Much Ado About Doing
Jean-Paul Sartre, in his existentialist play No Exit, posits that what you have actually done—not what you have been—is what defines your life. In Hebrew,
In Vienna, Missing No More
Artist Ruth Beckerman conceived of a way to complete the humiliating scene of a Jew lying face down scrubbing the floor, brush in hand, by including looped video…
A Bridge Between Heaven and Earth
The 1,300-foot bridge in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Hunan Province is at a dizzying height of more than 1,000 feet.
A Rock ‘n’ Roller’s Jewish Soul
Virtuoso guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, great-grandson of a Torah scribe, has spent the last two decades exploring his Jewish roots.
The Past Is Present
Scratch yesterday and you will often find today just below the surface. It’s easy to link the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil
Advanced Style
Blogger and photographer Ari Seth Cohen is redefining fashion and aging. His photoblog Advanced Style, (as well as his recent book and documentary of
The Wall: A Novel
In dense stream of consciousness, protagonist Arthur Landau, a middle-class sociologist, returns home in search of his lost life only to confront a formidable psychological wall between himself…