Jewish History & Culture
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The Real Jerusalem (Nir Hasson's Urshalim)
Tom Teicholz , CONTRIBUTOR I write about culture and the cult of luxury Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Tom Teicholz The Temple Mount Nir Hasson covers Jerusalem for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz with particular attention to the residents of East Jerusalem. Hasson approaches Jerusalem very much as a city beat reporter, although the municipal issues in Jerusalem concerning real estate, zoning, water, power are, more often than not, political and at times even existential. Hasson’s reporting reflects… -
Belonging to Jerusalem's Season of Culture
Jerusalem is as much idea as physical entity, existing in history and in the present, in literature and in prayers, in hearts and minds, as the soul, the dream (and even at times the nightmare) of diverse peoples, as a place fraught with politics and nationalism, convictions and resentments that can be as transcendental as they are oppressive, as spiritual as they are mundane – which is a way of saying Jerusalem is eternal and ever changing. Michal Fattal Jerusalem… -
LA's Modern Art Maven: Galka Scheyer
Maven of Modernism: Galka Scheyer in California at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena through September 25, 2017 At the Norton Simon Museum it is easy to be distracted by the many Rodin sculptures at its entrance or to be seduced by the Museum’s beautiful outdoor sculpture garden set in its backyard with a pond that surely would have captivated Monet, or be transfixed by the Van Goghs and Impressionist masterpieces in the galleries, or even the Adam & Eve… -
The Genius of Bernard-Henri Levy's Affirmative Judaism
In his latest book, “”The Genius of Judaism" (Random House), Bernard-Henri Levy revisits much of his early and recent public intellectual life to reveal that much of what he has done, where he has traveled to, and why he does it, is animated by his Jewishness. As a proud French Jew, Levy makes the case for a pointedly secular “affirmative Judaism” that is about actions not faith, ethics not belief. Levy calls it ‘messianic Judaism’ (which if I understand it,… -
Zsa Zsa Gabor Dead - The Last Hungarian Actress of Her Generation
Zsa Zsa Gabor has died at 99. As my fellow Hungarican wrote me: 'That's it. 2016 worse year ever.' Zsa Zsa was the last connection to my mother's world of Budapest and the glory of Hungarian women born before World War Two - a cosmopolitan, very clever, very adaptable, very assimilated, world of superficial beauty, sexual sophistication and a love of jewelry and luxury. A decade ago, when Zsa Zsa first was reported at death's door, I wrote the following… -
Frank Gehry's Emotional Architecture
“The Dionysus of Modern Architecture,” is how James Cuno, President and CEO of The J. Paul Getty Trust, described architect Frank Gehry when awarding him the third annual J. Paul Getty Award at a lively and elegant event at the Getty Center in Los Angeles on September 28, 2015. Among a well-dressed crowd of some 350 attendees that included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Executive Vice Mayor Rick Jacobs, LA Philharmonic Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, as well as… -
A Tribute to The Prince of Yiddish Barroom Song
A Tribute to The Prince of Yiddish Barroom Song View Original Article -
Finding An Iraqi Jewish Treasure in Miami
Finding An Iraqi Jewish Treasure in Miami - Forbes View Original Article -
Can Jerusalem's Exceptional 'Museum on The Seam' be saved ...
Can Jerusalem's Exceptional 'Museum on The Seam' be... View Original Article -
The Israel Museum @ 50: Treasures & Exhibits
Happy birthday to the Israel Museum! The country's national museum turns 50 this year -- middle age for most of us, but quite young in museum years. The museum is celebrating the occasion with a year of special exhibits, loans and gifts, adding to its encyclopedic collection covering Middle East archaeology, Jewish life, and modern and contemporary art. The Israel Museum sits on a 20-acre campus in Jerusalem not far from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Givat Ram Campus, the… -
Heaven is a Library (The National Library of Israel)
On my most recent visit to Jerusalem this past June, I spent a few hours in heaven: touring the collections of the National Library of Israel and previewing plans for its new state-of-the-art building to be built on a beautiful site near the Knesset, the Supreme Court and the Israel Museum. Reimagining the library for the 21st Century and beyond -- the new building should be completed by 2019 and in full use by 2020 -- has been a herculean… -
The Broad's Veiled Gift to LA
Everything about visiting The Broad, the new museum on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles that Eli and Edythe Broad built to house their contemporary art collection, is better than expected, better than a drive-by of the exterior leads you to believe, better than photos would have you think. Yes, there are plenty of reasons to criticize The Broad, which opened Sept. 20 across the street from the Museum of Contemporary Art, but those pale before the very enjoyable visitor…