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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 Jewish artist so gifted, he could even teach a stone to paint
The ever-evolving impressionist Camille Pissarro is the subject of Anka Muhlstein's latest book
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Art Why did Judy Chicago take so long to acknowledge the importance of her Judaism?
Feminist artist Judy Chicago's massive retrospective at the New Museum leaves out her history
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Art A Jewish family story about defending a kibbutz in 1948 takes on new meaning
Before the war broke out, 'Brothers Keeper' was intended to be a comic book honoring a filmmaker's grandfather
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Culture One of the world’s greatest artists painted my great-grandmother’s portrait — but who was Selma Fontheim?
The search to find the history behind two portraits painted by Edvard Munch
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Culture How American Jews have managed to survive a history of antisemitism and bigoted fanaticism
'Acts of Faith,' an exhibit at the New York Historical Society, explores the history of religion and prejudice in America
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Culture How Superman, Captain America and a little-known Hollywood star fought the Nazis
Jewce at the Center for Jewish History explores Jewish origins and themes in the comic book industry
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Art A very untraditional bat mitzvah tallit holds the key to tradition
For her daughter's bat mitzvah, artist Mindy Stricke wove a symbolic web of tradition and ancestry
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Fast Forward The World War II origins of the White House East Wing, now demolished
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