The myth and songs inspired by the Jewish couple that perished in the Titanic
The Yiddish music written in memory of Isidor and Ida Straus reveals the empathy that Jews had for them
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Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, painter Alex Katz is bound for the Guggenheim in Manhattan
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The Schmooze Mass Die-In To Protest The OxyContin Sackler Family By Nan Goldin At The Guggenheim
If you were at the Guggenheim Museum on Saturday you could have caught a free new exhibit, created by Jewish artist Nan Goldin and her group “PAIN” (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now.) Around 6:30pm, flurries of fake scripts fell from the ceiling of the iconic building, proscribing Solomon R. Guggenheim 80 mg of OcyContin, to be…
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Culture Is The Guggenheim’s New Exhibit Just A Tad Too Self-Regarding?
The reason you and I are able to read almost half of Shakespeare’s plays is that two actors, John Heminge and Henry Condell, were among the first to perform them. The duo saved portions of Shakespeare’s scripts — in his era, rather than receiving the full text of a play, actors were given only their…
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Culture Doris Salcedo’s Colombian Exposition
Throughout her career, the Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has devoted herself to exploring and quietly uncovering lethally efficient acts of human cruelty. Her sculptures and public installations, which she terms “interventions,” confront instances of violence and oppression, legacies of injustices and historical perpetrations. They excavate what has been repressed and buried, and dig up what…
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Culture Of Barbie, Western Shirts, Simon Guggenheim and 8 Other Facts About Jewish Colorado
1) Colorado is home to approximately 92,000 Jews representing 1.8% of the population. 2) Denver clothing CEO Jack Weil was credited with the idea of putting snaps on Western-style shirts. 3) Born in Philadaelphia, Simon Guggenheim served for one term as a Colorado U.S. Senator from 1907-1913. 4) Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spent…
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