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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Hi This is Marty L Here are some observations of our tour so far.8308 Prague is on the Valtava River from the point of view of the Czech citizenry. Those in the west know of it by its German name the Moldau. The melody of Hatikva is from folk music of this region the melody was also used by Bedric Smetna in his music ldquoThe Modaurdquo and many people think that the Israeli
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen." ~Benjamin Disraeli~
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The Jewish Museum's current exhibition, "Action/Abstraction," recreates the disputatious relationship of two art critics and the artists whose work followed their criteria. It has an amazingly comprehensive review of a decisive time for American art.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Open season: Been to downtown San Francisco lately? Jessie Square, where the new Contemporary Jewish Museum is located, across from Yerba Buena Gardens, is officially open. The tranquil 40,000-square-foot plaza, replete with benches and landscaping designed...
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Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
The Jewish Museum of Berlin provides an interesting website with a concise German-Jewish history and illustrations of relevant documents and artifacts. The permanent exhibit includes the history from the time Jews reached what is contemporary Germany as traders with the Romans. The first proof is a decree from 321 CE issued by Emperor Constantine to the authorities in Cologne. The medieval
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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
San Francisco, CA - An extraordinary collection of historical, modern and contemporary artworks will be on view in the Contemporary Jewish Museum's inaugural exhibition In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis (on view through January 4, 2009). Exploring the continuing relevance of the story of creation in Genesis Chapter I, the Museum has commissioned new installations by seven significant contemporary...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Istanbul, Turkey We began our day at the offices of Zaman (Times in Turkish) newspaper. It is a national newspaper with the largest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey; 800,000 copies each day. Zaman also publishes a weekly news magazine like Newsweek and runs a news service. It also publishes an edition of their newspaper in 6 languages around...
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The Blog at 16th and Q (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Today’s post comes from the West Coast where I am accompanying my wife at the BlogHer08 Conference in San Francisco. While she was off attending panels and talks about building community online and the power of female consumers in a Web 2.0 environment, I took a busman’s holiday to the brand-new Contemporary Jewish Museum on [...]
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The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation held its 14th annual Holocaust Remembrance Project Awards Luncheon today, honoring 10 high school students who wrote essays about the Holocaust. “To remind folks in high school that these things happened, that these stories...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Plans to build a Jewish museum in Cologne are being put to the test. While originally supporting the idea, the city's mayor is now not so certain any more that the winning design is the best one to build.
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
At the brand new Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco last night, the team at European VC firm Wellington Partners celebrated the addition of an outpost in Palo Alto to their existing offices... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
