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From Chicago headlines, an eminent composer births a new opera about Nazi-looted art
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 3 hours agoRare is the opera that tells a Chicagoan’s story. Before It All Goes Dark follows a man seeking to...
Lawmakers call on state to reprimand Muslim prayer leader for anti-Jewish comments
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“This is an abuse of power and this country has a law that applies to everyone equally” wrote Dr....
It’s horrifying what’s happened to Ukrainians with disabilities during Russia’s war – we cannot...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTHE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF UKRAINE: Comment: Reporting on the kidnapping and abuse of the most...
Staged beach battles June 22 to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
ABC57· 3 days agoNext month will mark the 80th anniversary of Project Neptune, the allied attack on the beaches of...
How my story about Nazi-looted art inspired an opera by one of America's greatest composers
The Forward· 3 days agoLater this month, Before It All Goes Dark – by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer — ...
Mark Caldwell: Profiles of Valor: Roddie Edmonds
The Chattanoogan· 7 days agoRoderick “Roddie” Edmonds was a native of Knoxville, Tennessee. In December 1944, then-Master Sergeant Edmonds was deployed to the German warfront with...
Trump effort to paint Biden as weak on antisemitism sets aside his own past rhetoric
Market Watch· 6 days agoAmy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, called it a “deliberate tactic” to...
Defence in trial of far-right politician calls for acquittal
dpa international via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe defence in the trial of German far-right politician Björn Höcke has called for him to be...
Emcee Squared: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne on ‘Cabaret’
New York Times· 2 days agoEddie Redmayne had never seen “Cabaret” when, as a 15-year-old student at Eton, he was first cast as...
Revisiting Composers Suppressed by the Nazis
The New Yorker· 4 days agoIn April, I went to Prague for the final installment of a four-year series called Musica Non Grata, which focussed on German-speaking Jewish composers...