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Jewish artist Tobi Kahn mounts a site-specific retrospective at the Museum at Eldridge Street

“We picked all the art to relate to this space,” the award-winning artist said of the 50 objects on view at the historic Lower East Side synagogue.

By Julia Gergely May 20, 2024 5:11 pm

How Jessica Cohen became the go-to English translator of contemporary Israeli literature

“People just inherently assume that a translation is inferior to the original, and I don’t like that assumption,” Cohen said.

May 20, 2024 7:32 am

LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins. A new exhibit on Jewish film pioneers fixes that.

“Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital” traces the history and legacy of Jewish Hollywood pioneers including the Warner brothers, Louis B. Mayer, Adolph Zukor and others.

May 17, 2024 1:38 pm

In ‘October 7: In Their Own Words,’ right-wing culture warriors bring Israeli survivors’ accounts to the NY stage

By Chava Pearl Lansky May 17, 2024 12:47 pm

Nearly 4,000 Jews died at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia. This artist is fighting for a memorial to them.

By Deborah Lynn Blumberg May 17, 2024 10:00 am

Beloved Borscht Belt entertainer Morris Katz remembered in new NYC exhibit

By Julia Gergely May 16, 2024 1:51 pm

Ideas

The Drake-Kendrick Lamar ‘Great Rap War’ is a battlefield of race, identity — and Jewishness

By Jonathan Branfman May 15, 2024 10:00 am

New York Nosh

Martha Stewart collaborates with Breads Bakery on a brand-new babka

By Julia Gergely May 14, 2024 6:21 pm

Israel places 5th at Eurovision, propelled by audience voting from around the world

By Philissa Cramer May 12, 2024 3:52 pm

After canceling Eurovision screening in ‘boycott’ of Israeli singer, a Brooklyn nightclub forges ahead with the event

By Julia Gergely May 10, 2024 1:18 pm

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Jewish artist Tobi Kahn mounts a site-specific retrospective at the Museum at Eldridge Street

How Jessica Cohen became the go-to English translator of contemporary Israeli literature

LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins. A new exhibit on Jewish film pioneers fixes that.

In ‘October 7: In Their Own Words,’ right-wing culture warriors bring Israeli survivors’ accounts to the NY stage

Nearly 4,000 Jews died at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia. This artist is fighting for a memorial to them.

Beloved Borscht Belt entertainer Morris Katz remembered in new NYC exhibit

The Drake-Kendrick Lamar ‘Great Rap War’ is a battlefield of race, identity — and Jewishness

Martha Stewart collaborates with Breads Bakery on a brand-new babka

Israel places 5th at Eurovision, propelled by audience voting from around the world

After canceling Eurovision screening in ‘boycott’ of Israeli singer, a Brooklyn nightclub forges ahead with the event

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