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.
Let There Be NanoThe Nano Bible was created by professors at the Technion in Haifa, who transcribed the entire Hebrew Bible on a chip the size of a grain of sugar.Advanced StyleBlogger and photographer Ari Seth Cohen is redefining fashion and aging. His photoblog Advanced Style, (as well as his recent book and documentary ofMy Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedyby Jules BeckerBrad Zimmerman’s 90-minute one-man play abounds with insightful observations about second chances and self-realization. The funniest segment revolves around 29 unsatisfying years of waiting tables, including a sharpA Musical ReunionCantor Deborah Katchko-Gray calls her recently released four CDs “a fresh look at old gems.” A Suite Shabbat, recorded live in 2005 at a FridayNight Begins the Day: Rethinking Space, Time, and Beautyby Renata PoltInspired by the Jewish idea that day begins at sundown, this ambitious display of multimedia works by international artists attempts to give visual (and sometimes auditory) concreteness toA Projector Unto the Nationsby Amy KleinIsraeli cinema, once the domain of serious films focused on war and conflict, today reflects a greater diversity.The Outrageous Sophie Tuckerby Tom TugendA new documentary on the famously bawdy and raucous Sophie Tucker.Jascha Heifetz: God’s FiddlerA PBS documentary on the legendary Jewish violinist Jascha Heifetz.Footer Menu Column 2
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