There\’s a 1,000-year-old haggadah, there\’s an Internet haggadah, and now there is a new $15,000 Arthur Szyk Haggadah.
Ginz was a Czech Jew, born in 1928, who died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz at the age of 16. His diary had been lost for 60 years but resurfaced in 2003.
Who doesn\’t love old Jewish comedians? Those mamzers of mirth and halutzim of humor who paved the road from the Catskills to Vegas as first-generation entertainers.
Harry Sondheim, a retired criminal prosecutor for the L.A. County D.A.\’s office, was traveling in Holland when he simply noticed an artifact that appealed to him. \”They had a museum, Der Weg, which means the Weighing House. They had an artist named Bicart. I bought some postcards with depictions of Jewish ceremonies on them. You can\’t buy those postcards any longer.\”
Today, \”Brundibar\” is experiencing a revival of sorts. It is the title and story of a new children\’s book written by Tony Kushner, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak (Hyperion Books for Children), and this weekend, the Jewish Community Foundation and the Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation sponsored Youth Opera Camp of Santa Monica College Conservatory will be performing the opera at the Miles Memorial Playhouse and Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Leaders of the world have called him irrelevant, and indeed he has been largely replaced in world affairs.
\”Barn Sneeze,\” which chronicles the journey of a sneeze that affects poultry and porcine alike, is sure to prove contagious among tots as well. The book benefits from Winnick\’s loose pastel-and-charcoal illustrations, which echo her all-time favorite work of children\’s literature \”Charlotte\’s Web.\”\n\nWinnick, the wife of philanthropist and Global Crossing CEO Gary Winnick, has been writing and drawing children\’s books since her single days. She studied under revered illustrator Milton Glaser at the School of Visual Arts. Over the years, she has actively kept in touch with her inner writer by refreshing her skills through UCLA Extension classes. As creative people know, the ability to express one\’s soul, not formal technical ability, is what separates artist from artisan.
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