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<i>"Shadowscape VI" by Ruth Levine</i>
Three Jewish women showcased at Westmoreland art exhibit
Three Jewish artists are being featured at a “pop-up” show at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The show opens Wednesday, March 6, and runs through Sunday, March 31. Ruth Levin...
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Eddie Rosenstein</i>
Eddie Rosenstein uses humor to make very real, serious films
How did a nice Jewish boy from Squirrel Hill end up in an East Harlem drug rehabilitation center? Fortunately, for Eddie Rosenstein, it wasn’t for treatment, but it was to create the award-winning ...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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More finalists from CMU named for March 21 Campus Superstar finale
Three more finalists have been named in the 2013 “Campus Superstar” competition. They are among the 10 finalists who will vie for a $5,000 grand prize Thursday, March 21, at Carnegie Music Hall in ...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alan Olifson, who hosts “The Moth” at the Rex Theater, South Side, finds plenty of work in Pittsburgh for a Jewish stand up comic. (Photo courtesy of Alan Olifson)</i>
Pittsburgh comedian leaves them in stitches at The Moth
No joke: Alan Olifson moved from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh about two years ago so he would have more opportunities to perform comedy. As it turned out, he was right. Olifson, who hosts The Moth’s m...
Mar 04, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hollywood gets hot for Israel
by Dina Kraft
JTA
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
TEL AVIV -- In the dim light of an art house movie theater, Darren Star, creator of “Sex and the City” and “Beverly Hills 90210,” pauses during a talk to Israeli and U.S. screenwriters, directors a...
Seven charged with plotting terror attacks
by JTA
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
JERUSALEM -- Seven North Carolina residents were charged with plotting to commit terrorist attacks around the world, including in Israel. Federal prosecutors charged six American citizens and one ...
Iranian swimmer refuses to compete against Israeli
by JTA
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
JERUSALEM -- An Iranian swimmer reportedly refused to race against an Israeli competitor at the World Championships in Rome. Mohammad Alirezaei would not compete Tuesday in his heat of the men's 5...
Whistle-blowing prof played key role in trafficking case
by Dan Pine
J Weekly
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
SAN FRANCISCO -- Nancy Scheper-Hughes insists she is “no Dick Tracy,” but she played an important whistle-blowing role in the caper involving corrupt rabbis, money laundering and the trafficking of...
Jews living in West Bank
by JTA
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
More than 300,000 Jews live in the West Bank, according to a new report. The number of Jewish residents in West Bank settlements increased 2.3 percent, to 304,569, from January to June 30, accordin...
American donors gave to build Jewish homes in Arab parts of Jerusalem
by JTA
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
American donors gave $25.4 million in the past five years to build Jewish homes in Arab parts of Jerusalem, Bloomberg reported. Among the contributors are Ira Rennert, the founder of Renco Group I...
Covenant sale: two groups interested
by Toby Tabachnick
Staff Writer
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
Just five weeks before a court-ordered auction, two parties remain interested in buying The Covenant at South Hills. The questions now are price and financing. Lifecare of the South Hills has bid $...
Rabbis’ lawyers blame woes on government mole
by Robert Wiener
New Jersey Jewish News
Jul 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
NEWARK — Attorneys for several rabbis facing money-laundering charges in the widespread New Jersey corruption case are insisting their clients are innocent victims of manipulation by Solomon Dwek, ...
Humor writers discuss their craft in new book
by Lee Chottiner
Executive Editor
Jul 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
For his first book, Mike Sacks got to talk to a lot of funny people. He talked about what made them funny. What they think is funny. And how you can be funny, too. Actually, he discussed with them...
Karmiel, Misgav bank on bike trail to attract tourists
by Lee Chottiner
Executive Editor
Jul 23, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jail Trail this isn’t. For one thing, the climate is dryer, For another, the terrain is, hillier, rockier and just more unforgiving. And for a third, it winds through Jewish and Arab villages i...