Deby Medrez Pier
ARTICLES BY: Deby Medrez Pier
Art Exhibition: Kehinde Wiley at The Jewish Museum of New York
Kehinde Wiley is a New York-based portrait painter, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of contemporary urban men in heroic poses. Wiley will be having an exhibition of...
5,000 Goodie Baskets for Israeli Soldiers on Purim
The Zionist Organization of America's (ZOA) Brooklyn Region will be distributing 5,000 Mishloach Manot (picture below) baskets to Israeli soldiers serving on bases in Israel...
Adolf Hitler’s Lost Paintings Uncovered in Czech Republic
As a former artist, Hitler was an art lover and collector and countless paintings, many done by major European painters, were seized by the Nazis...
Klout: The Top 10 #Jewish “Influencers”
People have always had the power to influence others, and that power is being democratized with new social media tools. Klout's analysis is done on data...
Jewish Contenders at the Oscars
"Footnote" is a film written and directed by Joseph Cedar and is Israel's 10th nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards. Cedar considers...
Wild London Fashion Party Thrown by Jewish Designer Stella McCartney (VIDEO)
This is not the first time that a McCartney shook up the world with innovation. Jewish designer Stella McCartney ( daughter of Paul McCartney) excited the fashion...
Mormon Church Continues its Posthoumous Baptisms of Holocaust Victims with Anne Frank
At a place of worship of the Mormon Church, Anne Frank was baptized last Saturday, posthumously. This was revealed on Wednesday to the U.S. media...
US Jews Rank High in Religiosity and Well-Being Survey
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey conducted 676,080 random telephone interviews with adults aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District...
Race, Religion and DNA
The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA By Jeff Wheelwright W.W. Norton and Company, 260 pages, $26.95 "From breast cancer to secret Jewish rituals,...
Who is Jodi Rudoren? …Incoming NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief
Who is Jodi Rudoren? Until February 14th she was the head of the Education bureau for The New York Times. Now, she is to become the ...
Venezuela’s Next President Could be Son of Holocaust Survivors
On Sunday, February 12th, Henrique Capriles Radonski won the primary elections in Venezuela, solidifying his candidacy for the presidency of Venezuela in this years October...
Top 10 Romantic Sites in Israel
A series of Jewish rulings have been written in response to the question of whether the Jewish tradition permits the celebration of holidays such as...
Fox Latin America Poll: Who Killed Jesus?
A staffer for Fox Latin America recently posted a poll on the network's Facebook page inquiring with the audience about who they think was responsible...
