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Painful and Piercing Public Art as Therapy
‘The hunger to create and share these works of art is a testament to the widespread trauma that grips Israeli society,’ writes Leora Eren Frucht.

‘The hunger to create and share these works of art is a testament to the widespread trauma that grips Israeli society,’ writes Leora Eren Frucht.
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The Women Fueling the Rise of #JewishTikTok
From Orthodox lifestyle bloggers and food accounts to comedians and book reviewers, these Jewish content creators have exploded on TikTok.

From Orthodox lifestyle bloggers and food accounts to comedians and book reviewers, these Jewish content creators have exploded on TikTok.
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Barbie’s Jewish Mother
Mattel’s iconic doll isn’t affiliated with a specific religion, but her roots trace back to Ruth Handler, a Jewish mom with chutzpah.

Mattel’s iconic doll isn’t affiliated with a specific religion, but her roots trace back to Ruth Handler, a Jewish mom with chutzpah.
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Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate
A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.

A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.
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Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and Culture
It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.

It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.
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Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art
A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

On a sodden late autumn evening, I tromp through the byzantine streets of Spitalfields in the East End of London. A couple of wrong turns

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Q&A with Director Claude Lanzmann

by Judith Gelman Myers

In this sitdown, Judith Gelman Myers questions Claude Lanzmann’s deeply personal defense of the man he interviews, Benjamin Murmelstein, in his new film, The Last of

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Cut & Post: From Vacation Dining to Amar’e Stoudemire in Israel

Culinary Wizardry Online Twirl your fork in an authentic bowl of linguini or double dip some pita in traditional hummus. The latest trend in the

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Brief Reviews: Beauty, Brutality and the Blues

FILMS Jerusalem The first IMAX 2-D and 3-D giant screen film of the city traces Jerusalem’s history with rare aerial images and stunning cinematography of

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The Arts: A Museum in the Void

by Ruth Ellen Gruber

Since it opened its doors last April during high-profile ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Museum of the History of Polish

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Cut & Post: Israeli Cookbooks and Jewish Whisky

French Honor for Israeli Cookbook There is only one Israeli restaurant that boasts a ranking on Les Grandes Tables du Monde, an esteemed French list

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Chagall’s Dark Period: Exhibit Review

by Amy Klein

Although Marc Chagall is best known for his whimsical folk motifs and fanciful color paintings, his work during the war years of 1930 to 1948

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Briefs: San Francisco, Here I Come

Films Nicky’s Family Nicky is Sir Nicholas Winton and his family consists of 669 mostly Jewish children (and their children), who, mainly through his efforts,

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