Art
The Jewish Influences of Eli Valley's Visceral Political Cartoons
When the news gets appalling enough, Valley will show you the grotesquerie, and make you feel it.
Contemporary Jewish Culture
Art
“I'll Have What She’s Having” Chronicles the Life of the Jewish Deli
More than simply focusing on the food, the exhibition at the Los Angeles Skirball Center illustrates how the Jewish Deli was uniquely American, tied up with political and social trends of the day.
Film
Reckoning with Israeli Censorship Through Autofiction
Ahed’s Knee is the latest film by Nadav Lapid to use a fictionalized version of the filmmaker to inveigh against societal injustice.
Art
Shining a Light on Soviet Jewish Life
Works by Bill Aron and Yevgeniy Fiks chronicle the experience of Soviet Jews who tried to leave their homeland.
News
After a Decade of Uncertainty, the Jewish American History Museum Emerges With a Bright Future
Weeks before the pandemic necessitated its temporary closure, Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History filed for bankruptcy in hopes of keeping its doors open.
News
New York's Jewish Museum Staff Push to Unionize
The union would include art handlers, curators, development staff, educators, visitor experience and retail employees, and other administrative staff.
Art
Looking to the Future of Art Restitution
For many people and organizations,restitution is simply the beginning of a long fight for cultural heritage and the right to remember.
News
Dozens of Israeli Artists Ask to Withdraw From Exhibition After a Political Artwork Was Removed
Ramat Gan’s Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen called the work “racist towards ultra-orthodox Jews,” which the artist vehemently denies.
Art
TikToker Pokes Fun at Western Attitudes Towards Non-Western Art
"The Europeans are a simple people, but perhaps in this complex age we could learn something from their simplicity,” Rubin says mockingly as she reverses an attitude that remains embarrassingly prevalent in Western culture.
Art
Our Wandering, Rootless Nature, Given Shape by a Jewish Tradition
The autumn holiday of Sukkot continues to offer solace and community for new generations.
Art
The Jewish Immigrant Modernists Who Dreamed a Better Future in Brazil
As Jewish artists fled World War II, some settled in Brazil, where their resilience and desire for renewal shaped their art that looked hopefully to the future.
Art
Exhibiting the Afterlives of Looted Art
The Jewish Museum delves into "degenerate" art and art made under duress as part of a thought-provoking yet diffuse exhibition.