Out and About: Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan; Eli Wallach at Home

Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
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Can Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim create a classical music revival?
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Greil Marcus talks about 40 years of writing about Bob Dylan.
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An exhibit of Palestinian art opens in Jaffa.
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Israeli film ambassador Meir Fenigstein doesn’t think Israel will receive an Oscar nomination this year. Neither does The Arty Semite.
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Christopher Glazek rips into Timothy Snyder’s “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin.”
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The Los Angeles Times visits legendary actor Eli Wallach at home.
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Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” has been nominated for seven European Film Awards, while Samuel Maoz’s “Lebanon” (discussed in the Forward here and here) has been nominated for five.
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Architect Richard Meier unveils a new line of Judaica through the Jewish Museum.
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After 45 years, Adin Steinsaltz has completed his translation and commentary on the Talmud.
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