How many times have you been questioned for not pursuing something "more serious"? bit.ly/2ycZrdE

Getting to perform in Balanchine's brief but enchanting ballet Valse Fantaisie stands out for corps member Kristen Segin as her most memorable moment from the 18/19 season. "That ballet is eight minutes of pure joy to dance!" she says.

This evening’s Supreme Court ruling allowing Donald J. Trump to steal military funds to spend on a wasteful, ineffective border wall rejected by Congress is deeply flawed. Our Founders designed a democracy governed by the people — not a monarchy.

More from the diplomat: We saw #Hamas & #Hezbollah tunnels originally built to kill & kidnap Israelis. We saw the Golan Heights facing Assad’s Syria. Big strategic asset for 🇮🇱. We saw Ramallah in the West Bank. Palestinian leaders live very well, indeed. How eye-opening!

Primo Levi, born on this day 100 years ago, feared that no one would believe what he had seen at Auschwitz. Today, his autobiographical book If This Is a Man is one of the most important pieces of literature documenting Nazi atrocities. Auschwitz Memorial

Update, again: This week’s Greenland ice sheet heat wave is now on pace to surpass the biggest single-day melt of the past 1,000 years. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

#TheCube | Do you remember the heatwave that gripped Europe last week? It has now reached Greenland, sparking concern among scientists over rapidly melting ice sheets - a key issue ahead being a rise in global sea level. @RosieWright99 has more.

.Большой театр's Swan Lake presented by Victor Hochhauser opens tonight on our Main Stage 👏 We can't wait to watch Tchaikovsky’s spellbinding ballet ✨ #Bolshoi

Well if #LeftHandersDay isn’t a day to be celebrated I don’t know what is. 35 years on and im still trying to master the art of writing on a whiteboard. Here’s a generic left handed stat image for you all to enjoy

In 1933, a French amateur photographer traveled to Poland. In Warsaw and Krakow, he captured scenes from some of the most important centers of Jewish life in Europe. Today, these rare photos offer us an invaluable opportunity to be part of a time which was lost in the Holocaust.

The Bialystok Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland held 50,000 Jews when it was created. On August 16th,1943, the Jewish resistance at the ghetto started a revolt. Many of the leaders of the uprising committed suicide in order to evade Nazi capture.This is their story. Auschwitz Memorial

Cantor Schwartz treats you to two renditions of "El Eliyahu," a liturgical poem attributed to Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra. The first is a Traditional Iraqi melody and the second is Traditional Indian. Both will be available on the “Havdalah” album this fall. youtu.be/mUBXZa3vzQA

Being a dancer is tough. When someone tells you "you can't", remember this... The man who evaluated Fred Astaire's first screen test wrote: "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little" #MondayMotivation

'This ballet was always on my list' 🤩 The Royal Ballet's Vadim Muntagirov, Sarah Lamb and Alexander Agadzhanov on why they love dancing Kenneth MacMillan's Manon 🌟 Book now: roh.org.uk/productions/ma… #ROHmanon

The absolutely beautiful 'Bedroom' pas de deux from Manon, featuring Marianela Núñez as Manon and Federico Bonelli as Des Grieux 😍 Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece returns to the Royal Opera House this October ✨ Book tickets: roh.org.uk/productions/ma… #ROHmanon

Religion is about cultivating a more peaceful mind, so it’s disappointing if it becomes a source of conflict. Our traditions share a common message of love and compassion, patience and tolerance. If we also remember the advice about forgiveness, there’ll be no basis for conflict.

Eleanor Roosevelt was an advocate for human rights. In a relatively unknown episode during the Holocaust, the First Lady stepped in to help Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe come into the US. Some of the refugees, who were children at the time, are still alive today.

Oy gevalt. My poor Donaleh has been banned from Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Tomorrow, Campbell's Soup will ban him from using two of their cans & a string. #TrumpCoupAttempt #MAGA #MAGATerrorists #Trump #GOP #GOPSedition #MAGAIsCancelled #TrumpBanned #TrumpRally #CoupAttempt