special tribute performance to Leonard Cohen at the conference’s gala event on Saturday night.

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Holidays & Observances / Arts and Entertainment / Religious & Secular in Israel

Boyaner Rebbe to Light Up Lag B'Omer Festivities Starting 1:15 Sunday Morning

By JNi.Media

Also on Saturday night, a contingency of 5,000 police and IDF will be manning all the traffic arteries leading to Miron, in perimeter security circuits and at the compound itself.

Featured / US / Politics / Arts and Entertainment

Feminists Don't Love Ivanka Trump's New Book for Working Women

By JNi.Media

We could not find positive reviews in the mainstream and even less mainstream media, other than customers who liked the book and, according to Amazon, have actually bought a copy.

Politics / Government / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Germany

President Rivlin Takes German President Out to Mahane Yehuda Shuk

By JNi.Media

Steinmeier welcomed UN Security Council Resolution 2334 that condemned Israel's annexation of eastern Jerusalem, among other things.

Featured / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Arts and Entertainment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

New PA Museum of Natural History Has Little to say about 'Occupation'

By JNi.Media

'Develop respect a) for ourselves (self empowerment), b) for our fellow human beings (regardless of background), and c) for all living creatures and our shared earth.'

Featured / Jewish / Arts and Entertainment / On Campus / Education / Religion / Russia

Moscow Jews Planning Biggest Ever Festival Since Invention of Borsht

By JNi.Media

The Limmud FSU conference, April 20-23, expects to draw more than 2,500, including Russa's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.

Jewish / Politics / History / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries / Canada

Soviet Era 'Babi Yar' Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko Dies in Tulsa, Oklahoma at 83

By JNi.Media

Yevtushenko's Babi Yar described both the Nazi atrocities and the Soviet government's own persecution of Jews.

Featured / Politics / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

Germans Pay Heir of Jewish Art Collector, Keep Stolen Kirchner Painting

By JNi.Media

In return for the $1.28 million check, Hess's heir consented to keeping the Kirchner painting where it is.

Featured / IDF & Security / US / History / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Hotshot Star Wars Pilot Oscar Isaac to Star in Eichmann Capture Movie

By JNi.Media

Eichmann's trial began on April 11, 1961, and he was executed on May 31, 1962.

Featured / History / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

'The Zookeeper's Wife' Celebrates Polish Couple Who Hid Hundreds of Jews Among the Beasts

By JNi.Media

Some hid in animal cages, other in the villa's basement. Some were 'adopted' as fake family members or service staff.

Featured / Headline / US / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Report: Mel Gibson Is the New Oskar Schindler

By JNi.Media

The Australian movie star and gifted director has been working overtime to clean up his act, a Herculean task if there ever was one.

Featured / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Judea & Samaria / Chessed and Tzedaka / Settlements

Dames of the Dance - Megadance Spectacular

By Jewish Press News Desk

This year's show is dedicated to the memory of 13-year-old Hallel Yaffa Ariel, HY”D

Israel / Arts and Entertainment / Russia

Israeli Songwriters Co-Authored Russia's Eurovision Entry – Which Could Be Banned

By JNi.Media

On Monday, the Security Service of Ukraine announced they might bar Samoilova's entry into their country under Ukrainian law that forbids entry from across the Russian border.

Jewish / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment

Isidor Kaufmann’s 'A Young Jewish Bride' Auctioned

By JNi.Media

The subject of a Jewish woman is rare in Kaufmann's work, making this particular painting very unique.

Featured / Israel / US / Arts and Entertainment

Israeli Artists to Help Capture the Scene at South by Southwest Festival

By JNi.Media

Lukashevsky, Lukin, and Zourabova will be capturing the spirit of SXSW in sketchbooks and on canvas when they set up their easels at different locations throughout the festival.

Jewish / UK / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries

Gustav Metzger, Father of Auto-Destructive Art, Dead at 90

By JNi.Media

The Who's Pete Townshend who studied under Metzger claimed the latter's teachings had inspired him to destroy guitars onstage at the conclusion of his band's concerts.

Israel / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries

President Rivlin Mourns Photographer David Rubinger

By JNi.Media

Rubinger was the Israeli photographer who shot the famous photo of three Israeli paratroopers after the liberation of the Western Wall on the third day of the Six-Day War.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Arts and Entertainment / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Art Exhibit, Highlighting Refugee Crisis, Open at UN Delegate’s Entrance

By Stephanie Granot

The exhibit draws attention to the refugee crisis and features works of welded iron superimposed over Reuter’s photographs of refugees.

Jewish / Politics / Arts and Entertainment / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Tziporah Malkah, Netanyahu's Tycoon Friend's Former Fiancée, Booted Off Aussie Reality Show

By JNi.Media

She was engaged to billionaire businessman James Packer until the couple separated in 1998 after five years together and a two-year engagement.

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Arts and Entertainment / Israeli Arabs

PA, Gaza, Erupt in Raucous Joy as Local Singer Wins 'Arab Idol'

By JNi.Media

Yacoub Shahin, a native of Bethlehem, was the choice of fans from across the Middle East, beating Israeli Arab Amir Dandan and Yemeni Ammar Mohammed in the final round.

US / News Briefs / Lebanon / Arts and Entertainment

Lebanese Producer to Shoot First Arab Zombie TV Series

By JNi.Media

The Arabic-language series is based on a mutating zombie virus which affects different Arab countries in different ways.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment

Disney Drops YouTube Star over 'Death to All Jews' Episode

By JNi.Media

The star defended himself by saying it wasn't as if he himself had called on his viewers to recite the offensive message along with him,

NY / Politics / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Nazi Looted Dutch Old Master Painting Returned to Max Stern Foundation

By JNi.Media

Dusseldorf art gallery owner Max Stern was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts in 1935, because of his religion, and was forced to sell his collection.

