JL;DR

Daily Podcasts Video

Tag: El Lissitzky

0 Art History

The art that made Ukraine and the Jewish artists who made it

Jewish Chronicle · 28 Jun

The article discusses the significant role of Jewish artists in shaping modernist art in Ukraine between 1900 and the 1930s, amid a backdrop of political and social turmoil.

0 Art Culture

That Passover song about the goat captivated a famous artist who wasn’t Jewish

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 23 Apr

Artist Frank Stella, known for his Jewish-themed works despite being raised Catholic, has recently showcased his series inspired by the Passover song "Had Gadya" at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

0 History Literature

Rokhl Kafrissen in Tablet · 4 Dec 2019

Yiddish children's literature evolved from being nonexistent to having its own dedicated stories in newspapers in the late 19th century, coinciding with the rise of Yiddish literature for adults.

0 Holidays Literature

The Kid from the Haggadah

Nathan Alterman in Jewish Review of Books · 29 Mar 2016

The poem "The Kid from the Haggadah" by El Lissitzky describes a scene at a market where a poor kid is bought by a father, setting the stage for a popular song to emerge from the Haggadah.

0 Art History

The Jewish Museum Misses the Soviet Jewish Moment in Photography

Frances Brent in Tablet · 10 Dec 2015

The New York exhibition titled "The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Films" at the Jewish Museum provides a broad retrospective of early Soviet photography and cinema.