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A Second Coming for Jesus — at the Israel Museum

JL;DR SUMMARY The Israel Museum's exhibit "Behold the Man: Jesus in Israeli Art" examines the portrayal of Jesus in various contexts, from representing Jewish suffering in the Holocaust to commentary on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and societal issues. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Marc ChagallHolocaustPalestinian ConflictJewish SufferingIsraeli ArtIsrael MuseumMizrachi JewsHistorical ReinterpretationJesus In ArtCross Cultural Influence

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"a 1973 series titled Via Dolorosa by the Israeli performance artist Motti Mizrachi. Handicapped from birth, Mizrachi retraced Jesuss trip to the cross through Jerusalem with a large photograph of himself and a sign on his back."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"titled Christ Teaching in Capernaum, usually on view at the National Museum of Warsaw, along with two striking Marc Chagall paintings; Chagall wasnt exactly Israeli, though he and Gottlieb were both deeply Jewish artists."

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