Новости за 06.03.2017

Remember when Natalie Portman announced she wouldn’t be attending the Most Historic Oscars of All Time (if only we knew then what we know now), on account of being “too pregnant,” despite her Best Actress nomination for Jackie? Many of us (and by many of us I mean me, myself and I) became concerned as to what this might mean for her safety. Might Natalie be suffering from some sort of terrible complication like preeclampsia or a placental or umbilical issue? Was she on bed rest? Had she ballooned... Читать дальше...

According to Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-Florida)—the chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security who led a two-day delegation to Israel over the weekend—President Trump is likely to announce in June that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will relocate to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. DeSantis said he expected the move will be announced within months and stressed that it will signal to the world that the U.S. stands by its allies.

According to Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-FL)—the chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security who led a two-day delegation to Israel over the weekend—President Trump is likely to announce in June that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will relocate to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. DeSantis said he expected the move will be announced within months and stressed that it will signal to the world that the U.S. stands by its allies.

Last night’s episode of Girls was another excellent piece of television, and boy, does it pack a punch. If the rest of the final season maintains the high standard that these first four episodes have set, Girls will live on in television history as a masterful chronicle of twentysomething New York (somewhat Jewish) culture.

The Jewish Museum celebrated its annual Purim Ball on February 22 at the cavernous Park Avenue Armory, which was decorated with a ceiling-to-floor installation of multicolored streamers and shapes, eliciting oohs and ahhs from the more than 700 festive guests as they mingled with dancing giant anthropomorphic Purim Puppets on stilts.

“I have met only a very few people—and most of these were not Americans—who had any real desire to be free,” James Baldwin wrote in The Fire Next Time. “Freedom is hard to bear. It can be objected that I am speaking of political freedom in spiritual terms, but the political institutions of any nation are always menaced and are ultimately controlled by the spiritual state of that nation. We are controlled here by our confusion, far more than we know, and the American dream has therefore become... Читать дальше...

If you encountered Andrea Bern, the protagonist of Jami Attenberg’s new novel, All Grown Up, in a different kind of story—say, a Hollywood romantic comedy—you would know exactly what fate had in store for her. After all, Andrea is a single woman on the cusp of 40; doesn’t her story have to end with her getting married? “You don’t have to be with anyone. It doesn’t define your worth,” says Indigo, her best friend. But so many influences are constantly telling women the opposite, and Andrea herself isn’t sure. Читать дальше...