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Frank Lloyd Wright's only synagogue, Beth Sholom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, designed to evoke Mount Sinai, remains a thriving community despite the broade...

Wayne and Schuster, a legendary Canadian comedy duo known for their literate slapstick, are being revived by their children and a Toronto theatre company to ...

Becky Behar's photographic exhibition, "Tu Ke Bivas," explores Sephardic women's heritage and traditions through personal and family portraits. The title, de...

The hosts discuss renowned works of art that evoke negative feelings or fail to resonate with them personally, despite their widespread acclaim. They provide...

Jonathan H. Schwartz argues that museums should not resist but rather lead the effort for the restitution of Holocaust-looted art. With new evidence continua...

Helena Czernek and Aleksander Prugar run the Mi Polin Mezuzah Center in Warsaw, where they document mezuzah traces—indentations left in doorframes by Jewish ...

Stephen Sondheim was a transformative figure in the Broadway musical world, known for challenging and reinventing the conventions of the genre. With his inno...

Boris Gorbis, a 74-year-old retired lawyer and passionate collector, has gathered the world's largest known assembly of 20th-century Zionist souvenirs, inclu...

Jenna Benn Shersher and Nikki Fuchs Sausen have spearheaded initiatives using creative arts to support individuals affected by cancer, highlighting the thera...

Marco Roth's piece "Gyno For Pyros" delves into the artistic nuances of a Richard Gerstl painting housed in Vienna's Leopold Museum, depicting a young milita...

Jacqueline Gourevitch, celebrated for her cloud paintings, is a vibrant link to the New York School of the mid-20th century, painting in the tradition of pur...

New York City's iconic art deco skyline owes much to the influence of Jewish architects who contributed to this distinctive style during its peak in the 1920...

Suki John's film "Shma: A Story of Survival" utilizes dance to narrate her mother's Holocaust survival story. Initially conceptualized as a stage choreodrama...

Jeremy Dauber examines the Jewish roots and broad cultural influence of MAD magazine through a collection of essays edited by David Mikics. Initially launche...

Sheila Nemtin Levine has undertaken the immense task of creating 54 large mixed-media paintings, each representing one chapter of the Torah, integrating mode...

Ben Shahn, a Jewish artist and prominent figure in the American Progressive movement, is celebrated in a retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York City....

The 2025 Venice Biennale features a unique cultural touch with the return of the Yiddishland Pavilion, an initiative by curator Maria Veits and artist Yevgen...

Ellie Lobovits' work in the Fertility Series delves into complex themes of queer feminist identity using various forms like photography, film, and text. Thro...

The Cheburashka Collective utilizes pre-immigration photos to weave a narrative of shared origins, exploring the impact of past experiences on collective ide...

Jenny Yurshansky uses her experience as a refugee to inform her artistic work, which delves into themes of displacement, belonging, and otherness. Her practi...

Over the past five decades, Jewish Americans have made significant contributions to the visual and performing arts, achieving prominence in fields such as pa...

The article from Moment Magazine highlights 50 influential American Jews who have made significant contributions to the arts over the past half-century. It c...

Artist Blue Reinhard uses their art to explore the intersections of Jewish identity, queerness, and participatory action. Through an innovative art practice ...

Myriam Boulos's photographic series, "What's Ours," captures the vibrant and tumultuous reality of contemporary Lebanon, particularly during the October 17 R...

Stan Lee, the iconic creator behind many beloved Marvel superheroes, was deeply influenced by his Jewish upbringing and heritage. Growing up in a struggling ...

Artist Danielle Alhassid's "Go Forth O Daughters" is an innovative art project exploring the Tsenerene, the Yiddish Women's Bible, integrating historical tex...

The Metropolitan Opera's production of "Salome," directed by Claus Guth, explores the biblical story with a focus on themes of childhood trauma and power dyn...

Rabbi Hannah Dresner, recently retired from Or Shalom in Vancouver, reflects on integrating artistic practice into Jewish communal life, building on the idea...

Vitaly Beckman, an Israeli-Canadian illusionist, has achieved a rare feat by fooling Penn and Teller for the third time on their show "Penn & Teller: Fool Us...

J. Hoberman's book, "Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde," provides a comprehensive exploration of the radical artistic movements that flourish...

Solomon Nunes Carvalho, a Sephardic Jewish artist, embarked on a perilous journey in 1853 at the invitation of John C. Fremont to document the American West....

Ben Shahn, an influential American artist born in Lithuania in 1898, is the focus of a retrospective at the Jewish Museum titled "On Nonconformity." Despite ...

Hannah Altman's photographic exhibition, "As It Were, Suspended in Midair," held at Brandeis University's Kniznick Gallery, explores the intersection of Jewi...

Sam Griffin, a British-born painter who now identifies as Israeli, reflects on his transformation post-Oct. 7 in his exhibition, Aftermath, at the Bernard He...

In a reflective piece, Jessica Seigel recounts her connections to the influential Marxist art critic Max Kozloff, whose recent memorial in April 2025 unveile...

Yaakov Kirschen, the creator of the long-running cartoon strip Dry Bones, left a lasting impact on the portrayal of Israeli and Jewish life through his art. ...

Host Courtney Hazlett talks with filmmaker Yael Melamede about her documentary, "ADA: My Mother the Architect," which explores the life and work of renowned ...

Ada Karmi-Melamede, a celebrated Israeli architect, co-designed the iconic Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, reflecting her philosophy that buildings must...

Several New York Jewish arts organizations, including the Jewish Plays Project and Yugntruf, have lost federal funding due to the Trump administration's redu...

Ada Karmi-Melamede, a leading Israeli architect featured in the documentary "Ada: My Mother the Architect," reflects on her influential career and the evolvi...

Jack Kirby, a prodigious comic artist from the Lower East Side, is celebrated in the retrospective exhibition, "Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity" at the Skirb...

The role of art in Jewish life is long-standing, spanning from religious artifact creation in historical periods to participation in international art moveme...

Molly Gochman, a Jewish artist and activist, has unveiled a 15-foot tall bronze sculpture in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, part of her "Monuments to Motherhood" ...

Fashion photographer Bryce Thompson has launched a powerful project titled Borrowed Spotlight, which pairs Holocaust survivors with Hollywood celebrities to ...

Pope Francis had a profound appreciation for Marc Chagall's 1938 painting, 'White Crucifixion,' which depicted the immense suffering of the Jews during the N...

Tamara de Lempicka was a pioneering Art Deco artist known for her glossy portraits and sensual nudes that epitomized the style of the 1920s. Originally from ...

In a conversation between Eylon Levy and Doron Spielman, the Vice President of the City of David Foundation, the focus is on the archeological findings in Je...

The video highlights the discovery of an ancient Jewish pilgrimage route that dates back 600 years before the advent of Islam, uncovering significant histori...

Doron Spielman, Vice President of the City of David Foundation, engages in a conversation with Eylon Levy about the historical and archaeological significanc...

David Sassoon, the esteemed fashion designer co-directing the couture house Belville Sassoon, passed away at the age of 92. Born in London to Iraqi Sephardi ...