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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.
Arts
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.
Arts
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.

Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art

by Hilary Danailova

A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

Meet Willow Zimmerman: ‘Super’ Jew

by Hilary Danailova

For Jewish girls, the character of Willow is a chance to see themselves positively in a format long known for exaggerated muscles and bosoms.

New Film Dismantles the Myth of Hitler

by Susan Hornik

'The Meaning of Hitler' explores contemporary society’s enduring fascination with Nazism.

Nazi Looted Art: An Afterlife

by Robert Goldblum

Shifting focus from theft to recovery.

A Museum on the Move

by Jordana Benami

Zumu aims “to transform art into a common language and bring about educational, social and economic change."

Painting in Shorthand

Stacey Mandell transcribes text into vibrant, evocative art.

Lior Raz’s Next Hit

by Curt Schleier

The story behind the creation of 'Hit & Run,' the Israeli-American action series that debuts this week, is almost as interesting as the show itself.

Behind the Scenes in the Dark Comedy ‘Physical’

by Susan Hornik

Annie Weisman, executive produce and writer of the Apple TV hit, uses her Jewish background and experiences as inspiration for her new show.

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Judíos en la Historia de Cuba, a free Spanish-language app available on Google Play, traces the 500-year history of Cuba’s Jews, a community that peaked in the 1920s at around 24,000 and now numbers between 500 and 1,000 🇨🇺✡️⁠
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Created by Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana engineering student Abel Hernàndez Eskenazi, the app—whose name in English is History of the Jews in Cuba—is the culmination of Eskenazi’s participation in the 2021-2022 Lauder Fellowship, an international student network sponsored by the @worldjewishcongress. As part of the program, fellows must create and implement an initiative that uniquely benefits their home communities.⁠
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➡️ Tap the link in bio to read more.

Judíos en la Historia de Cuba, a free Spanish-language app available on Google Play, traces the 500-year history of Cuba’s Jews, a community that peaked in the 1920s at around 24,000 and now numbers between 500 and 1,000 🇨🇺✡️⁠
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Created by Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana engineering student Abel Hernàndez Eskenazi, the app—whose name in English is History of the Jews in Cuba—is the culmination of Eskenazi’s participation in the 2021-2022 Lauder Fellowship, an international student network sponsored by the @worldjewishcongress. As part of the program, fellows must create and implement an initiative that uniquely benefits their home communities.⁠
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➡️ Tap the link in bio to read more. ...

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