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'New York Havurah Shabbat School, Jay Greenspan, Simchat Torah, 1976' dates to photographer Bill Aron's time as a member of the grassroots Jewish congregation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. (Bill Aron, American Jewish Historical Society via JTA)
February 10, 2026, 1:08 am
Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in sweeping NYC retrospective
A new American Jewish Historical Society exhibit running through June 4 spans five decades’ worth of images — from the heyday of the havurah movement to the fading glory of the Jewish Lower East Side
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Judy Chicago stands in front of one of her artworks entitled 'What if Women Ruled the World' during a press preview for the exhibition 'Judy Chicago: Revelations' at the Serpentine North gallery in London on May 21, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
November 29, 2025, 1:30 pm
Judy Chicago’s feminist art lands in Tel Aviv, igniting an anti-Israel boycott call
In ‘What If Women Ruled the World,’ on display through Dec. 27, the artist poses a question that hits home in a war-torn country predominantly led by males – though critics still loom large
By Karen Chernick
'The Reservoir,' written by Jake Brasch and directed by Shelley Butler, which had its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, won the Jewish Plays Project's annual contest. (Jerry Mooney via JTA)
May 8, 2025, 5:36 pm
Trump administration rescinds grants to at least two NY Jewish arts organizations
As the government targets the National Endowment of the Arts, creative groups are uncertain how they will cover expenses, while more institutions appear to be at risk of cuts
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: People watch workers move the Adas Israel Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Washington, to a new location down the street, where it became part of the Capital Jewish Museum, on January 9, 2019, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
April 10, 2025, 2:02 am
US Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities
Widespread cuts are touted as cutting costs, but come two years after a Biden administration initiative described museums as a critical tool against the spread of antisemitism
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Mauricio Avayu calls each of his works a self portrait. (Courtesy of Avayu via JTA)
December 26, 2023, 1:31 am
A Chilean-Jewish artist strives to capture the entire Torah in massive murals
Mauricio Avayu, whose work has hung in homes of former presidents and been presented to Pope Francis, sets himself apart by striving for accuracy, even consulting rabbinical texts
By Jacob Kessler
Lili Shain (left) teaches Liat Bartal how to cross-stitch. (Courtesy of Lili Shain)
October 20, 2019, 10:45 am
It takes 1,400 strangers from around the world to cross-stitch a Torah
Currently on view at the Textile Museum of Canada, ‘Torah Stitch by Stitch’ project set to be completed within two years
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Members of the Creative Committee of the People’s Art School, Vitebsk, winter 1919. Seated: Yuri (Yehuda) Pen (third from left), Marc Chagall (center), Vera Ermolaeva (second from right), Kazimir Malevich right). Gelatin silver print. (Archives Marc et Ida Chagall, Paris)
October 1, 2018, 11:33 am
After the Russian Revolution, Chagall ran an art school for the proletariat
A new exhibit at New York’s Jewish Museum highlights a brief period when one of the world’s most famous Jewish artists convinced the Bolsheviks to nurture working-class talent
By Cathryn J. Prince
Installation view of 'Scenes from the Collection.' The 'Accumulations' segment will be on view through September 16, 2018 at The Jewish Museum, New York. (Photo by: Jason Mandella)
January 19, 2018, 5:08 pm
650 works from NY Jewish Museum’s private stockpile on show in massive exhibit
‘Scenes from the Collection’ lets visitors catch a glimpse of never-before-seen objects in curious staged settings
By Cathryn J. Prince
An inside view of the synagogue in Casale Monferrato, Italy, which dates to the 16th century. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
December 17, 2017, 1:16 pm
It’s always Hanukkah in this picture-perfect Italian town
The Festival of Lights is commemorated nonstop in Casale Monferrato, with a year-round exhibit featuring dozens of hanukkiyot in one of Italy’s most beautiful rococo synagogues
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Amar’e Stoudemire at SCOPE Miami in December 2017, where a painting he commissioned on the destruction of the Second Temple is exhibited. (SCOPE Art Show)
December 14, 2017, 4:49 am
Amar’e Stoudemire gets into the paint at Miami exhibit with Second Temple canvas
Days before returning to Madison Square Garden to light a ceremonial Hanukkah menorah, the former NBA star has another Jewish moment — this one in the art world
By Patrice Worthy
The interior view of a Panoramic Sukkah. (Courtesy of Eliyahu Alpern/via JTA)
October 2, 2017, 4:32 pm
This Panoramic Sukkah re-creates Jerusalem in your backyard
Can’t make it to the Holy Land in time for the festival? Fear not: in the confines of this holiday hut, you’ll think you were really there
By Marcy Oster
David Rozenson, CEO of Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
September 12, 2017, 2:57 am
After escaping USSR aged 7, cultural director went back to establish Jewish life
As head of Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem, David Rozenson works to unite — and educate — Jews through varied programming
By Yaakov Schwartz
Center: Master mezuzah maker Ric von Neumann in his rural Ontario workshop where he makes his custom cases. Sides: A custom dancer mezuzah case, and a Gibson Les Paul replica mezuzah case. (Courtesy/Libby von Neumann)
August 25, 2017, 3:04 am
The non-Jewish mezuzah master whose custom cases are affixed to door posts around the globe
Far removed from any Jewish community, Ric von Neumann makes some of the world’s most creative scroll holders — in the middle of a remote Canadian wilderness
By Robert Sarner
Janusz Makuch is the founder and director of the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival. (Michal Ramus/Krakow Jewish Culture Festival/via JTA)
July 28, 2017, 4:30 pm
At Krakow festival, ‘Lucky Jew’ character plays on stereotypes to celebrate lost culture
With the inaugural Festivalt event, the question arises — are Polish folk portrayals of archetypal Jews anti-Semitic or, as some Poles see them, a tribute?
By Penny Schwartz
'The Tree of Life' stained glass window by Marc Chagall, 1976. (Megan Hart/Times of Israel)
June 5, 2017, 6:45 am
Lofty artist Marc Chagall’s more down-to-earth fixation on display
While most know the Jewish modernist for his soaring figures, as shown in new Florida exhibit, he also had a deep-rooted appreciation for flowers
By Megan Hart
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