Let’s Talk About Ukraine
Despite rising death tolls, no one seems to care about Ukraine anymore. In her graphic essay, Anya Ulinich remembers her childhood trips to Donetsk and reflects on the war’s impact on her family. Click to expand.
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Jewish women have been pushing boundaries of comics for years, but 2014 proved an especially rich year for smart, challenging work from supremely talented artists. Some confront personal history. Last year, in “Letting it Go,” Miriam Katin beautifully captured her own ambivalence about visiting Germany — and the double edge every place holds for her…
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Culture The Year of the Former Soviet Author
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Forward 50 2014 Anya Ulinich
It’s been said that sophomore albums and second novels form one of the least-loved and most-overlooked categories in the arts. We remember the flashy debuts and frequently forget the inevitably disappointing follow-ups. Which is why authors and readers alike welcomed the news that Slate and the Whiting Foundation would be assembling a list of “best…
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Culture ‘Crossing Brooklyn’ Scratches Surface of Hyperlocal Potential in Hippest Borough
Oy, the Brooklyn Museum, that large white creature of Eastern Parkway, how it wants to belong and be loved! It’s nothing if not willing to change. It changed its name twice between 1997 and 2004. Ten years ago it spent millions of dollars to literally open itself up to the surrounding neighborhood, replacing its entrance…
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Culture When Anya Ulinich Plays the Dating Game
● Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel By Anya Ulinich Penguin Books, 362 pages, $18 If the title of Anya Ulinich’s graphic novel, “Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel,” sounds familiar, you are probably thinking of Bernard Malamud’s story “The Magic Barrel,” which concerns one Leo Finkle, a rabbinical student who, on the verge of ordination, must find a…
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Culture Anya Ulinich Makes Her Graphic Debut
Although her mother hasn’t read her new book, Anya Ulinich already fears the worst. When Ulinich was in the early stages of writing the novel two years ago, her mother begged her to stop. “She hates the idea of this book,” Ulinich said. Ulinich’s novel, “Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel” isn’t a salacious memoir. It’s a…
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A Sukkah, IMKHA, created by artist Tobi Kahn, for the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan is an installation consisting of 13 interrelated sculpted painted wooden panels, constituting a single work of art. Join for a panel discussion with Rabbi Joanna Samuels, Chief Executive Director of the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan, Talya Zax, Innovation Editor of the Forward, and Tobi Kahn, Artist. Moderated by Mattie Kahn.