02
Jul
Artist Ben Shahn’s Nonconformity
As a friend of his put it, “These were the works of a famous man, not a famous artist.”
26
Jun
Visual Moment | 50 Years, 50 Noted American Jews in the Arts
The array of talent seems endless.
26
Jun
Visual Moment | KEY to 50 Years, 50 Noted American Jews in the Arts
Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum) Berlin, Germany; designed by Daniel Liebeskind
A Passover Haggadah; drawings by Leonard Baskin
Wrap dress; designed by Diane von Furstenberg
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16
Apr
Visual Moment | The Secret Life of an Art Deco Diva
“She always understood the power of an image.”
09
Dec
The Conversation
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By
Moment
“The fall issue of Moment was a treasure trove of just how Jewish Americans might negotiate the impending governmental challenges at home and abroad.”
19
Jan
Visual Moment | Tales of Rifles and Resistance
These are the words of Faye Schulman, who, at age 16 during World War II, fled to the forests outside her hometown of Lenin, Poland, after witnessing her entire family being executed by the Nazis.
09
Oct
This Moment in Art: Draping the Ambassador’s House, Samaritans and More
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As we embark on a new year, we can find respite and renewal in the trove of rich and varied museum exhibitions and cultural happenings that are once again burgeoning in our cities.
15
Mar
Visual Moment | Lost & Found: Solving a Holocaust Mystery
Lost and Found exhibit at Yeshiva University’s museum traces the story of a photo album smuggled out of Lithuania’s Kovno Ghetto, from its original disappearance through the investigation that found the owner’s descendants teaching Yiddish in the United States.
16
Jan
Visual Moment | A (Torah) Scribe Goes to Washington
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Sarah Breger
It’s one of the more unsavory parts of the Bible. Lot, after the destruction of Sodom, is seduced by his two daughters, who think they are the world’s sole survivors.
05
Nov
Visual Moment | The Beguiling Language of Dress
Ribbed moiré silk from Greece, tulle and silver-tinsel embroidery from Egypt, silk satin from Ottoman Palestine, indigo-dyed goat hair from Iraqi Kurdistan, brocaded silk ikat...
28
Mar
Visual Moment | The Ringelblum Archive
Even before the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-1943) knew of the “Final Solution,” they understood that their story needed to be preserved. Under the...
17
Jan
An Artist’s Secret, Now Fully Revealed
When Charlotte (called Lotte by her family) was eight years old, her mother died. At the time she was told the cause was influenza—the truth was kept a carefully guarded secret.