Filmmakers constructed a shtetl for a WWII film. Now they want to preserve it...
In the woods of northern Ukraine, construction workers have built an island in time: a shtetl. That’s the Yiddish word for the type of...
This Jewish female artist from the comic book golden age was overlooked for decades
By Karen Chernick
Like the comic superheroes they invented, the Jewish creators of the characters often had secret identities – at least different names. Superman...
Jewish Military Museum to create Vietnam War exhibit
The Vietnam War is one of the longest military engagements in U.S. history, with 2.7 million American men and women serving in the 20-year...
Use your words with Ann Friedman
Corrected Dec. 14, 10 a.m.
Ann Friedman chooses her words carefully. She knows what they can do.
God created the world with a word, as the...
‘Jews in Space’ exhibit lands at Jewish Museum of Maryland
Get ready to take one small step to the Jewish Museum of Maryland in Baltimore for its new exhibit,“Jews in Space: Members of the...
Sukkot, the pandemic and a lynching come together in new art installation
For his latest installation, dancer and choreographer Adam McKinney drew inspiration from what may seem like disparate sources: the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the...
Jewish Museum creates history-themed board game
By Jesse Berman
Calling all chess champions, Monopoly mavens, Boggle bosses, and titans of tic-tac-toe. The Jewish Museum of Maryland (JMM) has created its own...
Asylum inmates and asylum seekers in Israeli photographer’s AU exhibit
The black-and-white photo from 1855 shows a young woman with long hair, parted in the middle and draped over her slightly curved shoulders, her...
Mixed race, collodion photography
An indigenous and Jewish photographer wants to tell her people’s story before it’s too late
Unlikely refuge
Jewish Museum exhibit tells the story of Shanghai’s Hongkou Ghetto
