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The 11th Jewish Film Festival opened Saturday in Jerusalem's Cinematheque. This year's festival will mark the 50th anniversary for the classic Hollywood production of the "Diary of Anne Frank." Full Article at Ynetnews
Numa altura em que se fazem e consultam listas de presentes, a Rua da Judiaria sugere aqui uma lista de dez livros, para tornar as festas verdadeiramente felizes. Full Article at Rua da Judiaria
I’ve been meaning to write about several things, but theodicy keeps getting in the way. Today will be the last of three successive posts on the topic. Full Article at Why Evolution Is True
All prices are based on a three-night trip departing on 30 December. Getting there: BMI (0844 8484 888; flybmi.com) has flights from London Heathrow from £196. The train takes four hours 16 minutes but the only available tickets for New Year cost £342. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
The Hague -- Five saplings from a chestnut tree that Jewish teenager Anne Frank wrote about in her famous World War II diary while in hiding from the Nazis were planted in the Dutch capital Friday. Full Article at Expatica
Discussing Hizbollah's recent move to get Anne Frank's diary taken off a school curriculum in Beirut, Robert Fisk has some more general observations about Arab anti-Semitism. To his credit he condemns it. Full Article at normblog
about how Scott was inspired by Anne Frank. SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / BRETT CRAWFORD Speaker Brandie Orozco, 27, of Colorado, speaks to students at St. Bernard High School in Fitchburg during a "Rachel's Challenge" assembly presentation on Friday. Full Article at Sentinel & Enterprise
"It is a symbol of hope and freedom, and with these saplings we can share that hope and freedom with the whole world,” said Amsterdam city councillor Marijke Vos just before planting the saplings in the Amsterdamse Bos park. Full Article at Deutsche Welle
The old adage that a woman belongs in the kitchen is today considered a most negative and chauvinistic stereotype, so it's quite the surprise that the very first sentence of the first chapter of The Joy of Eating is Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto's... Full Article at China Post
AMSTERDAM - The ancient chestnut tree that cheered up Jewish teenager Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis is dying, but its descendants will live on, thanks to a planting campaign now underway. Full Article at Boston Globe
AMSTERDAM -- The ancient chestnut tree that cheered up Jewish teenager Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis is dying, but thanks to a planting campaign now under way its descendants will live on around the globe. Full Article at Myrtle Beach Sun News
The chestnut tree that cheered Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis is dying, but a planting campaign will put 150 saplings from the tree in a nearby park. Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There is no doubt that Israel’s use of the Holocaust to suppress any legitimate criticism of Israel’s current brutality towards the Palestinians has much to do with this. Full Article at Truth Dig
Amsterdam city councilwoman Marijke Vos on Friday planted the first of 150 saplings from the tree that will go into the Amsterdamse Bos park. Full Article at N.J. Courier-Post Online
AMSTERDAM - Saplings from a tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid with her family from the Nazis are being planted in an Amsterdam park amid concerns about the health of the 150-year-old white horse chestnut. Full Article at Vancouver Sun
Sapling from Anne Frank tree planted in Amsterdam The Associated Press Peter Dejong Residents and staff of the Jewish home for the elderly Beth Shalom are seen next to the the seedling of the Anne Frank Tree which was planted in Amstelveen, on the... Full Article at KansasCity.com
AMSTERDAM -- A park in Amsterdam has begun planting 150 saplings from an ancient chestnut tree that once cheered Anne Frank as her family hid from the Nazis. Full Article at The State
AMSTERDAM A park in Amsterdam has begun planting 150 saplings from an ancient chestnut tree that once cheered Anne Frank as her family hid from the Nazis. Full Article at FOX News
You've probably already seen up-and-comer Ellie Kendrick on the bigscreen, though you may not have realized it. The 19-year-old Brit played Tina, one of Carey Mulligan's school friends in "An Education." Full Article at Variety
The Holocaust is one of a handful of subjects about which Jim Lucot's history students are usually the most curious. "A lot of them start the class with many misconceptions. Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
