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Art A risk-taking photographer who addressed his own suffering by documenting the sufferings of others
David 'Chim' Seymour captured images of refugee children, as well as Audrey Hepburn and Gina Lollobrigida
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News A Long Island synagogue’s renovations uncover a massive work of art
At the High Holidays, many Merrick Jewish Centre congregants will get a first look at a forgotten treasure
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Culture What’s a Christian unicorn like that doing in a Jewish marriage contract like this?
A new exhibit about the Jews of Corfu offers some surprising insights into Jewish art and practices
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Art How come you’ve never heard of these Jewish artists?
This exhibition says it’s partly because they’re women
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Art The Nazis recorded everything they stole. One artist is mining their archives for something new.
Lisa Oppenheim’s solo exhibition inverts Nazi archival photos to make the absence of stolen objects and stolen lives feel tangible
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Art A new New York law requires museums to label art looted by Nazis — but is it constitutional?
Some legal scholars say the law is an example of ‘compelled speech’ and may violate the First Amendment
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Art How a Holocaust survivor from Slovakia became a modern-day Chagall
93-year-old Tibor Spitz found a second (or maybe a third) life as an artist
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Art New York state wants museums to label their Nazi looted art. Will anything change?
The new law aims to educate museum-goers about the history behind certain artwork. But it doesn't account for the labyrinthine world of restitution.
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