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Photographing Biblical Women
Israeli photographer Dikla Laor reimagines the woman of the Hebrew Bible, from Queen Esther to Moses’ sister Miriam, through lush painterly images set against the breathtaking landscapes of the Golan Heights.

Israeli photographer Dikla Laor reimagines the woman of the Hebrew Bible through lush painterly photos set against the breathtaking landscapes of the Golan Heights.
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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.

Brief Reviews: Wit, Warmth and Comedy on New York Stage

THEATER Zero Hour Zero Mostel’s ferocious talent, razor wit and volatility come to life in this one-man show set in Mostel’s art studio during an

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The Arts: Timeless and Fresh Rituals

by Rahel Musleah

An exhibit at New York’s Jewish Museum adds layers of meaning to objects from mezuzas to menoras, exploring the particulars of the paraphernalia that ground

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Brief Reviews: Imagination, Sacred and Scary

Tobi Kahn’s Sacred Spaces “I want the viewer to enter into a space that I have created and leave with a sense of inner peace,”

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The Arts: For the Ages-and Aged

by Rachel Schwartzberg

A nursing home is not the most obvious place to house a new, contemporary Jewish museum, but that is one of a number of surprises

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Brief Reviews: How Jews See Themselves—and How Others See Them:

by Judith Gelman Myers

Two Israeli documentaries about anti-Semitism are hitting film festivals and theaters throughout the world. Yoav Shamir’s Defamation pokes fun at Jewish paranoia, questioning the very existence of

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Palestinians, Tunisians and Druze Onscreen

FILMS For My Father aka Weekend in Tel Aviv A young West Bank Palestinian infiltrates Tel Aviv with orders to blow himself up in the

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The Arts : The Rabbi Beneath the Clay

by Dinah A. Spritzer

The Golem legend began in Prague, and an exhibit at the Czech Republic’s premier cultural venue explores the man credited with creating the myth. In

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Gertrude Berg, First Lady of Entertainment

FILMS Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Whether or not you remember Molly Goldberg, the character so warmly and slyly played by Gertrude Berg on her radio and