This summer, a full-length documentary, an Off-Broadway play and an exhibition at a local museum evoke the spirit of the Borscht Belt’s heyday.
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Why Jews Keep Going Back to the CatskillsThis summer, a full-length documentary, an Off-Broadway play and an exhibition at a local museum evoke the spirit of the Borscht Belt’s heyday.
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Nobody Wants This? Everybody Should Want ThisA rabbi married to a Jew-by-choice reflects on the messages of the popular Netflix series, ‘Nobody Wants This.’
A rabbi married to a Jew-by-choice reflects on the messages of the popular Netflix series, ‘Nobody Wants This.’
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Hulu’s ‘The Faithful’ Reimagines the Biblical MatriarchsA new miniseries brings Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel to life.
A new miniseries brings Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel to life.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores ‘Black and Jewish America’The PBS host says his new series is about the past and ‘how, together, we can prevail over the forces of hatred that seek to divide us.’
The PBS host says his new series is about the past and ‘how, together, we can prevail over the forces of hatred that seek to
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Photographer Bill Aron’s Lens on 50 Years of Jewish LifeA new exhibit at the American Jewish Historical Society showcases 50 images captured by the ‘dean of American Jewish photography’ over the last five decades.
A new exhibit at the American Jewish Historical Society showcases 50 images captured by the ‘dean of American Jewish photography’ over the last five decades.
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‘The First Salute:’ An Obscure Jewish Revolutionary War StoryA landmark exhibition at Philadelphia’s Weitzman museum explores the outsized role Jews from a tiny Caribbean island played in American independence.
A landmark exhibition at Philadelphia’s Weitzman museum explores the outsized role Jews from a tiny Caribbean island played in American independence.
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A Showcase of Female Illustrated Post-WWII Books and DiariesAn 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 ArtA 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.
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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.
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Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and CultureIt 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.
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Black and Jewish Identities Converge in ArtA 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.
The Jewish Musicians, a ReviewTwenty-seven Jewish musical icons are featured in paintings and photographs by Nashville artists and photographers.Son of SaulSon of Saul by director László Nemes, an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, represents a new model for Holocaust filmography.Sheldon HarnickThe lyricist's innately cheerful attitude befits the man who, with composer Jerry Bock, gave voice to the soul of Tevye the milkman.Paul Simon: Words and Musicby Barbara PashA new exhibit pays homage to the incredible talents of Paul Simon, one of America's most beloved and popular Jewish singer/songwriters.Yiddish Musical, Di Goldene Kaleby Curt LeviantThe National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene is out with the musical comedy Di Goldene Kale, The Golden Bride.Films from Lanzmann to Amos OzFilm reviews including new Claude Lanzmann documentary and Amos Oz's 'Censored Voices.'Liz Taylor, Soviet Photography and Holocaust LandscapesExhibit reviews of Andy Wahol show and early Soviet photography at the Jewish Museum in New York, and collage, mixed-media and photographic Holocaust landscapes in Houston.Sharon Pucker RivoRivo, a Boston-area academic, early on sensed the imperative to preserve, store and even restore precious Jewish films that capture a world long gone.Footer Menu Column 2
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