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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.

Brief Reviews: Securing Israel, Taking New York

FILMS War of the Buttons It is 1944 in occupied France, and Jews are being dragged off by the French police. But for the young

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The Arts: Bezalel on the World Stage

by Ruth Marks Eglash

Aniam Dery blushes fiercely when asked to explain the philosophy behind her recent art installation, The Tomb. A third-year fine-arts student at Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of

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Exhibit: Through Soviet Jewish Eyes

by Ray Katz

This collection of photographs, on display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, explores the work of Soviet Jewish photographers during

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Brief Reviews: Balancing Religion and Art

FILMS White Tiger Russia’s bid for the foreign-language Oscar starts as a World War II film (above) on the epic tank battles between the Red

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Arts and Society: A Talk with Eva Illouz

by Ruth Marks Eglash

Professor Eva Illouz, who was born in Fez Morocco, raised and educated in France and later in Israel and the United States, is a professor

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The Arts: Spectrum Analysis

by Rahel Musleah

At first glance, the photograph of the joyous woman, frizzy hair flying away from her face to reveal turquoise earrings and a vibrant, lipsticked smile,

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Film Review: Mighty Fine

by Stewart Kampel

When I was a youngster, one of my favorite desserts was a sweet chocolate pudding with the brand name My-T-Fine. Now we have a movie, Mighty

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Brief Reviews: Movie Nights

FILMs My Lovely Sister Dipping into tales told by his Moroccan grandmother, director Marco Carmel conjures a magical realist tale of sibling rivalry that crosses

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