This Jewish Feminist Has Been the NYC’s Sanitation Department’s Official Artist for 50 Years....
Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA
In 1976, deep in New York City’s fiscal crisis, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles read a review of her conceptual work...
A Best-Selling Novelist Identified a Minor Character as Israeli. Some Fans Are Canceling Their...
Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA
A bestselling author is facing a flurry of anger from fans after advance copies of her upcoming novel identified a character...
‘Sesame Street’ Post Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month Draws Support, Backlash
The TV show “Sesame Street” featured black and Jewish actress Kat Graham in its celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, which began on May...
Jewish Food Creators Win Hearts and Minds, One Recipe at a Time
Tania Shalom Michaelian | JNS
When Chef Vlad Briantsev plates a dish in a VIP suite at Inter Miami Stadium, his audience includes David Beckham,...
Jerusalem Exhibit Highlights US-Israeli Faith-Based Diplomacy
Sharon Altshul
An exhibition launched Sunday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem is shedding new light on a little-known dimension of Israel-U.S. relations: a century...
JxJ’s Screens and Stage Showcase Jewish Stories and Voices
Although Mardy Shualy has been artistic director of JxJ, the Edlavitch DCJCC’s signature Washington Jewish Film and Music Festival, for just six months, he...
Apple TV’s ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Just Gave Us a Stunningly Authentic Passover Episode
Yael Buechler | JTA
Matzah is not something I typically give much thought to in the days following Passover. Yet I cannot stop thinking about...
‘Yakir’s Light’ Exhibition Showcases Fallen Soldier’s Artistic Talent
Josh Hasten | JNS
A powerful, blended art and photography exhibition is on display at the Jerusalem Theatre, celebrating the life and mourning the death...
Congress Removes Deadline for Holocaust-Looted Art Claims, Setting Stage for More Restitution Battles
Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA
A new U.S. law removing a deadline for laying claim to art looted during the Holocaust has gone into effect after...
42 Jewish Authors Slam Jewish Book Council for ‘Bias Toward Centering Israeli and Zionist...
Andrew Lapin | JTA
Dozens of anti-Zionist and non-Zionist Jewish authors are criticizing the Jewish Book Council, a historic literary group, for what they said...