Dance Moms: Brooke “Diary of Anne Frank” – Video
Posted By simmons on January 2, 2013
Dance Moms: Brooke "Diary of Anne Frank" Brookes solo at nationals 1st place I DO NOT OWN THIS MUSIC!!!!!!!! By: dancemoms272
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West Bank unrest: Tensions rise between Israelis and Palestinians – Video
Posted By simmons on January 2, 2013
West Bank unrest: Tensions rise between Israelis and Palestinians It #39;s been an uneasy first day of the New Year in the West Bank, where bulldozers backed by Israeli police have demolished a Palestinian house and buildings in Jerusalem which had been constructed illegally without the correct permits. Meanwhile, In the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, suspected Jewish settlers burnt a Palestinian car and daubed, the now infamous, #39;Price Tag #39; graffiti over the walls of nearby property.
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Possible future Israeli ambassador holds two countries in his heart
Posted By richards on January 1, 2013
By Michael Finch II, Amy Sherman and Elinor J. Brecher The Miami Herald
In Israel, hes already known as Bibis Brain: Prime Minister Benjamin Bibi Netanyahus master strategist.
But Ron Dermer, 42-year-old Miami Beach native, now Israeli citizen the son of one Miami Beach mayor and brother of another could soon add an official title to his resume: Mr. Ambassador.
Dermer is reportedly Netanyahus choice for Israeli ambassador to the United States to replace Michael Oren, who plans to step down in the spring after four years.
A political conservative with close ties to powerful American Republicans, Dermer would become Israels top diplomat in the United States, a position requiring the ability to represent his countrys interests across U.S. party lines.
Netanyahus office hasnt commented on the reports. A spokesman for the Israeli consulate in Miami could not confirm the possible appointment, nor could Dermers older brother, former Mayor David Dermer, who called any speculation premature. A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the rumor was baseless. In any case, the Netanyahu government would have to survive a Parliamentary election later this month.
An Oxford-educated scholar-athlete who holds degrees in finance and management from the University of Pennsylvanias prestigious Wharton School, and who quarterbacked Israels flag football World Cup team three times, Dermer is known as smart, polished, and so competitive that he wouldnt let a 3-year-old beat him at Ping-Pong, friend Tom Rose, former Jerusalem Post publisher, once said in an interview.
Dermer cannot abide anybody being better at him than anything, particularly physically, Rose said.
The mere speculation that Dermer might be named seemed to thrill South Florida politicians from both parties.
Its wonderful one of our own being Israels ambassador to the U.S., said U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, who knows Dermer. It is just terrific. He is American as apple pie yet Israeli at heart as well. It is a good fit. He is very much a proud Miami Beach guy very proud of his hometown.
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Tony Benn to BBC If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself – Video
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Tony Benn to BBC If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself Tony Benn accuses the BBC ON AIR of capitualating to the Israeli Government by refusing to air an appeal for the Gazan people by the Disaster Emergency Commitee (DEC) he then broadcasts the Address himself much to the consternation of the interviewer! Disaster Emergency Commitee (DEC) Gaza Crisis PO BOX 999 LONDON EC3A 3AA Disasters Emergency Committee Gaza humanitarian appeal: Launched by UK charities on 22 January to raise money for Gaza aid relief and reconstruction Participants: Action Aid, British Red Cross, Cafod, Care International, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision Information on 0370 60 60 900 or at DEC website In November 2005, BBC Head Mark Thompson traveled with his Jewish wife to Israel, where he held direct talks with Ariel Sharon, which were intended to let the BBC #39;build bridges with Israel #39;. Thompsons Wife Jane Blumberg is a Zionist, makes you wonder how easy the decision came to the BBC now right! http://www.independent.co.uk By: IbnFuad
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News for January 1st, 2013 – VOA News in Special English – Video
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News for January 1st, 2013 - VOA News in Special English Thanks to gandalf.ddo.jp for text conversion and audio VOA NEWS IN SPECIAL ENGLISH January 1, 2013 From Washington Here is the news in VOA Special English.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR – SUPPORT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE – Video
