Posts Tagged ‘contemporary’

Doctors Fight Back Against Law that Punishes Them for Diverging from ‘Contemporary Scientific Consensus’

“That this shocking bill passed through the state legislature and was signed into law by Governor Newsom demonstrates that far too many Americans do not understand the First Amendment.” Source Views: 0

The Artist in Contemporary India: Reflections

[embedded content] I watched Vir Das’ performance with a sense of awe. His words were pure poetry, poignant and powerful. He had chosen each word carefully, with precision and perfection in every word, the essence of those words deeply disturbing yet patriotic. The video was equally communicative, and the loud applause followed by an eery […]

Lyd, Where Historical And Contemporary Zionist Oppression Meet

Above Photo: Israeli police officers stand guard as the home of Hana al-Nakib and her four children is being demolished, in the city of Lyd. Yotam Ronen. Activestills. Palestine Stretches From The River Jordan To The Mediterranean And Goes Right Through The Ancient Palestinian City Of Lyd. Lyd, Palestine — One of the toughest challenges facing […]

‘Antisemitism-Lite’ in Contemporary Germany

The Reichstag building in Berlin, where the Bundestag meets. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. On December 10, 2020, the English edition of Haaretz published an article under the headline, “In Germany, a witch hunt is raging against critics of Israel. Cultural leaders have had enough.” The piece discussed the Initiative GG 5.3 Weltoffenheit (not the first of […]

Manfred Gerstenfeld, Pioneer of Contemporary Antisemitism Scholarship, Dies in Israel Aged 84

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, who passed away on Feb. 25, 2021, speaking at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in Israel. Photo: courtesy of JCPA. Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, one of the world’s leading experts on global antisemitism, passed away in Israel on Thursday at the age of 84. The author of numerous scholarly articles, books and […]

New Book of Short Stories Reflects Contemporary Women’s Experiences

Corie Adjmi’s life reads like a book: She grew up in New Orleans for most of her childhood until her family moved back to Brooklyn to be closer to their Syrian Jewish community. Adjmi fell in love and married a fellow Syrian Jew, had five kids with him and worked as an elementary school teacher […]

Contemporary art takes over French city of Nantes in special exhibition

The French city of Nantes will transform into an art exhibition over the next two months, with a multitude of contemporary artists taking over the city. It’s part of the “Voyage to Nantes”, an art exhibition that tries to show the city through the eyes of artists. In one of the impressive art displays, water […]

Contemporary art takes over French city of Nantes in special exhibition

The French city of Nantes will transform into an art exhibition over the next two months, with a multitude of contemporary artists taking over the city. It’s part of the “Voyage to Nantes”, an art exhibition that tries to show the city through the eyes of artists. In one of the impressive art displays, water […]

Contemporary art takes over French city of Nantes in special exhibition

The French city of Nantes will transform into an art exhibition over the next two months, with a multitude of contemporary artists taking over the city. It’s part of the “Voyage to Nantes”, an art exhibition that tries to show the city through the eyes of artists. In one of the impressive art displays, water […]

Contemporary art takes over French city of Nantes in special exhibition

The French city of Nantes will transform into an art exhibition over the next two months, with a multitude of contemporary artists taking over the city. It’s part of the “Voyage to Nantes”, an art exhibition that tries to show the city through the eyes of artists. In one of the impressive art displays, water […]

Exhibition of contemporary Taiwanese art opens in New York City

nsnbc : An exhibition of contemporary Taiwanese art opened on November 30 in the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York. The exhibition is part of […]

From ‘Avalon’ to Madoff: What ‘The Wizard of Lies’ reveals about contemporary American Jewish identity

Back in 1990 director Barry Levinson gave us Avalon, his epic masterpiece on the American Jewish community. In that classic film Levinson skillfully examined the Eastern European Jewish immigrants and their often tumultuous encounter with the complexities of American culture and the assimilation process.  It presented the fraught confrontation of Old World values with the […]

India and the British Empire: Historical Origins of The Contemporary Naxalite Insurgency

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America’s Imperial War Drive and the Contemporary African Crisis

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