The Jewish Museum’s Muddled ReinstallationThough ambitious and engaging, the New York institution’s reorganized collections galleries struggle to offer a coherent vision of Jewish history and identity. Dec 16 25December 16, 2025Article at wsj.com
The Global Intifada Comes to American MuseumsBeing an activist has become the artist’s and intellectual’s self-celebratory vocation. Jul 17 25July 17, 2025Article at ideas.tikvah.org
Museums and their DiscontentsWhile protests at university campuses since October 7, 2023, have earned appropriate notoriety for their violence, tactics, and support for... May 13 25May 13, 2025Article at sapirjournal.org
How “The Brutalist” Tries to Rewrite American Jewish HistoryAnti-American epic. May 01 25May 01, 2025Article at ideas.tikvah.org
Form Without Function - Jewish Review of BooksThe Brutalist's foundation as a film is fundamentally shaky. Apr 07 25April 07, 2025Article at jewishreviewofbooks.com
‘Yiddish: A Global Culture’ Review: A Language in the SpotlightThe Yiddish Book Center’s permanent exhibition offers much to kvell about, including a wide-ranging collection of volumes and tributes to Yiddish theater, music and history. Jan 11 25January 11, 2025Article at wsj.com
The Messages about Jews in Christian ArtAnd how Jews used art to send messages about themselves. Aug 28 24August 28, 2024Article at ideas.tikvah.org
Holocaust Museums at a CrossroadsTheir narratives have long been built around the stories of survivors. But with that generation dying off they need new ways to keep their testimony vital. Aug 03 24August 03, 2024Article at wsj.com
Like 9/11, 10/7 Has Only Strengthened Intellectuals’ Commitment to Make Excuses for TerrorismAnything done to the Jews in Israel will be justified. Nov 13 23November 13, 2023Article at ideas.tikvah.org
‘Acts of Faith: Religion and the American West’ Review: The Borders of BeliefA wide-ranging show at the New-York Historical Society explores the ways different faiths and communities both shaped and were shaped by the nation’s westward expansion. Nov 11 23November 11, 2023Article at wsj.com
The Root Causes of Moral Evil - Arts & Letters - Tablet MagazineNo matter how many innocents are murdered, Western intellectuals will never stop making excuses for terrorists Nov 08 23November 08, 2023Article at tabletmag.com
‘The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries’ Review: From Torah Scrolls to Postage StampsA show at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York focuses on the 12th-century physician, jurist, philosopher, rabbi and teacher and his reach from his own times to today. Jun 07 23June 07, 2023Article at wsj.com
Hollywood’s Retreat into UniversalismMany recent Hollywood movies seem to exhibit a fear of showing too much Jewish particularism. Why? Jan 30 23January 30, 2023Article at ideas.tikvah.org
‘Paris and Her Cathedrals’ Review: The Architecture of PraiseIn the great Gothic creations in and around the City of Light, the glory is in the details. Dec 23 22December 23, 2022Article at wsj.com
Jews’ Sense of Themselves Flies in the Face of Today’s Identity PoliticsThe Jewish story of redemption doesn’t just involve enduring suffering, but actually imposes obligations. Oct 28 22October 28, 2022Article at ideas.tikvah.org
How We Got Here: An Intellectual HistoryIn our era of cancellations and topplings, censorious declarations and virtue signaling, recantations and exorcisms, it’s almost possible... Oct 26 22October 26, 2022Article at sapirjournal.org
‘Painted Prophecy: The Hebrew Bible Through Christian Eyes’ Review: Religious RevisionismA show at the Getty reveals how Christian pictorialism was used to co-opt Jewish texts. Apr 21 22April 21, 2022Article at wsj.com
‘Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art’ Review: Sins of OmissionAn exhibition about art plundered by the Nazis avoids context and narrative. Nov 04 21November 04, 2021Article at wsj.com
What Evil Sounds LikeThe complete recordings—all 775 hours—of the historic Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders has been released online. Jan 12 21January 12, 2021Article at wsj.com
‘Madame d’Ora’ Review: Approaching Photography as a DramaturgeDora Kallmus, better known as Madame d’Ora, was a talented portraitist who found theatrical spectacle in many of her subjects Mar 07 20March 07, 2020Article at wsj.com