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Last Thursday A lone thief – probably not Thomas Crown – in a brazen overnight theft has stolen five paintings worth a total of $613 million. This includes works by some pretty big names in the art world. The paintings were reported missing from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, across the Seine River [...]

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If you’ve been stuck voluntarily reading a fashion blog for long enough, it is definitely always a fun trip down e-memory lane to pay tribute to its humble beginnings – and beginnings are always humble. If you just got hooked on fashion’s web-crack recently, clicking through the archives is an awesome (and sometimes funny) way [...]

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Israelis love fashion. Even briefly glimpsing the country’s major cosmopolitan spots will reveal that the pioneering days of Israel, when a T-shirt, faded shorts and sandals were appropriate for almost any occasion, are coming to an end. Style has really become an integral part of life, and Israel’s fashion designers and manufacturers are the trend [...]

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Here at My Unique Gift Idea we love seeing original functions for recycled books, so we were really psyched to see that Manhattan’s McNally Jackson Books has integrated an incredible array of bound book decor in their new renovated cafe. The independent bookseller joined forces with Front Studio to renovate the bookstore’s existing café into [...]

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Shoppers, hello! In the mood to let fashion and spirituality breath a little? I am! In a tech mood? Me too!!! Actually I was surfing the Web a little this morning and noticed that iPad reviews by tech writers have begun surfacing, most shining a positive light on Apple’s latest dooda. Walt Mossberg, the personal [...]

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Shraga Landesman is an Israeli-born artist based in Haifa. He was born in 1954 and studied painting and sculpture at Oranim College of Art and in Tel-Hai College. His work is widely exhibited in Jewish Museums in New York, Paris, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem. Shraga considers as his sources of spiritual muse, the Bible and the [...]

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Jack Jaget creates art in two main categories, Christian and Jewish. He is world famous for his book covers, wood work and religious crafts. Born and raised in the United States of America, Jack Jaget attained high levels of success as Art Director for the World Publishing Company. During his US stint he won such [...]

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This week the First Family released their official family portrait on their Flickr page. First Lady Michelle Obama appeared in the family’s latest portrait in a black dress with sleeves; contrasting the sleeveless dress which she wore in a controversial photo released last February. The latest photos were taken by Vanity Fair photographer, Annie Leibovitz. [...]

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The combination of a country rich beyond imagination from the black milk set in the earth’s crust with a need for manpower to run the oil-driven economy spells huge economic opportunity, and that’s what retailers are taking advantage of in Dubai, of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai has actually made it to the list of [...]

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A totally new and innovative approach not only to online shopping, but event organizing as well. Groupon takes the power of a group and uses it promote offers and deeply discount in-demand items using strength in numbers and the concept of a tipping point. If you go their homepage, for example, you’ll see today’s groupon [...]

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