Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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Israel News Stalin Meets Harpo Marx, On Stage
It’s a play about Stalin and Marx. Harpo Marx. In one of history’s more unlikely acts of cultural exchange, the American Jewish comedian visited Moscow in late 1933, shortly after the United States formally recognized the 16-year-old Soviet Union. The actor’s goodwill trip serves as the jumping-off point for “A Night in the Kremlin,” a…
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Israel News Teen Vampire Debuts on Israeli TV
They could have called her “Batya the Vampire Slayer.” Following the international success of last year’s vampire drama “Twilight,” Israeli cable provider HOT is ready to broadcast its own bloodsucker-themed series. The show, “Split,” follows a 15-year-old girl whose identity — as half-vampire, half-human — is revealed to her by a mysterious male classmate, a…
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Israel News Bono and Broza Play for Peace
It’s Bono’s voice and Broza’s strings. Israeli musician David Broza has joined the elite group of artists that can claim to have backed up U2 frontman Bono, which the Israeli performer does on “Songs Around the World,” a CD released April 28 by the American-based peace organization Playing for Change. Along with musicians from Ghana,…
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Israel News ‘China’s Oskar Schindler’ Takes German Oscar
A movie about “China’s Oskar Schindler” claimed the top prize at the recent German Film Awards. “John Rabe,” a biopic about a German industrialist who helped save as many as a quarter-million Chinese during the Rape of Nanking, was named best picture and took home the best actor prize for Ulrich Tukur, who played the…
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Israel News Israeli ‘Survivor’: Next Stop, Masada?
Nearly two millennia after becoming the site of a mass Jewish suicide, the ancient fortress Masada might finally yield a “Survivor.” The once-isolated desert outpost is among the locations being considered for the season finale of Israel’s version of the TV show, which is currently advancing through its second season. Producers for the show’s broadcaster,…
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Israel News Beatlemania Sweeps Israeli City
The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” is temporarily being transplanted to Israel. Forty years after the release of the classic rock ’n’ roll album, the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon will pay tribute to John, Paul, George and Ringo with a three-day Beatles Festival, set to kick off on May 14 at the city’s Steinberg Center for…
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Life Leonard Cohen, Macy Gray Headed to Israel
Two musical hit makers are on their way to Israel. “Hallelujah” singer Leonard Cohen has announced he will perform in the Tel Aviv area on September 24 as part of his ongoing world tour, which is currently winding its way through North America. Details have yet to be announced, but the musician and poet may…
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Life Barbara Walters Imagines Interviewing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Queen Bee of American TV interviewers has opened up about her Jewish background and impressions of the Middle East’s most influential leaders. In an interview published today in Yediot Aharonot, Barbara Walters describes the late Israeli foreign minister Moshe Dayan as a “brilliant and extraordinary” man, and says she wishes she could catch up…
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