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Jewish Chronicle The Etgar Quiz no 257 2 Feb 2024
In "The Etgar Quiz no 257," a set of trivia questions related to Jewish history and culture are presented. Questions range from identifying individuals who a...
2 Feb 2024
Moment Spice Box | Bottoms Up 1 Feb 2024
This brief post titled "Spice Box | Bottoms Up" from Moment Magazine simply consists of a title and three short reader submissions with no further content. T...
1 Feb 2024
Forward Reform movement unveils new logos and ‘artistic, abstract’ branding 31 Jan 2024
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) has unveiled new logos and visual branding as part of a rebranding effort following its 150th anniversary. The previous lo...
31 Jan 2024
Culturally Jewish headphones A new comic book spotlights Toronto's Ward—with a supernatural twist 31 Jan 2024
Ari Gross discusses his debut comic, "Wardens," which blends historical Toronto with Kabbalistic themes, and reflects on the culturally-rich immigrant neighb...
31 Jan 2024
JTA A 19th-century painting of the Western Wall could fetch $3M at Sotheby’s 30 Jan 2024
A hyper-realistic painting of the Western Wall by German artist Gustav Bauernfeind from the 19th century is set to be auctioned at Sotheby's New York. The pa...
30 Jan 2024
Forward Why a Jewish artist thinks his exhibit's cancellation is evidence of censorship and antisemitism 30 Jan 2024
Artist Phillip Schwartz's exhibit, "Shoah: A Meditation on The Holocaust," was set to be displayed at Hudson Hall, a well-known arts center in Hudson, New Yo...
30 Jan 2024
Lilith A Legacy of Mildred Weissman’s Delight in Art 30 Jan 2024
Mildred Weissman was a prominent advocate for women's rights, social justice, and Jewish culture. She made significant contributions to Jewish and secular mu...
30 Jan 2024
Forward Magnificent new Judaica gallery at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts 30 Jan 2024
The new Judaica gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston showcases exquisite objects reflecting Jewish resilience and dedication to beauty across contine...
30 Jan 2024
Tablet The Unbearable Fakeness of Film Reviews 30 Jan 2024
The article discusses the problem of fake and predictable film reviews. It highlights the case of a film called Promising Young Woman, which received mixed r...
30 Jan 2024
eJewishPhilanthropy The conveyor belt mentality 29 Jan 2024
This article discusses the importance of building a sustainable and visually appealing website for a Jewish nonprofit organization. The author draws a compar...
29 Jan 2024
Tablet Meet the Siegels, a Family Struggling Under the Curse of Wokeness 29 Jan 2024
"The Curse" is a satirical TV series that explores themes of wokeness, privilege, and environmentalism. The show follows Asher and Whitney Siegel, a wealthy ...
29 Jan 2024
JTA Why images of Holocaust survivors were projected onto NYC landmarks on Saturday night 28 Jan 2024
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, images of Holocaust survivors were projected onto various landmarks and buildings in New York City. This...
28 Jan 2024
Forward Birds, barbed wire, darkness and sunlight — the artistic challenge of making a Torah mantle for a Holocaust scroll 26 Jan 2024
Jerri Zbiral, an artist, was tasked with creating a new Torah mantle for a Holocaust Scroll acquired by her synagogue. The mantle needed to reflect the scrol...
26 Jan 2024
Forward Beautiful, intimate photos of the last living Holocaust survivors 26 Jan 2024
The Lonka Project, a collaboration between 311 photographers in 35 countries, has created a visual record of the last living Holocaust survivors. Jim Holland...
26 Jan 2024
JTA I’m an Israeli artist of Moroccan descent. Is the Holocaust my story to tell? 24 Jan 2024
This article discusses the author's journey of self-discovery as an Israeli artist of Moroccan descent and their connection to the Holocaust. Initially feeli...
24 Jan 2024
Forward Can Jews still embrace Rembrandt — even if his love for the Jewish people is only a myth? 24 Jan 2024
A new book about Rembrandt and his relationship with Jews argues that much of what has been seen as his extraordinary sympathy towards the Jewish community i...
24 Jan 2024
Forward 'An ethereal presence’: An artist gives the women of the old Lower East Side new life 23 Jan 2024
Artist Adrienne Ottenberg's new solo show, titled "On the Lower East Side: Twenty-Eight Remarkably Women . . . and One Scoundrel," features multimedia portra...
