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The Forest - Alpha Update 0.10 Gameplay - Season 4: Part 1 - ft. Israel and West The Forest is a survival horror game where you attempt to survive after a plane crash on a mysterious island while being chased by cannibals and other horrors.
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Posted By richards on December 18, 2014
The Moscow Male Jewish Cappella, Concert in Dusseldorf Synagogue, Andor Izak, 1995
The Moscow Male Jewish Cappella, Concert in Dusseldorf Synagogue, Andor Izak, 1995 Conductor - Alexander Tsaliuk Soloists - Boris Finkelshteyn, Mikhail Segelman, Gia Beshitaishvili.
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A Very Hasidic (Jewish) Christmas - PRANK CALLS WITH BALLS! by Vincent DeMayo
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Posted By richards on December 18, 2014
Hasidic hipster #39;s wordless tunes shaking up music industry
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In the early 18th century, Jews in Europe began to commission handwritten and gorgeously decorated Hebrew books. One of the leading craftsmen of these was Aryeh Judah Leib Sofer ben Elhanan Katz of Treibitsch, known for his readable text, beautiful illustrations and page trim of gold. In 1716, he created his second full work, Ashkenazi Prayer Book for the Entire Year; Book of Psalms. Earlier this month, the nearly 300-year-old manuscript went on the block at Sothebys in New York with a price estimate of $550,000 to $750,000. It soared to $875,000.
Sothebys holds a sale of Judaica every December in New York, specifically timed for Hanukkah. This years sale, like most, included prayer books, Hagaddahs and manuscripts, synagogue objects such as Torahs, mantles, finials and crowns, and household items such as seder compendiums and menorahs. But this auction raised $6.33 million, a leap from the $2.79 million raised at 2013s sale, and well above the sales high estimate. About three out of every four works offered sold.
Whos bidding? While private collectors in the U.S.,IsraelandEuropetend to be the largest group, Sothebys senior vice president Jennifer Roth said that museums eager to address gaps in their collections have become a growing force in this market. I think it is part of museums efforts to become more diverse in their collections, she said. American museums didnt have much or any of this material before, and know that its time to acquire.
Consider that just five years ago, one of the nations great encyclopedic museums, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, had no Judaica in its collection. Then, in 2009, a retired elementary school educator from Kansas, Jetskalina Phillips, left the bulk of her estate to the MFA to support the acquisition, study, and display of the material. So, last year, the MFA acquired the Charles and Lynn Schusterman collection of Judaica, featuring over 100 examples of silver and metalwork, textiles, ceramics, paintings and sculpture, among other objects.
Jetskalina Phillips donation was a bolt out of the blue, and the Schusterman gift was part of a snowball effect, said Marietta Cambareri, curator of decorative arts and sculpture and, now, the Jetskalina H. Phillips curator of Judaica at the MFA.
The Boston MFA is just one of several institutions filling in the gaps of their collections, so to speak, with purchases of Judaica, which is defined broadly as ritual objects and other artifacts related to the history and culture of the Jewish people.
An institutional buying spree kicked off in 2013 with the sale of the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Judaica collection at auction. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem jointly acquired the Steinhardts Mishneh Torah as a private sale; The Met also purchased at auction a circa 1740 Venetian silver Torah crown for $857,000 (double its pre-sale estimate) and a pair of circa 1896 Russian silver Torah finials for $43,750 (the pre-sale estimate was $20,000-$30,000).
That same sale saw purchases by New Yorks Jewish Museum, the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the North Carolina Museum of Art. Other active institutional buyers in the Judaica market, Ms. Roth said, have been the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Sadly, very little Judaica from before the 18thcentury survives, as pogroms destroyed objects as well as people inEurope. Most of what you see for sale is 19thcentury or later, said Michael Ehrenthal, part-owner of Moriah Galleries inManhattan, which is one of the few shops in the country specializing in Judaica. Older than that, pieces are quite rare and more expensive.
The oldest lot in the most recent Sothebys sale was a 1533 proclamation in Italian listing the Privileges of the Jews of Duchy of Milan, identifying their rights to engage in commerce, lend money, live in their own communities and other practices (it sold for $8,125, against a pre-sale estimate of $6,000-8,000).
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Posted By richards on December 18, 2014
As is annual tradition, the Arkansas Times recently solicited suggestions from readers and a variety of experts on how to make Arkansas a better place to live. We present their ideas here and hope you find them as inspirational as we do. If any especially strike a chord with you, help make them happen. Many are works in progress; those that aren't only lack the right collection of advocates to be realized. See a table of contents below or read the whole thing straight through.
Establish an intra-state legislator exchange program By Ellie Wheeler
Build a planetarium in Little Rock By Kevin Delaney and Tony Hall (reported by Leslie Peacock)
Create a Regional Food Innovation Center for Central Arkansas Reported by Leslie Newell Peacock
Teach minority youth to hunt and fish By Jonathan Wilkins
Build a real workforce education system By Sen. Jane English
Use private capital to effect social change By Eric Wilson
Welcome the future wave of Gulf Coast refugees By Benjamin Hardy
Unlock the gate on the State Street overpass to connect historic West Ninth with Philander Smith College By Chris Hancock
Honor local culture through grassroots organizing By Meredith Martin-Moats
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Posted By simmons on December 18, 2014
Israel on the Brink of War ABC News contributor Col. Steve Ganyard (ret.) and the Woodrow Wilson Center #39;s Aaron David Miller on Israel #39;s battle with Hamas. By: news
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Building Collapses After Gaza Airstrike Amateur video emerged on Saturday of the moment an apartment building in downtown Gaza City was hit by Israeli missiles. (Aug. 23) Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPr.
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Palestinian millennials optimistic about their future Palestinian civil engineer Shadia Jaradat on how young people are finding success in the West Bank. By: Fox News
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Uprising Excerpt of Max Blumenthal on Israel Occupation, Israeli War on Gaza, USs Responsibility By: Uprising with Sonali
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