Art, Culture & Music

Living, reading, watching and listening Jewishly—that’s the crux of Moment’s Arts & Culture section. Here you can find book reviews, poetry, fiction, art and music. Don’t miss our fantastic interviews with artists and musicians.

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                  Paris Boutique 2022 81 minutes Director: Marco Carmel Mayane Films, United

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The fig tree’s fruit falls to the ground, Its purpled flesh still burning. ...
The story of the interactions between Jews in Israel and the Jewish and gentile supporters of Israel in the United States is complex and colored by the unique conditions that led to Israel’s birth. ...
It is very difficult to come up with a catalog of books for a literary tour of Israel. No matter how long the list, there will always be disagreements and arguments about the canon, what is included and what is left out. ...
Her books have earned Reich a reputation for deep knowledge of Jewish subjects, among them ritual, history, culture and texts; experiences of Jewish women; varieties of religious (particularly Orthodox) observance; the Holocaust and its repercussions; and Israel. ...

Like many of Moment’s readers, I have been a diehard Mel Brooks fan since before my bar mitzvah. As a

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a 2006 novel about the son of a fictional commandant of Auschwitz who befriends

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Artist and writer Mindy Weisel reflects on grief, healing and legacy after the death of her father, Amram Deutsch. ...
Visionary Swiss artist Meret Oppenheim's paintings, drawings, sculptures and collages demonstrate both a daredevil freedom and an obdurate determination. ...
Chaya Sara Oppenheim's review of The Offering combines a close reading of the film's Jewish details as well as the bigger message of the meaning of family in the face of horror. ...
We buy the house next door to my parents, because dread is proportional to the years. ...