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Arts
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
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.
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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.
Wider World
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Although Marc Chagall is best known for his whimsical folk motifs and fanciful color paintings, his work during the war years of 1930 to 1948

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Briefs: San Francisco, Here I Come

Films Nicky’s Family Nicky is Sir Nicholas Winton and his family consists of 669 mostly Jewish children (and their children), who, mainly through his efforts,

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The Soul of Broadway

by Yael Unterman

One of the fun facts when it comes to the phenomenon that is Broadway is the variety of raw materials from which a hit may

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Theater Review: Heart Song

by Susan Josephs

Theater Review Heart Song This unique comedy-drama by Stephen Sachs pays tribute to the art of flamenco through the lens of one Jewish woman’s midlife

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The Arts: Herod Revisited

by Esther Hecht

Herod the Great was violent, ruthless, cruel, opportunistic, pathologically suspicious and given to bribery to escape danger. It seems that no king was ever hated

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Letter from a Late Playbill: A Jewish Hand Behind Shylock?

by Andrée Aelion Brooks

Was the original purpose of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice something other than what has been traditionally depicted over the centuries? Was the background to its creation other

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Brief Reviews: Trips of Nostalgia and Tales of Survival

FILMS Zaytoun An odd-couple road movie is mixed with Middle East politics as Fahed, a Palestinian boy from a Lebanese refugee camp longing to plant

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The Arts: A Golden Mosaic

by Tom Tugend

When Los Angeles was incorporated as a city in 1850, there were eight Jews—all bachelors—on the population rolls, and in the ensuing 163 years their