Why? It’s one on a list of German institutions that, the conservative Israeli government says, are promoting anti-Israeli activity or sentiment. But “Tamar Zandberg, leader of the left-wing Meretz party, which sits in the opposition, decried what she called Mr. Netanyahu’s ‘obsession’ with pursuing and censoring ideological opponents all the way to the Jewish Museum in Berlin.” – The New York Times
Author: ArtsJournal2
When Childhood ‘Kitchen Yiddish’ Comes In Really Handy
That time is when you get to play Yente in the Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof. “People are so taken by the communication of the story and hearing it in this language.” – NPR
How Can Theatres Deal With Generational Changes, Take Risks, And Work With Failure?
Two artistic directors try to figure it out. Joanna Pfaelzer is the soon-to-be incoming AD of the Berkeley Rep: “When we look at the twenty-year-olds and the thirty-year-olds in our field, they’re thinking about collaboration, about the process of how and why and you make work together, in a much broader way. They’re going to demand that of the institutions, and the structures are going to have to adapt to their vision, and they should.” – HowlRound
‘Silent Night’ Is Turning 200 [VIDEO]
Yes, there is a Stille Nacht Museum in the town in Austria where the carol was first sung in 1818. (And it does have the original guitar on which it was played.) – BBC
If You Delete Facebook, Should You Also Delete Instagram And Whatsapp?
Maybe. If you’re hard-core. “If your goal is to opt out of Facebook’s digital surveillance apparatus altogether, then you probably should quit Instagram and Whatsapp too—along with Messenger and Oculus VR. But beware that you won’t have totally escaped the social network.” – Slate
The Full Story Behind The Most Famous Photo Of Our Only Planet
The photo turns 50 years old on Christmas Eve this year, but why did it affect humanity’s view of the Earth so strongly? The photo – called “Earthrise” – “with its incontestable beauty, a beauty that had needed no eye of a beholder for billions of years, … caught the human heart by surprise.” – The Guardian (UK)
A Christmas Without Enough Paper Books As Printers Run Into A Bottleneck
Turns out a banner year for publishing (which is what 2018, improbably, turned into) means that printers are running as fast as they can, and it’s not fast enough. That’s “creating a backlog that has led to stock shortages of popular titles.” (They do have these things called ebooks and audiobooks? But … anyway.) – The New York Times
How Does An Art Museum’s Conservation Scientist Do His Job? [AUDIO]
A great way to end the podcast year: MoMA senior conservation scientist Chris McGlinchey talks “about all the complex machines he uses, the extremely tiny scale conservators work on, and figuring out how to fill the museum with sugar cane that won’t rot.” – Slate
Yes, International Audiences Can Appreciate – And Spend Money On – ‘Minority’ Actors And Movies
Though Tyler Perry movies aren’t popular overseas, three movies from this year of U.S. cinema have shown that it’s time for a Hollywood industry shift on actors of color. Check the numbers for Black Panther, Crazy Rich Asians, and BlackKlansman, and it’s all too obvious that “conventional wisdom” is about as unwise as you can get. – The New York Times
Facing Campus Protests, ‘Hamilton’ In Puerto Rico Moves Into The City Of San Juan
Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to return to the stage in this version, which abruptly moved to a theatre in the capital city after producer Jeffrey Seller determined that there wouldn’t be enough police protection on campus. Seller “said he welcomed activism — noting that Hamilton, a show about the American Revolution, is essentially a celebration of protest.” – The New York Times