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Taking the A Train to ‘The Fourth Reich’

By A.J. Goldmann

In 2008, the German city of Munich celebrated its 850th birthday amid much fanfare, and various cultural institutions were asked to mark the occasion. When the recently opened Jewish Museum was approached, it reacted with ambivalence. Indeed, for nearly half the history of Munich — more than 400 years — Jews were excluded from taking part in the life of the city.Read More

Excuse Me, Have You Seen My Alps?

By A.J. Goldmann

Before embarking on a trip to Switzerland in the 1880s, the great rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch is reported to have said, “When I shall stand before God, the Eternal One will ask me with pride: Did you see my Alps?”Read More

New Life for Arthur Szyk

By A.J. Goldmann

As one of World War II’s most widely circulated propagandists, Arthur Szyk fought the National Socialist regime and the Axis powers with all the venom his pen and brush could muster. After successful exhibits of Szyk’s work in Washington, D.C., and Berlin, the artist returns to New York for the first time in more than 30 years. Arthur Szyk: Illuminated New York is on view until April 26 at the Broome Street Gallery in SoHo and is the latest contribution to the rediscovery of this once ever-present but now largely forgotten artist.Read More

Breakthrough After Breakthrough: Israeli Film History in Motion

By A.J. Goldmann

One of the few surprises of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony was the snub of Ari Folman’s “Waltz With Bashir,” the animated film about the First Lebanon War that seemed poised to win Israel its first ever statuette for best foreign film. Instead, the Oscar went unexpectedly (some might say inexplicably) to the Japanese film “Departures.”Read More

Viewing School Through a Biblical Lens

By A.J. Goldmann

A visitor to the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin’s new show of contemporary American art, Freeway Balconies, might be taken aback by the exhibition’s first piece: a luminous black-and-white photograph of a yarmulke-clad boy interacting familiarly with a girl who’s wearing a long skirt. The caption reads: “The Garden of Eden.” The photo is one of four by Rachel Rabhan in the exhibition of Jewish high-school students enacting scenes from the Bible. The photos, part of a larger a series called Divine Gesture, explore aspects of Jewish identity, storytelling and life at the Ramaz Upper School in Manhattan, where Rabhan teaches art.Read More


 

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