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To interview or not to interview?
What it’s like to visit a Chassidic school
Anonymous thoughts and prayers
The shanda of censoring Philip Guston
By Zion and Dutch waters, remembering Babylon
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s favorite biblical story is mired in a dark, anti-Jewish past
“Curator” journal cites Rough Sketch
Traveling in style (and color)
Now is the best time to go to the terrifyingly-empty Holocaust Museum
Salvador Dalí’s ‘Western Wall’ could be yours...
Art Institute of Chicago’s Monet exhibit contrasts sharply with its racial justice statements
Why won’t the National Gallery let us photograph art that belongs to us?
Chassidic Jews feel like the only minority New York officials feel comfortable targeting
Islam doesn’t outlaw realistic art utterly
An ode to the wonderful, absurd concession call
Religion News Association award
An artistic golem for trying times
At preeminent museums, some justices are more equal than others
Does Jewish tradition say Ruth Bader Ginsburg was righteous?
This French museum found its collection particularly conducive to sharing online
My interview with Austria’s new ambassador in Washington
Under the Inquisition, the biblical Joseph proliferated in art
Evidently, I’m funny (at least about chess)
UT Austin unveils digital artwork on symbiosis
Why did outdoor sculpture gardens close amid the pandemic?
At San Antonio Museum of Art, it’s Latin American “popular” rather than “folk” art
What makes it ‘The’ Mona Lisa?
“The last few months have been difficult and strange as a rabbi, cantor, and composer”
“During a time when the world is on edge, art can do wonders”
Are we living in a Jewish artistic renaissance?
Medieval history of sacred relics is surprisingly relevant amid current pandemic
The cruciform synagogue and Star of David-bedecked church
Fallout from mockery of the president’s weight will endure long after he leaves office
A painting that preaches vs. Moses
If not for two Jews, Mondrian’s iconic paintings might’ve faded into obscurity
On the National Gallery reopening
Chanting the haftorah at Prague’s synagogue ‘built by angels’
“We are absolutely helping navigate the return to normalcy.”
Good fences make compensating embassy neighbors
A significant Mormon artist hides in plain sight
Pondering the destruction of the Jewish temple in the pope’s private chapel
Art historical reflections on fireworks
Compelling Jewish paintings will be on view at London Art Week (digital) later this week
The iconoclasm of throw-away culture
Despite commitments to greater equality, many museums to reopen for donors first
Amid pandemic, Holland’s ‘hidden’ churches have an especially poignant message
The rise and fall of the ‘I.M. Pei Synagogue’
Anyway you cut it, the pandemic is impacting Jewish ritual circumcision