23 Jan 2024
Forward Why the new play ‘The Gospel According to Chaim’ is a big deal 23 Jan 2024
The play "The Gospel According to Chaim" is a significant achievement in contemporary Yiddish culture. It tells the true story of Chaim Einspruch, a Galician...
23 Jan 2024
Forward Why the new play ‘The Gospel According to Chaim’ is a big deal 23 Jan 2024
"The Gospel According to Chaim" is a groundbreaking Yiddish play written by Mikhl Yashinsky, based on the true story of Chaim Einspruch, a Galician-born Jew ...
23 Jan 2024
Moment Duckworth: Life as a Unity 19 Jan 2024
The University of Chicago is celebrating the installation of Ruth Duckworth's mural, "Clouds Over Lake Michigan," at its Regenstein Library. Duckworth, a cer...
19 Jan 2024
Moment Interview: Pink Pancake’s Jewish Drag Journey 18 Jan 2024
In an interview with Moment Magazine, drag artist Michael Witkes, also known as Pink Pancake, discusses his one-woman drag show, "Today You Are a Man!" The s...
18 Jan 2024
Mishpacha Man of Letters  16 Jan 2024
Avraham Borshevsky, a calligraphy artist and sofer stam in Jerusalem, has seen an increase in demand for sacred scripts since the Simchas Torah war. He speci...
16 Jan 2024
Forward Indiana University cancels exhibition of prominent Palestinian artist 12 Jan 2024
Indiana University has faced criticism for canceling an exhibition of Palestinian artist Samia Halaby's work. More than 5,000 people have signed a petition u...
12 Jan 2024
Forward US court rules Madrid museum can keep Pissarro painting looted by the Nazis 11 Jan 2024
A United States appeals court has ruled that a Madrid museum may keep a painting looted by the Nazis from a Jewish woman. The painting, "Rue Saint-Honor in t...
11 Jan 2024
Forward He made 613 paintings of commandments and 915 collages of proverbs — but who's got room to show them all? 11 Jan 2024
Archie Rand, a Brooklyn artist, gained attention for his paintings of all 613 commandments in 2006. Surprised by its success, Rand recently completed 915 col...
11 Jan 2024
Kveller The Jewish Artist Behind ‘War Is Not Healthy For Children and Other Living Things’ 11 Jan 2024
Lorraine Schneider, a Jewish artist, created the artwork "Primer" in 1965 during the Vietnam War, featuring the sentence "war is not healthy for children and...
11 Jan 2024
Mishpacha The Glass Horse 9 Jan 2024
This personal essay tells the story of the author's trip to Europe, where they visited various Jewish sites and experienced deep emotions. During their visit...
9 Jan 2024
Forward In Princess Diana's red dress, a symbol of the Jewish rise to prominence in the UK shmatta business 8 Jan 2024
The Museum of London is hosting an exhibition called "Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style," highlighting the significant contributions of ...
8 Jan 2024
JTA At the Jewish Museum, gut-wrenching drawings depict the terror of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel 5 Jan 2024
The Jewish Museum in New York is showcasing an exhibit called "7 October 2023" featuring 12 drawings by Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassy in response to the Hama...
5 Jan 2024
Culturally Jewish headphones 'A very dangerous precedent': Everything wrong with the Belfry Theatre cancelling 'The Runner' 4 Jan 2024
The cancellation of "The Runner" by the Belfry Theatre in B.C. has sparked debate on censorship and cancel culture within the arts community. Amidst allegati...
4 Jan 2024
JTA Larger-than-life Bushwick mural shows Israeli and Palestinian children embracing 4 Jan 2024
Amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, a larger-than-life mural was painted on a building in Bushwick, showing an Israeli boy and a Palestinian boy embraci...
4 Jan 2024
Rationalist Judaism Book News 2 Jan 2024
The Hebrew edition of the first volume of The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom has been released and can be purchased at the museum or on the museum ...
2 Jan 2024
Forward 'This is our tribe': In a makeshift tent, survivors of the Nova Music Festival massacre strive for healing 29 Dec 2023
In the aftermath of the Nova Music Festival massacre, survivors have gathered in a makeshift tent called Adama Tova to heal and support one another. The cent...
29 Dec 2023
Lilith A Modern Illuminated Manuscript 29 Dec 2023
Artist Debra Band has created the first fully illustrated Book of Ecclesiastes, or Qohelet, featuring the grandeur of the Alhambra as its central metaphor. B...
