Kunst en Cultuur
Geschiedenis

Salt and matches were needed, and most importantly trust no one

9 januari 2023 Evelina Kvartunaite 0

Growing up in Lithuania, I was painfully aware of the Holocaust, the lost people, and the broken lives of those who survived and those who were touched by the suffering. Probably for that reason I have never really sought more stories connected to this horrific period and shameful years of the history of mankind. And that’s why this book was a bit of a surprise for me.  It’s a very detailed account of a man … [Lees verder]

woman in historical costume reading book
Literatuur

Did the Lilliputians REALLY speak HEBREW?

3 januari 2023 Erga Netz 1

Before we answer this question (in the affirmative!) let’s recap: Who were the Lilliputians?* You might remember them from the children’s story you read, years and years ago, supposedly written by one Jonathan Swift, about a sea-traveler who was stranded on Lilliput, a little island, where everything was twelve times as small as in our world. Well, this is part of the truth. Next month a new book will be published, in which the whole … [Lees verder]
Muziek

Ladino, the Spanish Yiddish, an ancient culture that has a lot to teach us

3 januari 2023 Noam Vazana 0

You’ve probably heard of Hebrew and Yiddish, but did you know there’s another Jewish language out there? It’s called Ladino (or Judeo-Español) – a fun melange of Castilian Spanish and Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Turkish and some French and other Balkan languages. I see it as my personal mission to help the revival of this language and culture. If Yiddish is the language of Ashkenazi Jews, then Ladino is the language of Sephardic Jews – you … [Lees verder]

toneelbeeld uit Lehman Trilogy
Kunst en Cultuur

Lehman Trilogy, hoe de nesjomme uit het bedrijf verdween 

29 december 2022 Anita Frank 0

Onze toneelrecensent Anita Frank zag in het Internationaal Theater Amsterdam een drie-en-een-half uur durend toneelstuk over de Lehman Brothers, bekend als de eerste bank die onderuit ging in de financiële crises van 2007/2008. De Joodse broers Lehman ontvluchten in de negentiende eeuw de armoede in Europa waarna ze in de Verenigde Staten een indrukwekkend imperium opbouwen. In het midden van de negentiende eeuw emigreren de broers Hayim, Mendel en Meijer Lehmann vanuit Beieren naar Alabama, … [Lees verder]