The Puppet Master Who Denied That The Holocaust (Had Ended)

Puppeteers are supposed to be jolly sorts, who associate with Sesame Street, the Muppets and Mister Rogers's Neighborhood.

Sotheby’s Riches

The varieties of Jewish art are always a delight to explore, but occasionally an exhibition comes along that provides surprises and insights that trouble even the most assured of viewers.

Is Abstracting The Holocaust The Same as Denying It?

When Mark Godfrey first stumbled across Peter Eisenman's Memorial to the Murdered European Jews in Berlin, he did not recognize it.

Gilded Lions And Jeweled Horses: Woodcarving From The Synagogue To The Carousel

Much like the Jewish people themselves, the legacy of Jewish Art has miraculously survived seemingly endless assaults over the past two centuries.

World War II Art And Propaganda

One of the greatest insights Jacques Derrida laid out in his conceptualization of Deconstruction was that a thing can coexist with its opposite, and in fact, neither can be properly understood without the other.

Jewish Enough In LA?

The L.A Story, a selection of works from 10 contemporary Los Angeles Jewish artists currently at the Hebrew Union College - Institute of Religion Museum, poses the question of what exactly constitutes Jewish Art and what is its condition today on the West Coast.

Forward-Looking Photographs

The smile is as unmistakable as the pointed white beard, long flowing side curls, black hat, robe and thick white socks.

The Un-chosen Artist

In a 1972 study, Stanley Milgram found that "familiar strangers" who share a repeated experience (like riding the same bus every day) are likelier to communicate when cast into an unfamiliar setting, than are two strangers with no such shared experience.

Documenting Real Fiction

What role can a documentary film assume when facts cannot be agreed upon and truth is spelled with a lower case "t"?

Sarah’s Miscalculation

Rembrandt's etching, Abraham Entertaining the Angels, is a pristine jewel of Biblical narrative.

The Insecure Prophet: Walking A Mile In Nathan’s Shoes

When the prophet Nathan woke up in the morning and saw his to-do list for the day - rebuke the king of Israel for his sin with Bathsheba - did he hit his snooze alarm and try, like the prophet Jonah, to shirk his duty?

Frydlender’s Constructions

What is Frydlender up to? Barry Frydlender, the prominent Israeli photographer, is currently privileged with simultaneous exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Brotherly Hatred

If an Israeli settler and a Palestinian shopkeeper sat through Israeli playwright Ilan Hatsor's Masked, both might feel betrayed and misrepresented.

Caravaggio And Evil

      Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio (1571-1610) was well acquainted with evil. His short violent life careened wildly between prestigious painting commissions from the most powerful men...

Fighting Anti-Semitism In Life And Death: Two New Films On Daniel Pearl And Simon...

"Your powers are weak, old man," Darth Vader tells Obi-Wan Kenobi as the young Luke anxiously watches the ensuing battle from a distance.

The Arch of Titus: Am Yisroel Chai

I walked slowly away from the Coliseum in Rome. Completed in 80 C.E. by the Emperor Titus it was used for almost 500 years for countless gladiatorial games and bloody spectacles.

Forcing The Messiah Any Day That He Might Come

"I believe with complete faith in the coming of the Messiah," declares Maimonides in his Thirteen Principles of Faith, "and even if he tarries, nevertheless I shall await him any day that he might come."

Women’s Work, Women’s Art: Ita Aber At Yeshiva University Museum

Could there be such a thing as Women's Art? From my liberal modernist perspective such a notion is foreign, threatening and, indeed, heretical.

The Art Of Jewish Medicine

When Mark Podwal showed the galleys for his book "Doctored Drawings" to a former culture editor at The New York Times (he has drawn for the op-ed page for 35 years), he suggested Podwal remove eight drawings with Jewish symbolism.

Illustrating The Postmodernist’s Bible: Nature in John Bradford’s Art

Some painters enslave themselves to detailed landscapes, patiently tracking every tree branch and grass blade in an effort to transcribe and document everything.

The Jewish Gallery

Something is blooming in Brooklyn that promises a dramatic revitalization of Jewish visual culture.

Poetic Art And Biblical Illustration: A Study In Contrasts

One of the advantages museums hold over galleries is that their exhibits need not focus on one theme.

The New Arthur Szyk: Fad Or Revival?

Cartoonists often draw the short straws at posh cocktail parties.

A Middle Eastern Scavenger Hunt: Can Shaymos be Art?

Oftentimes, the art world functions like an ecosystem, whereby certain artist-producers generate innovative, new content, and artist-consumers readily borrow from those raw materials and shape them into new products.

And Then Came The Painter…

Although Passover is no longer around the corner (11 months and counting until next year's cleaning craze), Had Gadya remains a timeless song of Jewish persecution and triumph over generation after generation of anti-Semitism.

The Artistic Side Of Holocaust Art

Holocaust art has dominated the news lately for all the wrong reasons.

Jewish Women Artists Talk About Their Work (Part Five)

Permission to Use Hebrew Letters, Healing the World, and the Pull of Judaism

Jewish Women Artists Talk About Their Work (Part Four)

"Am I a Jewish artist? A woman artist? A Jewish woman artist? Of course!

Jewish Women Artists Talk About Their Work (Part Three)

Israeli Trees, The Four Corners Of Jewish Art, Kabbalistic Shells, And Tender Heaviness

Jewish Women Artists Talk About Their Work (Part Two)

Shabbat Chess, Lighting The Torah, A Hidden Synagogue, And Ketubah Collage

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