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Culture An activist Jewish artist who used his work to fight fascism
Arthur Szyk painted the Founding Fathers and visualized American ideals to fight fascism
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Culture A Jewish-Muslim art show builds ‘little bridges’ of coexistence
'Open Archways,' co-curated by a Muslim and a Jew, facilitates not just sharing art, but also conversations
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Culture What happens when you’re the only Jewish family in Oklahoma?
'Oklahoma Samovar,’ from Alice Eve Cohen, follows a Jewish family over generations as they try to find their place in America
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Culture She was a dancer who leapt to the top of her field — then the Trump administration fired her
Former Kennedy Center dance director Jane Raleigh is still trying to choreograph her next steps
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Art How Mussolini’s Jewish lover changed Fascist art and design
Margherita Sarfatti, known as 'the uncrowned Queen of Italy,' had a passion for Fascism and Futurism
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Culture Did crypto-Jews invent the modern tarot deck?
A new theory argues that persecuted Jews in medieval Europe concealed Judaica in tarot cards
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Culture One was born Catholic, another was a West Virginia Protestant — now they’re all making Jewish art
A compelling new exhibit focuses on artists who converted to Judaism
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Culture Hidden in Central Park, a modest installation of Holocaust art — but what was it doing there?
A discovery of a memorial to Jewish concentration camp prisoners yields questions of identity, memory and the purpose of art
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Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
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Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
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News Orthodox Jewish groups have been quiet about ICE. This Minneapolis rabbi wasn’t.
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Culture Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature
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Fast Forward NJ church deletes video of pageant featuring antisemitic character but says critics took it ‘out of context’
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Culture A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths
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