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Tag: Czech Republic

0 Holocaust Art

How my story about Nazi-looted art inspired an opera by one of America's greatest composers

Howard Reich in Forward · 14 May

A series of articles by Howard Reich published in the Chicago Tribune more than two decades ago about Nazi-looted art has inspired an opera titled "Before It All Goes Dark" by renowned composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer.

0 History Communities

Czech it out – the best city breaks in Czechia apart from Prague

Anthea Gerrie in Jewish Chronicle · 12 Apr

Czechia offers more than just Prague as a travel destination, with cities like Brno and Olomouc providing rich cultural heritage, architectural gems, and significant Jewish history.

0 Television/Film Literature

Is Adam Sandler's Kafkaesque Tarkovskyesque Kubrickesque Netflix sci-fi drama better than it sounds?

Dan Friedman in Forward · 5 Mar

In the Netflix sci-fi drama "Spaceman," Adam Sandler plays Jakub Procházka, a man on a solo mission to investigate a mysterious space cloud named Chopra.

0 Music Holocaust

Secret Holocaust poems set to music by survivor’s granddaughter

What Matters Now · 20 Sep 2022

Lenka Lichtenberg discusses her album "Thieves of Dreams: Songs of Theresienstadt's Secret Poetess," which transforms the Holocaust-era poems of her grandmother, Anna Hana Friesova, into music.

0 Literature Culture

Kafka Would Love ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’

Forward · 5 Jul 2019

In "Spider-Man: Far From Home," Peter Parker travels to Prague where his superhero duties clash with his desire for a normal life, drawing parallels to Kafka's themes of societal expectations and guilt.

0 Israel Antisemitism

Miloš Zeman and the Czech Tradition of Supporting Israel When It Matters

Edward N. Luttwak in Tablet · 22 Jan 2018

Czech President Milo Zeman's support for Israel, following a tradition that began with the country's founding president Thomas Masaryk, who championed Jewish causes in the face of anti-Semitism.

0 Holocaust History

Israeli Historian Otto Dov Kulka Tells Auschwitz Story of a Czech Family That Never Existed

Anna Hájková in Tablet · 30 Oct 2014

Israeli historian Otto Dov Kulka's book "Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death," based on his experience as a child in Auschwitz, is praised for its poetic and reflective tone.

0 Food Culture

How To Make the Ultimate Hamantaschen for Purim

Joan Nathan in Tablet · 20 Feb 2013

Hamantaschen, the triangular cookies associated with Purim, are a relatively new addition to Jewish cuisine, originating in Bohemia two to three centuries ago.