Category: People
Nudes in the Attic
Remarkable drawings in a ‘new’ form by the veteran artist Hannah Frank have been discovered just before her centenary exhibition opens on her 100th birthday – 23 August. Visitors to the ‘Hannah Frank, A Glasgow Artist 100th Birthday Exhibition’ now have a chance to see this significant new discovery of …
Help for Small Synagogues
Having problems getting someone to lead your Shabbat or Yom Tov services? Tephilharmonic could help. Arising from discussions at the 1st European Cantors’ Convention organised by the JMI in 2006, a nucleus of practitioners and enthusiasts have set up Tephilharmonic with the aim of preserving and developing traditional synagogue music …
Esther Ofarim
Esther Ofarim sings Veotach in Hamburg 1998 Esther Ofarim has had a long and distinguished solo career after splitting from her husband Abi. She continues to perform primarily in Israel and Germany. In the English speaking countries she seems to have fallen somewhat out of sight. But thanks to Youtube …
Sarah Aroeste
Sarah Aroeste started attending music school at age 12. Sarah spent the next 10 years (including her 4 years at Yale University) training as a classical singer. During that time she won several competitions and sang in various international venues, most notably Tanglewood Music Festival and the Israel Vocal Arts …
The Choice – Laura Blumenfeld
Tuesday 25 September 2007 09:00am & 21.30pm BBC Radio 4 Michael Buerk interviews the American journalist, Laura Blumenfeld, who talks about her decision to track down the man who shot her father. Laura was a student when her father, a New York Rabbi, was shot in the head by a …
Interview: Noam Galit
Noam Galit is the father of Gilad Shalit, a corporal in the IDF, who has been a captive of Hamas for the last six months. Noam Galit could be said to represent Israel’s silent majority. Israeli journalist Lisa Goldman has published a fascinating interview with Noam, which you can read …
Whitby get Jewish Mayor
Dr Stacey Daniels has become the first Jewish mayor of Whitby, the small fishing port in North Yorkshire – the Jewish Chronicle reports. Dr Daniels and his wife are believed to be the only practicing Jews in the town, but still maintain a full Jewish way of life and attend …
Brian Viner – from seaside to countryside
In a few weeks time Brian Viner brings his new book to Southport. Brian Viner was raised in Southport and attended King George V School. In 1980 he left, first to live in Paris for a year then to attend St Andrews University. After that he studied at Emory University …
Glasgow artist Hannah Frank is 96 but…
…she is only now receiving recognition for a lifetime’s work. A retrospective of her work is touring the country. She has recently been interviewed on BBC Radio and a short video is currently being made.