My Silence Ended With a Rhyme Sarah Pogreb is a phenomenon of world literature. She started writing poetry at the age of 60 and immediately received recognition from prominent Russian poets David Samoilov and Yuri Levitansky. Sarah was “discovered” by the famous actor Zinovy Gerdt who admired her work until the end of his life. In 1991, at the age of...
My Silence Ended With a Rhyme Sarah Pogreb is a phenomenon of world literature. She started writing poetry at the age of 60 and immediately received recognition from prominent Russian poets David Samoilov and Yuri Levitansky. Sarah was “discovered” by the famous actor Zinovy Gerdt who admired her work until the end of his life. In 1991, at the age of...
My Silence Ended With a Rhyme Sarah Pogreb is a phenomenon of world literature. She started writing poetry at the age of 60 and immediately received recognition from prominent Russian poets David Samoilov and Yuri Levitansky. Sarah was “discovered” by the famous actor Zinovy Gerdt who admired her work until the end of his life. In 1991, at the age of...
Bitter Paradise Jewish sculptor Teresa Feodorowna Ries was born in Budapest on January 30, 1866, and is considered one of Austria’s most influential and important artists. She was not only a celebrated and gifted sculptor, but also a pioneer for women’s rights and emancipation. She was considered a kind of pop star of the time, who cleverly...
What She Lost What She Lost is the second episode of a documentary series in which the stories of the Holocaust are shared by the 2nd and 3rd Generations.
What She Lost What She Lost is the second episode of a documentary series in which the stories of the Holocaust are shared by the 2nd and 3rd Generations.
Nina’s Children Nina’s Children tells the story about a Jewish orphanage in Oslo during World War II, and Nina Hasvoll Meyer, the woman who rescued the children and became like a mother to them. The children came to Oslo in 1938 and 1939 from Austria and Czechoslovakia. One of the children is the film directors father, Berthold...
THROUGH THE DARKNESS THROUGH THE DARKNESS illuminates the relationship between two Jewish Austrian artistic geniuses: a story that would change their lives and modern culture forever. In 1907, the aspiring composer Arnold Schoenberg made friends with the brilliant and unknown painter Richard Gerstl. Gerstl and Schoenberg not only shared a passion for art, but also a love for...
Out of Exile – The Photography of Fred Stein “Out of Exile– the Photography of Fred Stein” asks the question: How can these iconic photographs be so familiar, yet no one knows the name of the photographer? It begins in upheaval: exiled from Nazi Germany, Fred Stein finds himself in 1930s Paris, destitute. He looks for a way to support himself – photography. And...
The United States of Fashion Designer Elie Tahari Fashion Designer and Mogul Elie Tahari, has been living the American Dream for more than 50 years. He came to New York, from Israel, in 1971 with less than $100 in his pocket, slept on benches in Central Park, and went on to build a billion-dollar fashion empire. “The United States of Elie Tahari” is...