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Yiddish World Paintings of Torah study that are true works of art
In all the author’s art history graduate courses, the word ‘Jewish’ was never mentioned
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Art A friend to artists, an inspiration to students, Alex Rosenberg lived a life of activism and reinvention
The businessman-turned-gallerist has died at 103
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Culture The ephemeral beauty of a loaf of challah, immortalized in art
An archive of challahs past, ‘Parchment,’ from artist Rob Shostak, makes use of the delicate imprints each loaf leaves during the baking process
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Culture How a Black, queer, Jewish artist uses her work to change the world
The art of 24-year-old Ayeola Omolara Kaplan confronts racism, antisemitism and misogyny
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Culture Using previously unknown photographs, a new Holocaust documentary demands to be seen
In ‘From Where They Stood,’ harrowing images were taken by the concentration camp prisoners themselves
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Culture Facing the greatest challenge of his life, a beloved artist and teacher is taking a leap of faith
After suffering a stroke in 2021, Zvi Gotheiner can already envision his next moves
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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes Meet the prop maven who knows how to make any movie scene look Jewish
For more than 40 years, Suri Bieler has been defining what Jewish American life looks like on screen.
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Culture The Jewish musicals that Oscar Hammerstein never got to do
The lyricist and playwright considered writing about dybbuks but spent more time immortalizing the life of a singing nun
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Fast Forward Pacific Palisades Jews, displaced by fire, reopen their synagogue as part of returning home