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 Arts: Utopia, Visions and Evolution“In crowded Jewish quarters, deprived of air and sunshine, our bodies became weak.… Let us again be wide of body and strong of gaze,” statedFlorida’s Foodies: Growers, Grocers & Gefilte Fish“I think this exhibit is fabulous,” said Esther Solomon Gordon at the new exhibit “Growers, Grocers & Gefilte Fish: A Gastronomic Look at Florida JewsExhibit: Saving the PastIn May 2003, American troops entered Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters and found a treasure—more than 2,700 Jewish books and thousands of documents dating from theCut & Post: Israelis in America, and on the Silver ScreenJewish Provence The French Government Tourist Office, in cooperation with the Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur Tourism Board, has just issued a 48-page booklet with beautiful colorBrief Reviews: Philosophy and FatalismFILMS Bethlehem Israel’s entry in the 2014 Oscar competition for best foreign-language film, this nail-biter on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians—and Palestinian factions—pits ShinCafe Vienne: An Art Installationby Joan TapperOrder a pastry from the Skirball’s Zeidler’s Café and enjoy it in a setting designed by contemporary Austrian artist Isa Rosenberger that evokes the storiedThe Many Sides of Peter MaxIf the psychedelic paintings that greet you at the exhibit “Peter Max”—on display through February 23 at the Nassau County Museum in Roslyn Harbor, NewThe Arts: United (Jewish) Artistsby Aaron RosenOn a sodden late autumn evening, I tromp through the byzantine streets of Spitalfields in the East End of London. A couple of wrong turnsFooter Menu Column 2
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