In 1931, the renowned artist wandered into a Yemenite house of worship. The painting he created hints at his connection to the Jerusalem synagogue he visited.

The Weimaraner arrived at my Jerusalem apartment one summer day alongside my wife’s nephew—a self-styled nomad who roams the Judean Hills with his goats, sheep,

Thirty years in Jerusalem, I am still looking for Art, a once-vital part of my life in America. Art was forever sublime, a dynamic burrowing

Alberto Lecco’s forebears are there in the shadows amid the startling beauty of Rome, clustered in cramped synagogues for centuries. The bridge crossing the sparkling