Posted By admin on January 1, 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR - SUPPORT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE wp.me 4 years ago, this very day, Gaza was brutality bombed for 23 dys by US backed Fascist Israel. We will Never Forget the blood, the pain and the tears! By: Bashar Lubbad
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Brief story of Anne Frank – Video
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Brief story of Anne Frank Something put together by LIFE- Love Is ForEver. By: Richard Gobin
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The anthems of the Middle East (Enya) – Video
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The anthems of the Middle East (Enya) The national anthems of the countries in the Middle East are full of calls for violence, revenge and martyrdom. Only Israel has an anthem of hope and freedom. Hope and Freedom are foundations for a strong and peaceful country
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Transforming the bimah Connecticut Jewish theater takes center stage
Posted By richards on December 31, 2012
Bimah, Hebrew for elevated place, refers to the platform in an Ashkenazi synagogue where the Torah is read. (Some Sephardi congregations call that part of the sanctuary tebah.) In Israel, the word is also used to refer to a theatrical stage. HaBimah (The Stage) is the countrys national theater company, founded as one of the first Hebrew-language theaters in Moscow in 1918 and transplanted to Tel Aviv in 1928. For American Jews growing up in the post-Yiddish theater era, Jewish theater is commonly associated with Fiddler on the Roof or The Diary of Anne Frank, or one of the numerous American Jewish playwrights who have made their mark on Broadway and in mainstream American theater. But whats been happening since Neil Simon and Wendy Wasserstein?
The Hebrew High School of New Englands production of Once Upon An Island, Jr. at the Hartford Stage last year
There are a lot of Jews writing plays but there hasnt been a clearinghouse or incubator to develop really great Jewish works, says DeDe Jacobs-Komisar, cultural arts manager at the JCC of Greater New Haven and director of the new JCC Theaterworks. The 60s and 70s were a really creative age in American theater. The National Endowment for the Arts was very generous in developing the works of risky, off-the-wall Jewish artists. Wendy Wasserstein and Neil Simon wrote great things during that time. The Jewish Theatre of San Francisco came out of that period and did really different works, but it couldnt sustain itself and closed in May. There are a lot of artists who would normally write plays but who transfer to film; Woody Allen is a good example. There are great Black plays coming out of the Penumbra Theatre in Minneapolis, but there was never really one place or one powerful theater organization dedicated to nurturing the work of Jewish playwrights. So where are the Jewish voices now? Some are on Broadway; Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon is among the most critically acclaimed plays of 2012. (New York Times theater reviewer Charles Isherwood posits the central discussion topic in his October 2012 write-up: I suspect the question of whos the good Jew and whos the bad Jew can a better Jew be a worse person? might well be a question that a dozen Talmudic scholars could argue over for a good long time. Discuss.
HHNEs production of Once Upon An Island, Jr.
Several JCCs across the country are home to theater companies, some of them professional. The New York-based Jewish Plays Project is a recent initiative whose mission is to put bold, progressive Jewish conversations on world stages and to ignite an explosive engagement between cutting-edge Jewish theater artists and audiences by developing and advocating for a new generation of plays and musicals that embrace and investigate the intersection of Jewish identity and secular self. This year, via JCC Theaterworks, Jewish New Haven will be one of the communities throughout the country engaging in the selection of new Jewish voices. As with any other cultural medium, theater asks, Why is it important to know ourselves? Jacobs-Komisar says. Jewish theater represents stories of our own culture and community, as expressed by the writer, actors, and director. They are the stories that we tell ourselves and also present to a greater audience. JCC Theaterworks is the newest Jewish theater program in Connecticut, a state that boasts four such initiatives, not counting the drama programs at Hebrew High School of New England in West Hartford and the Jewish High School of Connecticut in Woodbridge. The Ledger recently drew back the curtain on thespian endeavors in our communities, and also discovered new opportunities for actors and playwrights.
