Lincoln Square Synagogue Tuesday Talks on Modern Day Issues

Karmel Melamed interviews Iranian Jewish art curator and philanthropist Shulamit Nazarian on March 9, 2010 after she successfully organized the first art exhibition of works by Iranian Jewish artists at USC’s Hillel Center. Nazarian chats about the transformation in the Iranian American Jewish community for appreciation and support of the arts. This art exhibition was unique as it was the first time different forms of art exclusively produced by six different Iranian American Jews has ever been formally exhibited in public.
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Last Night’s TV – The Savoy, BBC2; Art of Germany, BBC4; Ian Hislop’s Age of the Do-Gooders, BBC2
You didn’t need to have a head for statistics to enjoy The Savoy , the first of two documentaries about the preposterously expensive refurbishment of the celebrated London hotel, but it certainly helped. Loss per week of closure after the re-opening was delayed for more than a year: £650,000. Number of applications for 600 jobs: 28,000. Number of rooms: 268. Cost per room of the refit: £800,000 …
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