Out and About: Israeli Judaica Thieves Nabbed; Rise of the Classical Mandolin
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Ezra Glinter February 7, 2011
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Does the Coen Brothers’ “True Grit” draw on ancient Indo-European myth?
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Forward contributor Zackary Sholem Berger translates two poems, “My Pedigree” by Moyshe Nadir and “Herring Barrels” by Dvoyre Fogel, in the latest issue of Eleven Eleven.
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Israeli musician Avi Avital has become the first mandolinist to be nominated for a Grammy award in the classical music category.
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Four less admirable Israelis were caught trying to steal Judaica from a synagogue in Milan.
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“Maus” creator Art Spiegelman has become the third American to win the Angouleme International Comics Festival’s Grand Prix.
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Jerusalem-born violinist Emanuel Vardi and Nazi hunter Tuviah Friedman have died.
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A fight over the Schneerson Library has caused Russian museums to stop lending artworks to their American counterparts.
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The JCC in Manhattan’s Other Israel Film Festival has caused a minor brouhaha.
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Michael Tilson Thomas of the New World Symphony inaugurated the symphony’s new Frank Gehry designed building with a work by Thomas Ades.
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