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  • A Showcase of Female Illustrated Post-WWII Books and Diaries
    Arts
    A Showcase of Female Illustrated Post-WWII Books and Diaries
    A Showcase of Female Illustrated Post-WWII Books and Diaries

    An upcoming Hadassah-Brandeis Institute exhibit presents haunting Holocaust drawings, handmade albums and pictorial diaries from ten Jewish survivors.

    An upcoming Hadassah-Brandeis Institute exhibit presents haunting Holocaust drawings, handmade albums and pictorial diaries from ten Jewish survivors.

  • The Jewish Women Who Pioneered Photography as Art
    The Jewish Women Who Pioneered Photography as Art
    The Jewish Women Who Pioneered Photography as Art

    A new Tel Aviv exhibit presents works from 20 trailblazing female photographers from the early 20th century alongside those of 20 artists active today.

    A new Tel Aviv exhibit presents works from 20 trailblazing female photographers from the early 20th century alongside those of 20 artists active today.

  • Painful and Piercing Public Art as Therapy
    Arts
    Painful and Piercing Public Art as Therapy
    Painful and Piercing Public Art as Therapy

    ‘The hunger to create and share these works of art is a testament to the widespread trauma that grips Israeli society,’ writes Leora Eren Frucht.

    ‘The hunger to create and share these works of art is a testament to the widespread trauma that grips Israeli society,’ writes Leora Eren Frucht.

  • The Women Fueling the Rise of #JewishTikTok
    Wider World
    The Women Fueling the Rise of #JewishTikTok
    The Women Fueling the Rise of #JewishTikTok

    From Orthodox lifestyle bloggers and food accounts to comedians and book reviewers, these Jewish content creators have exploded on TikTok.

    From Orthodox lifestyle bloggers and food accounts to comedians and book reviewers, these Jewish content creators have exploded on TikTok.

  • Barbie’s Jewish Mother
    Arts
    Barbie’s Jewish Mother
    Barbie’s Jewish Mother

    Mattel’s iconic doll isn’t affiliated with a specific religion, but her roots trace back to Ruth Handler, a Jewish mom with chutzpah.

    Mattel’s iconic doll isn’t affiliated with a specific religion, but her roots trace back to Ruth Handler, a Jewish mom with chutzpah.

  • Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate
    Arts
    Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate
    Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate

    A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.

    A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.

  • Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and Culture
    Arts
    Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and Culture
    Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and Culture

    It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.

    It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.

  • Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art
    Arts
    Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art
    Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art

    A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

    A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

Arts
Arts
The History and Heartbreak of Paris’s Camondo Museum
by David Laskin
by David Laskin
A Paris townhouse showcases the wealth and the demise of a Sephardic family.
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.

 

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