On Religious Commitments and Human Commitments
I’ve just delivered this message to a group of Jewish communal representatives focused on high-level international interreligious dialogue. This past Shabbat’s Torah reading has special resonance for...
Tag: Jewish Identity
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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...
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October 29, 2021
Standing Against Anti-Semitism: None Shall Be Afraid
In January 2020 the Jewish community came together in New York City to rally against anti-Semitism. The rally was in response to a series of attacks against Jews in December 2019 that included two...
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...
September 23, 2021
Memory, Anti-Semitism and the Great Iasi Pogrom
“Even if there were no gas chambers at Iasi, still everything else was there: thousands of Jews perished in countless manners. Everything happened: the terror, the threats, the sealed boxcars,...
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...