http://jta.org/news/ en jberkman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-07-09T19:42:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/30/1006235/where-are-europes-top-10-on-restitution Dinah Spritzer http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/30/1006235/where-are-europes-top-10-on-restitution#When:15:14:01Z A survey of 10 European Union countries where claimants of looted art, communal property or private property face serious obstacles. Frontpage Sub Headline, Arts & Culture, World, Sub Headline 2009-06-30T15:14:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/30/1006224/jackson-and-the-jews Tom Tugend http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/30/1006224/jackson-and-the-jews#When:13:13:01Z Michael Jackson’s life was full of contradictions, and the late singer's relationship with Jews and the Jewish community was no exception. Frontpage Lead Image, Arts & Culture, Sub Headline 2009-06-30T13:13:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/29/1006213/michael-jackson-and-the-jewish-nose Ruth Ellen Gruber http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/29/1006213/michael-jackson-and-the-jewish-nose#When:19:09:00Z Like Michael Jackson's physical transformations, an exhibition about physical stereotyping of Jews reminds us of what we see -- and what we don't -- when we stereotype minorities. Frontpage Sub Headline, Arts & Culture, Lead Headline 2009-06-29T19:09:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/10/1005796/four-questions-for-dan-wolf http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/10/1005796/four-questions-for-dan-wolf#When:19:54:00Z Performer Dan Wolf discusses his hip-hop exploration of racism in the Jewish- and African-American experience. Arts & Culture, Sub Headline 2009-06-10T19:54:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/08/1005731/being-jewish-in-france-misses-nuances Symi Rom-Rymer http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/08/1005731/being-jewish-in-france-misses-nuances#When:15:35:00Z The new documentary film fails to address the contradictions inherent in French Jewish life, writes Symi Rom-Rymer. Jewish Life, Sub Headline, Arts & Culture 2009-06-08T15:35:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/04/1005542/the-show-must-go-on Amy Klein http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/04/1005542/the-show-must-go-on#When:14:39:00Z Despite a bleak economy, American Jewish theater companies attempt to tackle issues of identity. Arts & Culture, Lead Headline 2009-06-04T14:39:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/01/1005539/cultural-world-celebrates-diary-of-anne-frank http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/01/1005539/cultural-world-celebrates-diary-of-anne-frank#When:16:52:00Z A flurry of events will accompany what would have been Anne Frank's 80th birthday. Arts & Culture, Sub Headline 2009-06-01T16:52:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/01/1005521/holocaust-museum-propaganda-exhibit-has-modern-echoes Ron Kampeas http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/01/1005521/holocaust-museum-propaganda-exhibit-has-modern-echoes#When:06:18:00Z A special exhibition at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum examines the Nazis use of propaganda from the early 1920s to 1932 and beyond, raising unsettling questions -- especially after the recent Bush and Obama campaigns -- about the perils of resorting to emotional political appeals to sway the masses. Frontpage Lead Image, Arts & Culture, Sub Headline 2009-06-01T06:18:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/22/1005375/shes-jewish-shes-poor-and-her-name-is-rebecca Sue Fishkoff http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/22/1005375/shes-jewish-shes-poor-and-her-name-is-rebecca#When:17:06:00Z It’s official: The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish-American girl who lives with her family on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1914. Frontpage Lead Image, Arts & Culture, Sub Headline 2009-05-22T17:06:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/21/1005341/jewish-woman-wins-arab-poetry-prize Toby Axelrod http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/21/1005341/jewish-woman-wins-arab-poetry-prize#When:15:50:00Z Using a pseudonym, a Jewish woman won an Arab poetry contest in Holland. Frontpage Sub Headline, Arts & Culture, Lead Headline 2009-05-21T15:50:00-05:00