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Art He made 613 paintings of commandments and 915 collages of proverbs — but who’s got room to show them all?
Like RIchard Dreyfuss in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' Archie Rand feels compelled to create
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Culture In Princess Diana’s red dress, a symbol of the Jewish rise to prominence in the UK shmatta business
A Museum of London exhibit pays homage to the Jews who helped to create outfits for everyday folk as well as the likes of Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie
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Art After the war broke out, Sara Erenthal kept making art — in the name of peace
The artist's new exhibition situates viewers in a big, diverse protest against the Israel-Hamas war
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Culture An Israeli artist poses a bold question — what if Othello wasn’t at the center of ‘Othello’
Tel Aviv-based artist Hilla Ben Ari reimagines 'The Moor's Pavane' by focusing on the key women characters
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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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