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  • ‘Denial,’ or the Holocaust on Trial
    Arts
    ‘Denial,’ or the Holocaust on Trial
    ‘Denial,’ or the Holocaust on Trial

    Rachel Weisz plays famed historian Deborah Lipstadt in this tense new courtroom drama. The scholar must defend herself against libel charges for calling out David Irving, a notorious British Holocaust denier.

    Rachel Weisz plays famed historian Deborah Lipstadt in this tense new courtroom drama. The scholar must defend herself against libel charges for calling out David Irving, a notorious British Holocaust denier.

  • State of the Arts
    Arts
    State of the Arts
    State of the Arts

    High-profile festivals and public venues like the Mahaneh Yehudah market have made Jerusalem a go-to place for Jewish art-lovers.

    High-profile festivals and public venues like the Mahaneh Yehudah market have made Jerusalem a go-to place for Jewish art-lovers.

  • Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition
    Arts
    Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition
    Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition

    Legendary director Stanley Kubrick, known for iconic movies like ‘The Shining,’ is the focus of a retrospective at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum.

    Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, known for iconic movies like ‘The Shining,’ is the focus of a retrospective at California’s Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arts
The Television Project: Jewish Culture in Advertising
by Rahel Musleah
An exhibit at New York's Jewish Museum explores commercials and advertisements with Jewish content.
Arts
Monica Piper’s Jewish Heart, and Heartburn, Onstage
by Rahel Musleah
In 'Not That Jewish,' comedian Monica Piper—with the help of Jewish Women’s Theatre—brings her life story to the stage.
Arts
Forbidden Love and a Mother-Daughter Divide in ‘Sand Storm’
by Tom Tugend
Israel’s 2016 Oscar entry tells the story of a generational divide in a traditional Bedouin family.
Arts
On Display: Operation Moses; Bob Dylan Through Israeli Eyes
by Leora Eren Frucht
Two temporary exhibits—one of them on Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan—are currently on display at Tel Aviv's Beit Hatfutsot museum.
Arts
Israel’s Diaspora Museum Gets a Makeover
by Leora Eren Frucht
Inside the new wing of Beit Hatfutsot: The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.
Arts
The Gloriously Anxious Art of Roz Chast
by Rahel Musleah
In one cartoon titled “Oy!” a jar labeled “Grandma Yetta’s Gefilte Fish” shows an elderly woman shrugging as she says, “What’s in it? Don’t ask.”
Arts
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Denial’
by Curt Schleier
It was experiences like filming in Auschwitz that made this project special for British actress Rachel Weisz, as she stepped into the role of Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt.
Arts
Jill Soloway on Jews and ‘Transparent’
by Amy Klein
The Emmy-winning writer and director speaks with Hadassah Magazine about her influences and her irreverent take on the Jewish holidays.

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