Laura Hodes writes about the arts frequently for the Forward and other publications.
Laura Hodes
By Laura Hodes
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Culture United across time, two superhero artists join forces to fight bigotry
Trenton Doyle Hancock confronts Philip Guston at the Jewish Museum
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Art Fiercely committed and as unapologetic as ever, this 92-year-old artist is having a moment
In a new memoir and exhibit, Audrey Flack confronts the misogyny and antisemitism of the art world
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Culture In more than 200 paintings, a tribute to the spirit of the Israeli hostages
An exhibit at Philadelphia's Weitzman Museum portrays the diversity of those held captive in Gaza
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Art How one wedding dress came to symbolize the strength of more than 2,000 Jewish women
Andi Arnovitz is one of seven contemporary artists in 'Threading,' an exhibition at the Jerusalem Biennale
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Yiddish World Magnificent new Judaica gallery at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
Among the objects: a Torah shield created in 1781-82, with images of intertwined plants and animals — some real, some fantastical.
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Culture Mike Nussbaum, the oldest working Jewish actor, tells all
The Chicago-based actor performed in David Mamet's 'American Buffalo' and 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and Arthur Miller's 'The Price'
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Art Can art help us process the atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7?
In different ways and in different eras, the work of three artists imagines the unimaginable
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Art A new golem is born with a new mission — protecting vulnerable communities and cultural history
Michael Rakowitz creates monuments from the destruction of other monuments
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