Jewish History & Culture
This is the Jewish History & Culture page content.
Jackson Pollock's 'Mural': Masterpiece or Macho Outburst?
Rarely do we see singular artworks that, even as they represent an exact moment of transition between art historical movements, are also masterpieces in their own right. Yet that is exactly what can be seen now at the Getty Museum, which, until June 1, is showcasing abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock’s pivotal, 8-foot-high and 20-foot-wide […]
Read More… from Jackson Pollock’s ‘Mural’: Masterpiece or Macho Outburst?
The Strength of Ma'aleh Film School
A scene from the documentary film, “The Strength to Tell.” A black-and-white film shows a trial being called to session. In less than a second, it’s obvious this is the trial of Adolf Eichmann, in Jerusalem in April 1961, with Eichmann in the bulletproof glass booth. We watch as a witness takes the stand. We […]
My Prediction for 2014: Peace in the Middle East
This year, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry will secure a peace agreement in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians, leading to the establishment of a Palestinian State. I understand that no one believes this will happen. Not the Israeli officials who are dismissive of Kerry; not the Palestinian officials who […]
Read More… from My Prediction for 2014: Peace in the Middle East
We are all ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Joel and Ethan Coen’s new film, is the fictional story of one week in the life of a folksinger in Greenwich Village in 1961. The title character, played with total conviction by Oscar Isaac and supplied with credible material by the maven of American music, T-Bone Burnett, is acknowledged to have been […]
Danny Sanderson in L.A., celebrating 40 years of Israeli pop music
If you’ve been to Israel in the last 40 years or heard Israeli popular music, then you probably know Danny Sanderson, who will be performing with his band at the Gindi Auditorium at American Jewish University on Dec. 8. Sanderson was a founding member in 1973 of Kaveret (literally Beehive; also called Poogy), a band […]
Read More… from Danny Sanderson in L.A., celebrating 40 years of Israeli pop music
The Wallis: Now that it’s built, will they come?
A giant risk is being taken with The Wallis — as the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills is being called, and for which the 1934 Beverly Hills Post Office on Santa Monica Boulevard, between Canon and Crescent drives, has been rehabbed to pristine beauty. The former post office building holds […]
Read More… from The Wallis: Now that it’s built, will they come?