Jewish highlights at the Oscars
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – With seven nominations for his most personal film ever, this could have been Steven Spielberg’s biggest year at the Academy…
Arts
Today’s Tova Yedlin Lecture with Professor Wodziński will now be delivered via zoom at 1 pm
**An important note about today’s Annual Tova Yedlin Lecture with Professor Marcin Wodziński** Due to travel disruptions, Professor Wodziński’s lecture will now be delivered online…
A Jewish producer of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ sees his family history in the Oscar-winning Netflix film
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — The film producer Daniel Dreifuss has only one surviving photo of a distant relative: his grandfather’s cousin, who fought for…
What about Weinberg? Calgary musician puts composer on the radar: March 28 at BTZ
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Hard on the heels of their January joint program – Under the Radar: 30 Notable Canadian Jewish Musicians with author…
Review: ‘Shortest History of Israel and Palestine’ may not be balanced but its conclusions are sound
Reviewed by Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace by Michael Scott-Baumann…