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Idina Menzel Dishes on ‘Redwood’ and Jewish Ethics
The Tony award-winning actor and singer is now starring in what may be the most positive Jewish play on Broadway in decades.

The Tony award-winning actor and singer is now starring in what may be the most positive Jewish play on Broadway in decades.
Arts
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.
Arts
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.
Arts
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.

‘One Nation,’ an Exhibit About American Identity

In “Echad (One),” artist Alan Falk imagines Americans united by a desire for peace and justice (left); artist Miriam Stern’s “Pekelakh” (bundles) is a reference

Arts

Michelle Azar on Embodying RBG in ‘All Things Equal’

by Curt Schleier

Hopping from shul to stage, the rebbetzin, award-winning singer and actress says playing the Supreme Court justice is “the greatest, most heartbreaking gift.”

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Nancy Spielberg on Telling Stories and ‘The Fabelmans’

by Esther Kook

Nancy Spielberg, sister of acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg, shares her thoughts on telling great Jewish stories.

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A New Exhibit Sheds Light on the Overlooked Women of Sassoon

by Robert Goldblum

Much is known about the men of the Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon family, called “Rothschilds of the East.” But what about the women who raised them?

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Bonnie Lautenberg Merges Art, Jewishness and Politics

by Jan Engoren

“Lady Liberty: A Bonnie Lautenberg Retrospective,” showcases 30 pieces of the artist’s digital and photo collages, most of them of powerful and impactful women.