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NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Director George Stevens Jr speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Ambassador William Van Den Heuvel speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Ambassador William Van Den Heuvel speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Director George Stevens Jr speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Host of Turner Classic Movies, Robert Osborne speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Actress Tovah Feldshuh attends the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: (L-R) Actress Diane Baker, actress Millie Perkins and Host of Turner Classic Movies, Robert Osborne speak during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Host of Turner Classic Movies, Robert Osborne (R) speaks beside actress Millie Perkins during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Frank Majoor speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Frank Majoor speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Actress Tovah Feldshuh attends the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Award recipient Jesse Schmitt speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Award recipient Ellen Kennedy attends the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Award recipient Ellen Kennedy attends the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Award recipient Jesse Schmitt speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Jack Polak attends the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Award recipient Time Salem speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Award recipient Rick Jones speaks at the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Award recipient Tara Suri attends the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: (L-R) Co-chairman of the AFC-USA Stephen F. Stander, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Frank Majoor and Michiel Schuit attend the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: (L-R) Ambassador William Van Den Heuvel, actress Millie Perkins, actress Diane Baker and director George Stevens Jr attend the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Robert Gladstone (L) and Marie Claire Gladstone attend the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Radio host Leonard Lopate (L) and director George Stevens Jr attend the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Director George Stevens Jr (L) and ambassador William Van Den Heuvel attend the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Sybil Rosenberg (L) and Ina Polak attend the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Ambassador William Van Den Heuvel speaks during the 13th annual Spirit of Anne Frank awards gala at The Pierre Hotel on June 15, 2009 in New York City.
View Photo »It feels as if we are allowing a part of Anne Frank’s hopes and dreams to grow on in the Amsterdam Bos
When I was of middle school age, I became obsessed with the Holocaust ... I think it started with watching the film ‘The Diary of Anne Frank,’ and after that I started to read things by people like Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi all through my middle school to high school years. I don’t know what it was tha...
The law [banning Israeli goods] talks about the State of Israel: the Israeli flag, Israeli institutions, the Israeli entity, as a nation ... Anne Frank is not Israeli. Anne Frank is part of world literature.
They’re these black kids living around these Upper West Side Jews. They’ve read ‘Anne Frank’ a hundred times, and they’ve never read ‘Roots.’
In the original script, (Anne's) character was reduced to just a bubbly, universal teenager ... The historical truth is that Anne Frank was a prodigy -- a keen observer and a nuanced thinker. Had she lived, I think she would have gone on to be a celebrated writer.
The adaptation represents a real consistent reworking of the show in ways that improve it tremendously ... It restores the character of Anne Frank, which had been simplified in the original text.
Interestingly, those at the Reform camps were also most likely to select the symbol of Anne Frank, indicating a somewhat difference attitude towards the Holocaust that that of the Orthodox campers, who were more likely to select Auschwitz as symbolic of their Jewish identity
That tree has been the source of inspiration for persecuted and victimized people starting with Anne Frank. She used to look out the window and see the tree and the hope of different seasons as she saw the seasons change
Being in Seattle and being so far away from Anne Frank and Amsterdam — to have something like this in Seattle just connects us globally and reminds us that any community is in danger of falling into intolerance ... I think an act like this came as a surprise to everyone in the area, that something like ...
Yo Balloon Boy, I'm a let you finish, but Anne Frank had the best attic hideout spot of all time.
Stories like 'The Diary of Anne Frank' are incredibly important to any society. Anne Frank's story endures so well because it affects its audience on two very distinct levels. There is such a profound tragedy to the Anne's life, and yet there is also an incredible and profound hope
I had become increasingly impatient with the notion of Anne Frank as the perky teenage messenger of peace and love . . .
compulsive point of view of someone who can't hear the necessary changes that are in the air...He feels that the fragility of the Jewish state is embodied in this woman's belief system - her desire that all people are good, but his terror at the same time that the state of Israel and all Jews could be a...
The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist on a channel dedicated to her on YouTube. The channel also features clips of others, including her late father Otto and Nelson Mandela, talking about Anne.
We hope this YouTube channel will help broaden the reach of the Anne Frank House, its educational power and its message of tolerance
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