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Understanding Pope Francis’s Surprising Affinity For Jewish Art

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores Pope Francis's surprising appreciation for Marc Chagall’s "White Crucifixion," a painting depicting Jesus as a Jewish figure, wearing a tallit. 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 ChagallJewish HistoryPope FrancisCatholic ChurchJewish SymbolismVatican IiCultural ConnectionsWhite CrucifixionArt Appreciation

Places mentioned

Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Gallery 395A is tucked away in a corner on the third floor of the Art Institute of Chicagos modern wing."
Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
"Marc Michael Epstein, professor of religion at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y."
United Kingdom
"he really does, Tweeted Miriam Shaviv, a columnist for Britains Jewish Chronicle, about the pope."

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