A long slog but after almost 2 and a half years of construction and delays due to the pandemic berlins Jewish Museum has a new core exhibition. Germanys culture minister has high hopes for the opening. The opening of a new permanent exhibition marks the beginning of a new era in this place which is so important for us all. As space has been created where jewish people can recognize their own lived experience and when non jewish visitors can also read and learn about the richness of jewish culture and German Jewish relations. There are also high hopes for the museums new director hetty beg she took over in april and has an exciting and challenging road ahead. The Jewish Museum striking design for summit zigzag shape resembles the shattered star of david fathers a bolt of lightning. Bug attacked done your labor skinned won the commission in 1988 the year before the fall of the berlin wall. This consort not to simply design a museum but also Say Something about jewish history people aroun
Quickly beautifully in the fall President Trump says hell precious state governors to reopen schools despite coronavirus cases surging across the u. S. Chinas new security door prompts ticktock to pull out of hong kong. Facebook and google in suspending data sharing with police. And a day after to impose sanctions on 20 saudis over the killing of. Britain says it will resume arms sales to saudi arabia. Well into the sports news north of the return of formula one racing now the return of a 2 time world champion. Lined up to drive for next season the team with whom totals. Brazils president has tested positive for corona virus after months of dismissing it as a little flu even as the situation in his country deteriorated story about sonar insists he feels in good health despite a fever right when leader was taken to a Military Hospital after developing symptoms at the weekend he has repeatedly defied local guidelines to wear a mask in public and has opposed locking down the country even
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Plus is affected by these changes in our world. Theres no part of the covid crisis that hits close to home for a lot of people. Thank all of you who are following online. We would love for you to tweak along at hashed out axios events, and you can follow us on twitter at axios events. I would like to thank my events Team Colleagues who pulled this off, and Caitlin Owens who writes the daily axios vitals newsletter will be joining our conversation shortly. You can sign up for her newsletter. Thanks again to aarp. Lets plunge into earlier today i got to catch up with snort bill casey. Heres our conversation. Would like to thank arb for making this conversation possible. Our next guest is senator bob casey of pennsylvania coming to us one of the countrys most fascinating places, scranton. Senator casey a lawyer is on the finance committee and on my favorite named senate committee, help, Health Education live and pensions. Senator casey, thank you for joining this axios virtual event. Mike
Casey pennsylvania and bill cassidy of louisiana discussing the impact of coronavirus in Nursing Homes. They look at the need for increased testing and adequate medical supplies for longterm care facilities. Hello and welcome to an axios Virtual Event. I mike allen, cofounder of axios, and welcome to my home in arlington, virginia. Im right across the bridge from georgetown and at 76 degrees in here because i dont know how to fix my thermostat. Todays axios Virtual Event is on a topic that hits very close to home to me, and a no for a lot of people in the audience. Id like to thank aarp for making this conversation possible. We are going to talk about Nursing Homes in this covid moment, and more broadly, how longterm care for people 65 plus is affected by these changes in our world. Theres no part of the covid crisis that its closer to home for a lot of people. Thank all of you who are following online. We would love for you to tweet along at hashtag axios events, and you can follow us