US / Politics / Arts and Entertainment / Asia / Holocaust

Oprah Sells Klimt's Nazi-Looted Painting in China for $150 Million

By JNi.Media

In November 2006, Christie's auction house sold "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer Yisrael Beiteinu" for almost $88 million to Oprah Winfrey.

Israel / Jewish / US / Global / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Jewish-Indian Artist Anish Kapoor Receives $1 Million 2017 Genesis Prize

By JNi.Media

'Anish’s commitment to alleviate the plight of Syrian refugees will resonate with the Jewish community, especially young Jews, everywhere.'

Jewish / Global / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

$10,000 Jerusalem Photo Challenge Aiming for 50,000 Online Submissions

By JNi.Media

'Our aim in this photo challenge is to uncover forgotten memories and get an exciting encounter of Jerusalem’s history in a frame.'

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Canada

Biggest Marc Chagall Exhibition in Canada Focuses on his Music

By JNi.Media

The multidisciplinary exhibition is the first to focus on Chagall’s profound connection to music in his life and work.

Terrorism / US / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Iran / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

2017 Oscar-Nominated Iranian Director Banned by Trump Order

By JNi.Media

'The Salesman' tells the story of a young couple who are amateur actors appearing in a production of Arthur Miller’s 'Death of A Salesman.'

Israel / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Israeli Driver to become NASCAR’s First Full-Time Jewish Driver

By JNi.Media

Day was supported by Jewish attorney David Levin, who gave him $60,000 from his retirement account to fund his car.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

Otto Freundlich, Len Lye, Lygia Clark, Blinky Palermo in Israel Museum's The Shadow of Color

By JNi.Media

Works by four pioneering artists who, despite working in different times and places, developed similar visual languages – shedding new light on 20th-century abstract art.

US / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Arts and Entertainment

No Joy in Yeshivaville: Ringling Brothers Strike their Tent after Passover

By JNi.Media

The women-free show for the Orthodox Jewish audience included clowns, animals, tight-rope dancers, a basketball team on unicycles and acrobats.

US / Politics / Global / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / Anti-Israel NGOs

'Boycott This!' Anti-BDS Documentary Makes It to Shorts Festivals

By JNi.Media

Viewers join comedian Brad Stine on a journey in search of truth that takes him across the US and Israel.

History / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

German Frozen Pizza Maker Returns Painting Nazis Forced Jewish Owner to Sell

By JNi.Media

The heirs did not know their painting's whereabouts before Dr Oetker contacted them, saying they were going to return it 'for moral reasons.'

US / Government / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

Hollywood Stars Welcome New Year in Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hollywood stars who greeted the New Year in Israel also met the 'Black Hebrew Israelites' mostly from Chicago, now living in Dimona.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

Proper Zionist Response to UN Resolution: Knesset Inaugurates Jerusalem Jubilee Celebration

By JNi.Media

The images will be displayed at the Knesset over the next two weeks, and then travel around the world in 2017, providing people everywhere with the opportunity to celebrate 50 years of a unified Jerusalem.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Arts and Entertainment / Judaism

Ivanka Trump Posts Family Hanukkah Picture from the Pacific

By JNi.Media

Donald Trump is about to become the very first US president who has halachically Jewish grandchildren (the Clintons' son-in-law is Jewish, too, but that's just not good enough for Jewish law).

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

Exhibition Examines How Jewish Artists View 'That Man'

By JNi.Media

Throughout history, Jesus was an anathema for the Jews who lived under Christian rule. But staring in the 19th century Jewish and Israeli artists have engaged with the figure of Jesus.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / History / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Eastern Europe / Assimilation

Exhibition: The Jewish Ghetto in Postcards from Eastern Europe to Downtown Manhattan

By JNi.Media

From 1880 to 1924, one third of the Jewish population of Eastern Europe left shtetls and cities for the United States, fleeing persecution and seeking economic opportunity.

Politics / Police and Crime / History / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

Anonymous Tip Helps Jewish Dealer's Estate Recover Two Dutch Masters from German Auction

By JNi.Media

In both cases, the sellers agreed to return the works in 'amicable discussions,' according to the Max Stern Foundation.

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment

Patti Smith Forgets Lines as Nobel Awarded to Bob Dylan in Absentia

By JNi.Media

Also, Literature? How is Dylan getting a prize for literature when he's a songwriter? Who makes the decisions over there, the Norwegian parliament? (Yes).

US / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Senate to Vote on Holocaust Restitution as Vienna Philharmonic Returns Looted Painting

By JNi.Media

The law allows the heirs six years to sue in US court from the day they become aware of the existence and location of the looted object.

US / History / The Courts / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

Heirs of Jewish Art Dealer Sue Bavaria over Works by Beckmann, Klee, Gris

By JNi.Media

The Limbach Commission, a panel set up by Germany to return Nazi-looted art in public collections, has already issued a recommendation against returning a painting by Gris that used to hang in Flechtheim’s Berlin apartment.

Jewish / US / History / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Issur Danielovitch, We Loved You in 'Cast a Giant Shadow'

By JNi.Media

All his children were born to non-Jewish mothers, but Douglas insists they were "aware culturally" of his "deep convictions," and he never tried to influence their own religious decisions.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Illegal Netanyahu Gold Statue to Be Removed from Tel Aviv Square

By JNi.Media

The artist was no doubt referencing the gold statue of the past dictator of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov.

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