29 Dec 2023
JTA Lives Lived: Notable New Yorkers who died in 2023 29 Dec 2023
The New York Jewish Week remembers the lives of 20 notable Jewish New Yorkers who have passed away in 2023. Some of the individuals mentioned include Bob Bor...
29 Dec 2023
Mishpacha Spotlight    27 Dec 2023
In this short story, a teenage girl recounts her experience auditioning for a school play with her best friend Shani. The protagonist has always been in awe ...
27 Dec 2023
Unorthodox headphones Unorthodox in Israel: Special Delivery 22 Dec 2023
In a series of dispatches from Israel, Unorthodox highlights Tanya Singer's delivery of handknit hats to IDF soldiers, crocheted dolls to hospitalized childr...
22 Dec 2023
Mishpacha Cool and Crisp-Winter Salad Edition 20 Dec 2023
This article provides recipes for four winter salads. The first salad is a Spicy Sweet Potato Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette, which combines various root veget...
20 Dec 2023
Tablet The Israeli Nightmare Finds Its Illustrator 15 Dec 2023
Israeli cartoonist Zeev Engelmayer, known for his irreverent and humorous style, has shifted his focus since the outbreak of war, using art as a way to cope ...
15 Dec 2023
Forward After the war broke out, Sara Erenthal kept making art — in the name of peace 14 Dec 2023
Sara Erenthal, a Brooklyn-based artist, recently held an exhibition titled "Sorry, I Cant Do This Right Now (But Im Doing it Anyway)" at the Brooklyn Artery....
14 Dec 2023
Haaretz Weekly headphones 'Israelis don't see images from Gaza because our journalists are not doing their job' 12 Dec 2023
In a conversation with journalist Esther Solomon, Israeli journalist and activist Anat Saragusti discusses the lack of coverage on the dire situation in Gaza...
12 Dec 2023
Forward Deborah Kass’ iconic ‘OY/YO’ sculpture covered by Palestinian flag in Brooklyn Museum protest 11 Dec 2023
Protesters at the Brooklyn Museum affixed a Palestinian flag to Deborah Kass' iconic OY/YO sculpture during a rally, along with draping pro-Palestinian signs...
11 Dec 2023
Moment ‘Deeply Rooted’—Pursuing Reproductive Justice Through Art 8 Dec 2023
The multimedia art exhibition titled "Deeply Rooted: Faith in Reproductive Justice" at Brandeis University's Kniznick Gallery features the work of twenty-one...
8 Dec 2023
Forward An Israeli artist poses a bold question — what if Othello wasn't at the center of 'Othello' 7 Dec 2023
Israeli artist Hilla Ben Ari has created "I Must Be Circumstanced," an innovative reinterpretation of Shakespeare's "Othello" via José Limón's "The Moor's Pa...
7 Dec 2023
Forward 'I have my own planet': An Argentine Jewish artist makes a psychedelic, exuberant US debut 7 Dec 2023
The Jewish Museum in Manhattan is currently hosting an exhibition of Argentine artist Marta Minujn's work, titled "Arte! Arte! Arte!" The exhibition features...
7 Dec 2023
Forward Can art help us process the atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7? 7 Dec 2023
Three different artists, including Yonia Fain, Samuel Bak, and Andi Arnovitz, use art to process and give voice to the atrocities committed by Hamas on Octob...
7 Dec 2023
Tablet More Light 7 Dec 2023
The author reflects on the recent tragedy and the emotions it evoked in the Jewish community. They received numerous words capturing suffering, sadness, and ...
7 Dec 2023
Forward It looks like a church, but murals reveal this shul's Jewish identity 5 Dec 2023
The Vilna Shul, Boston's last remaining immigrant synagogue, stands as a testament to the dynamic Jewish communities of early 20th-century Boston, particular...
5 Dec 2023
Promised Podcast headphones The “Women & Other Living Things” Edition 30 Nov 2023
In a podcast discussion, Miriam Herschlag, Gilad Halpern, and Noah Efron explore the topics of gender dynamics during wartime and the inspiration behind crea...
30 Nov 2023
Unorthodox headphones Sitting Together: Ep. 390 22 Nov 2023
In a special Thanksgiving episode of Unorthodox's Beautifully Jewish series, hosts Stephanie Butnick and Tanya Singer discuss the significance of a folding c...
22 Nov 2023