ZAMOSC (AP).- Seventy-two years after the Nazis arrived, the Polish town of Zamosc is getting its synagogue back. One of the most important surviving synagogues in Poland, a Renaissance gem looted by the Nazis and suffering from decades of neglect, is …
Exhibit in North Carolina Shows the Real George Washington
RALEIGH, NC.- There’s the George Washington made famous in the Gilbert Stuart portrait found in many elementary schools and, in engraved fashion, on the $1-dollar bill: a severe man, whose severity is accentuated by thin, taut lips. And then, there’s t…
Exhibit in North Carolina Shows the Real George Washington
RALEIGH, NC.- There’s the George Washington made famous in the Gilbert Stuart portrait found in many elementary schools and, in engraved fashion, on the $1-dollar bill: a severe man, whose severity is accentuated by thin, taut lips. And then, there’s t…
Archaeologists in Israel Find a 1,500 Year Old Samaritan Synagogue
JERUSALEM.- The remains of a synagogue and farmstead that operated in the Late Byzantine period, which were unknown until now, were exposed in an archaeological excavation conducted on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the …
Archaeologists in Israel Find a 1,500 Year Old Samaritan Synagogue
JERUSALEM.- The remains of a synagogue and farmstead that operated in the Late Byzantine period, which were unknown until now, were exposed in an archaeological excavation conducted on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the …
Daniel Buren Creates an Impressive Mirror-Installation for "Synagoge Stommel
PULHEIM-STOMMELN.- On August 29, Daniel Buren will open the latest edition of the Stommeln art projects with his oeuvre “Multiplications, Work in Situ for a Synagogue.” The subtitle “in situ” – on site – which Buren bestow…
Daniel Buren Creates an Impressive Mirror-Installation for "Synagoge Stommel
PULHEIM-STOMMELN.- On August 29, Daniel Buren will open the latest edition of the Stommeln art projects with his oeuvre “Multiplications, Work in Situ for a Synagogue.” The subtitle “in situ” – on site – which Buren bestow…
Mickey Mouse Art Poster with Nazi Symbol Ignites Polish Anger
WARSAW (AP).- A huge outdoor art poster that blends Mickey Mouse’s image with that of a swastika and a nude woman’s body is causing a stir in Poland, where memories of the suffering inflicted by Nazi Germany remain strong. The poster, which went up in …