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January 7, 2015
The rabbi behind the Jewish themes of ‘Transparent’
“Transparent” is one of the most critically acclaimed TV shows of 2014 and has put Amazon on the map as an outlet for quality original programming.
Police hunting for three French nationals over Paris shooting
Police are searching for two brothers from the Paris region and a man from the northeastern city of Reims, all French nationals, over Wednesday\’s shooting attack at satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, a police official and government source said.
Jerusalem’s cinema-industrial complex
Only in Jerusalem could a single events venue offer both an educational celebration in a Bible museum, and a rollicking bash in a VIP lounge and movie theater.
From just three notes, the ‘Soul of an Actor’
What if you could have your own theme song, a custom-composed track that captures your essence? It would somehow take three notes — all provided by you — and turn them into the sonata of your life.
Grammy-nominated Pentatonix arranger a loud voice of support for a capella
Surrounded by the music of everyday life at a café on La Brea Avenue — a cacophony of coffee shop clamor, milk steamers, titanium cappuccino mechanisms and register ka-chings — recent Grammy nominee Ben Bram described his passion for, of all things, a cappella, a genre devoid of all instrumental accompaniment.
Islamic State fighter praises attack on Paris satirical magazine
A fighter of the Islamic State militant group praised Wednesday\’s attack on a French satirical magazine that killed at least 12 people, telling Reuters the raid was revenge for insults against Islam.
Obama condemns ‘cowardly, evil’ attack in Paris, offers U.S. assistance
President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned what he called the \”cowardly, evil\” attack against a satirical newspaper in Paris and offered U.S. assistance to the French government.
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