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Leading scientists
It’s a telling view from Constitution Gardens on the National Mall.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 28
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Queen Esther: the legal thriller
The biblical Purim story recalls FBI efforts to infiltrate mob law firms in John Grisham’s popular novels.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 25
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Modern classicism
“There is clearly some form of human impulse to make figurative art,” says Thanasi Papapostolou.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 21
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White House art
My interview yesterday with the Illinois public radio program The 21st.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 17
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Lorem ipsum
Paintings as wall placeholders.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 14
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Chesspionage
On a recent visit to the International Spy Museum, I was surprised by the overlaps between chess and reconnaissance.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 12
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Drawing spirit
A 2020 Fetzer Institute study of U.S. spirituality has an artful focus.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 11
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Objective news
Sometimes it’s good to aim very high, even if it’s out of reach.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 7
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On Jewish weather dominion
Space lasers aside, Jewish meteorological mastery is rooted in tradition.
Menachem Wecker
Feb 4
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Godforsaken churches are able teachers
Reflections on abandoned churches stateside and overseas.
Menachem Wecker
Jan 31
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Amid the pandemic, give yourself “permission to explore art”
So says Talya Weinberg, who has been teaching art virtually for nearly a year.
Menachem Wecker
Jan 26
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The Ark (curtain) de Triomphe
An 18th century textile—once adorning a synagogue ark—bears the unusual signature of a young Italian Jewish woman and blankets a fascinating rabbit hol…
Menachem Wecker
Jan 24
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