‘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.
- ArtsPainful 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.
Wider WorldThe Women Fueling the Rise of #JewishTikTokFrom 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.
ArtsBarbie’s Jewish MotherMattel’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.
ArtsHoly Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the RabbinateA showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.
A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.
ArtsAnti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and CultureIt 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.
ArtsBlack and Jewish Identities Converge in ArtA 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: Trips of Nostalgia and Tales of SurvivalFILMS Zaytoun An odd-couple road movie is mixed with Middle East politics as Fahed, a Palestinian boy from a Lebanese refugee camp longing to plantThe Arts: A Golden Mosaicby Tom TugendWhen Los Angeles was incorporated as a city in 1850, there were eight Jews—all bachelors—on the population rolls, and in the ensuing 163 years theirGuide to the ArtsExhibits/ Music Festivals/ Film Festivals/Theater United States ARIZONA The Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum, Phoenix (480-951-0323; www.cbiaz.org/about/museum) The museum features a composite synagogue sanctuary from Djerba, Tunisia, with ornate floral-motif tilesThe Arts: Israel’s American CanvasOn a foggy Sunday in January, the hip boutiques, cafés and art galleries in New York’s Lower East Side teem with young locals who couldBrief Reviews: Securing Israel, Taking New YorkFILMS War of the Buttons It is 1944 in occupied France, and Jews are being dragged off by the French police. But for the youngThe Arts: Bezalel on the World StageAniam 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 ofExhibit: Through Soviet Jewish Eyesby Ray KatzThis collection of photographs, on display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, explores the work of Soviet Jewish photographers duringBrief Reviews: Balancing Religion and ArtFILMS 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 RedFooter Menu Column 2
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