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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.

Based on events that mesmerized the entire world 42 years ago, the film is proof that apparently even great moments in Jewish and world history fade from memory.

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A Distinctly Female and Jewish Moment in Theater

by Leah F. Finkelshteyn

From Broadway to nonprofit and regional theaters, talented women are writing themselves into American theater and presenting a more complex vision of the Jewish woman.

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A Shofar Sounds in Leonard Bernstein’s Work

by Joanne Sydney Lessner

Now at the Maltz museum in Cleveland, a traveling exhibit offers a multi-layered appreciation of the maestro's work as it relates to the Jewish experience.

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Two Shows for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

by Leah F. Finkelshteyn

'Indecent' and 'The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm,' now available for streaming, give viewers a heart-wrenching look at worlds destroyed by the Nazis.