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November 17, 2011
Empowered women
It takes a little effort to find the exhibition “Women Hold Up Half the Sky” at the Skirball Cultural Center. You have to bypass three alluring gift shops and a bunch of other special exhibitions as well as close your ears to the children laughing in “Noah’s Ark” to get to a quiet gallery at the back of the museum, where a display of photos and wall texts will punch you in the stomach, then fill you with hope.
Who is Woody Allen?
Early on, in a new documentary about Woody Allen, the cultural icon sits in the back seat of his chauffer-driven car, pondering his mortality. He tells a story of a formative near-death experience that occurred when he was a small child in his crib: His mother was at work when his nanny told him, and then demonstrated, that if she wanted to, she could smother him. For a few seconds, she wrapped a blanket around his face.
Spielberg in talks to direct Moses film
Steven Spielberg is in talks to direct a movie about the life of Moses.
‘Extinct’ frog rediscovered in Israel
A frog species thought to be extinct in northern Israel reportedly has been seen for the first time in 50 years.
Amir’s minyan request rejected
An Israeli court has rejected a request by Yitzhak Rabin\’s assassin, Yigal Amir, to allow him to pray with a minyan.
Old game, new spins
When it comes to Chanukah, playing the dreidel game is as ubiquitous as lighting the candles on a chanukiyah and eating latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly-filled doughnuts).
The new ‘Fascism’
These days, the word “fascism” is used here in Israel – as also abroad – almost casually. It is sometimes spoken with glee, often spoken in sorrow. Yet while it is fair (and painful) to say that a crop of laws, recent and prospective, are anti-democratic, the word “fascism” simply does not fit the Israeli reality. Bibi Netanyahu makes a preposterous Mussolini. (Of course, so did Mussolini.) The Israeli people, setting aside the most extreme of the settlers, are grotesquely miscast as Fascisti.
Man with ‘Israel’ tattoo charged with attempting to assassinate Obama
A man arrested in an alleged shooting near the White House who has \”Israel\” tattooed on his neck was charged with attempting to assassinate President Obama.
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