Jewish Arts Alive, Stamford As a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces in the 60s, Tamar Gershberg wrote, produced, directed, and choreographed multi-media events that presented the history and special character of specific military units among them, the Golani and tank brigades, and Givati Central Command. Gershberg came to the U.S. to earn a degree at the Columbia University School of Dramatic Arts and the American Theater Wing. While a student, she acted with the Roundabout Theater and studied choreography with Jerome Robbins and La Mairie. She settled in Stamford in the early 70s and was on the faculty of Bi-Cultural Day School, using drama as an educational tool. Among her projects were a Hebrew production of Oklahoma!, Matayim, which traced American Jewish history, and The Vision of the Dry Bones dance performance. She also served as principal of Congregation Agudath Sholoms Hebrew school, where she infused the curriculum with arts-related programming. Gershberg started Jewish Arts Alive (JAA) in 1993 to promote and explore Jewish heritage and folklore throughout greater Stamford through the arts, and to use the arts to build bridges between various communities through multi-cultural organizations. The initiative received several grants from the City of Stamford and the State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts. The play, Lifeforce, Gershbergs dramatization of her uncles Auschwitz memoir, was presented at Stamford High School in 2006 and won the State of Connecticut High School Drama Award and the Remembering History Award, created especially for the work. The play was also performed in Edinburgh, Scotland. JAA is renewing its efforts after a five-year hiatus. On Jan. 19, Gershberg and a committee of community members and fellow artists will host a backers audition at the Stamford JCC, featuring 11 local actors in three vignettes written by Gershberg. The event is intended to attract new supporters from throughout Fairfield County. The aim now is to broaden the base of JAAs operation and to become a voice in the community, Gershberg says to engage in the conversation, to speak the language of people in all its variety, and to build bridges to the communities around us. It will be Jewish but more than Jewish. We want to open it to all kinds of playwrights and build something that is original.
JAA Backers Audition, Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m., Stamford JCC, 1035 Newfield Ave., Stamford | Info: Doris Freundlich, dorisfreundlich@hotmail.com
The Temple Players, Congregation Bnai Torah, Trumbull
Tom Costaggini of Stamford and Andrea Garmun of Milford played battling relatives in Uncle Murray Goes to Miriams Wedding, one of the comedies that made up Tribal Humor 3 in the Temple Players 12th season in 2009.
The first theater in Connecticut established to explore Jewish themes and characters, The Temple Players began in 1998 at Temple Beth Sholom in Stratford as both a fundraising mechanism and a way to introduce issues of American Jewish life to a diverse audience. One of the reasons we started was to engage people who have not had close relationships with Jews, says artistic director Mark Lambeck. Its important to me as an artistic director to motivate non-Jews to come and learn about Jewish culture, to see that we care about family and spirituality, just like other communities. Now entering its 16th season, the company presents staged readings of established and new works in a cabaret-style setting, primarily during the summer. There is an array of theater groups throughout the country dedicated to the Irish, Hispanic, Black, and other ethnic or special-interest group experience, says Lambeck. While many synagogues and JCCs in Connecticut may produce plays, they often stage popular musicals and have ignored the wealth of lesser-known works that focus on various aspects of Jewish life. In 2012, when Temple Beth Sholom merged with Congregation Bnai Torah
in Trumbull, The Temple Players relocated as well. In addition to exposing mixed audiences to Jewish themes and characters, The Temple Players also produces works geared toward Jewish audiences. In November, to commemorate Kristallnacht the company presented a staged reading of Remembrance, four original one-act plays by Lambeck addressing the Holocaust.
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Memorabilia of an enchanting concert – Video
Posted By simmons on December 31, 2012
Memorabilia of an enchanting concert Photos and live music from a tribute concert to Felicja Blumental performed on 29.12.2012 at the Felicja Blumental Music Center Tel-Aviv, Israel. By: Ilan Levin
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