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Ances­tral Tales: Read­ing the Bucza­cz Sto­ries of S.Y. Agnon
Alan Mintz
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Visu­al Arts
Rober­to Burle Marx: Brazil­ian Modernist
Jens Hoffmann and Claudia Nahson
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Movies and Midrash: Pop­u­lar Film and Jew­ish Reli­gious Conversation
Wendy I. Zierler
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The Torah of Music
Joey Weisenberg
Essay

When is Jew­ish Art Avant-Garde?

Ben Schachter
December 14, 2017
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The Eddie Can­tor Sto­ry: A Jew­ish Life in Per­for­mance and Politics
David Wein­stein
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Image, Action, and Idea in Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Art (Dimy­onot)
Ben Schachter
Essay

Five Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Art­works You Should Know

Ben Schachter
December 12, 2017
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Visu­al Arts
Modigliani Unmasked
Mason Klein
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Art and the Artist in the Con­tem­po­rary Israeli Novel
Joseph Lowin
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Visu­al Arts
Leave Me Alone with the Recipes: The Life, Art, and Cook­book of Cipe Pineles
Cipe Pineles; Rich, MacNaughton, Millman & Popova, eds.
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Strange Bird: The Alba­tross Press and the Third Reich
Michele K. Troy
Essay

Over­com­ing Jew­ish Stereo­types — One Image At a Time

Matthew Baigell
June 8, 2017
Essay

The Main­stream Press and Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Art

Matthew Baigell
June 6, 2017
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Bot­ti­cel­li’s Muse
Dorah Blume
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The Implaca­ble Urge to Defame: Car­toon Jews in the Amer­i­can Press, 1877 – 1935
Matthew Baigell
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