How a composer’s life can be a template for the West Handel statue (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Although he wrote it for Easter, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is a December fixture in concert halls across the country. According to legend, King George II was so moved during the Hallelujah chorus that he leapt to his feet,
SOUTHERN ISRAEL—On December 11, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down NASDAQ’s diversity rules for corporate boards. The rules, which had been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), required boards to have at least one member who identifies as a minority or LGBTQ. The decision was another high-profile victory for Edward Blum,
Christmas burns. It’s an inferno that would consume the entire world, if it could: a riot of color and fantastical shapes, like the ballerinas of flame that dance in a fireplace. Just a flicker that starts around November to lick at the season’s kindling, building to a blaze by early December, and roaring up into
At UCLA, Jewish students were denied equal access to campus facilities, prompting a scathing ruling from Judge Mark Scarsi State police detains a protester while clearing a anti-Israel encampment at UCLA (Mario Tama/Getty Images) President Joe Biden’s Department of Education reached an agreement with the University of California system to settle civil rights complaints that
Climate Defiance took credit for Biden’s attacks on oil and gas projects Climate Defiance protesters disrupt the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) A dark money fund backed by Hollywood elites is the lead benefactor of Climate Defiance, the environmentalist group known for blocking highways and disrupting high-profile events in Washington, D.C., and across
TEL AVIV—Israelis overwhelmingly feel safer and are prepared to take risks for peace following Donald Trump’s election as president, according to a recent poll. Three-quarters of the Israeli public says Trump will “strengthen Israel’s security,” pollsters at Agam Labs, a political consultancy affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, found last month. Even larger numbers
Polish officials said they will arrest Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in compliance with a warrant from the International Criminal Court if he attends the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. “We are obliged to respect the provisions of the International Criminal Court,” Władysław Bartoszewski, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, told Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita on