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  • Jewish anti-fascist film thought destroyed by Nazis restored after 80 years

    10/09/2021 2:13:23 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 23 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 8/10/21 | Don Verbin
    Europa, a 1931 anti-fascist film made by a Polish Jewish couple that was thought destroyed by the Nazis, has been restored and was shown this week for the first time in 80 years. The film, shot in Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s bedroom in Warsaw, was based on Anatol Stern’s 1925 same titled poem, and was a statement about Europe’s increasing descent into violence and chaos. ..... The 12-minute film, making use of collages and photograms, is considered Poland’s first famous avant-garde film. n 1938, the couple fled to France where they left all five copies of their movie with Paris’s...
  • Manassas Mosque can import Iranian tiles with Koranic verses, Treasury rules

    08/17/2021 3:24:56 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 21 replies
    The Manassas Mosque, an Islamic worship center in Northern Virginia, will be able to claim 750 pounds of ceramic tiles inscribed with Koranic verses, the Treasury Department decided in a letter revealed Tuesday. ***** Imam Abolfazl Nahidian, spiritual leader of the Manassas Mosque, is a native of Qom who was offered the tiles during a visit to his hometown. He said, “Thank God the tiles were not re-exported and the verses of the Quran were not destroyed, and they were instead released for delivery to our mosque.”