Jewish Artists in the News This Autumn
Discoveries in the visual arts held the spotlight during the past several months, much of it focused on news about Jewish painters whose works are being reevaluated by prominent individuals in the...
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September 6, 2022
Jews in Inter-War Europe: Works of the Past and Present in the Limelight
This fall examples of fiction and theater inspired by the personal histories of their Jewish creators will be in the news. American audiences are eagerly awaiting the October Broadway opening of...
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June 14, 2022
Visualizing History and Hope: Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind. Credit: commons.wikimedia.org When Daniel Libeskind speaks, he invites his audience to enter a world in which his unique thought process has the power to alter their perception. The...
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March 25, 2022
Oscar Straus: Statesman, Author, Diplomat
Although the figure of Moses appears in a frieze at the Supreme Court and at the House of House of Representatives along with Moses Maimonides, Oscar Straus is still the only Jewish person whose...
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February 8, 2022
Helen Levitt: Urban Landscape
Helen Levitt (American, 1913-2009) New York, 1940. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy © Film Documents, LLC, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany and The Photographers’ Gallery, London.Sporting...
December 16, 2021
Steinberg’s World
Saul Steinberg, 1978 – Photo: en.wikipedia.org As relevant and as fascinating as ever, the art of Romanian-American artist Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) continues to be seen, discussed and...
October 4, 2021
Remembering the Kindertransport
Beginning in the mid-1930s, worldwide efforts were made to bring persecuted Jewish children out of Germany. As Hitler set his sights on conquest, the lives of boys and girls from other nations were...
July 28, 2021
Celebrating the Jewish Legacy in Europe
As we experience the trajectory of anti-Semitism in history and during one’s own life, it’s natural to feel hopeless. Hate will endure, but it’s still possible to celebrate and enjoy the efforts made...
June 8, 2021
Two Israeli Artists Who Channel the Natural World Into Their Work
Two talented individuals from Israel channel their response to the natural world as the inspiration for their works of art. Raised on a kibbutz in Northern Israel, Zemer Peled is a maker of fine and...