Tag: New York
All spaced out: Exhibit boldly goes where Jews go . . . into the...
A new exhibition debuted in New York on Monday that explores the connection between Jews and something outside of our own world: outer space. (And no, it’s not a reshowing of the Mel Brooks...
The Met Can Keep a Picasso Masterpiece Sold by Jews Fleeing the Nazis, Court...
A Pablo Picasso masterpiece will stay at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art after a federal judge ruled on Wednesday against a family who claimed their ancestors were forced to sell The Actor (1904–05) in order to flee Nazi-occupied Europe.
Jewish collectors Paul and Alice...
Remembering Rabbi Neil Gillman, A JTS Giant
He stood at the intersection of the ancient and the modern, a kind of theological crossing guard gently guiding several generations of Jews through the crosswalk, a foot on both sides of the divide.
In...
Death And Sex At Masada
Few places are as iconic in Jewish life as Masada, the desert stronghold where, as the story goes, a courageous group of Jews chose to die at their own hands rather than perish by...
Faith in Fashion, a Conference For Chic and Modest Jewish Women, Convenes in New...
For the last couple of years, the fashion world has been seeing the rise and reign of “modest fashion.” Jewish and Muslim-founded brands, as well as fashion giants like Dior and Valentino, have been...
Teen indicted for anti-Semitic vandalism of New York Jewish cemetery
A teenager was indicted for the anti-Semitic vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in upstate New York more than a year ago.
On Monday, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office charged Eric Carbonaro, 18, of Warwick,...
Jewish museum in New York increases security after ISIS threats
The Jewish Heritage Museum in New York has increased security measures in response to threatening audio recordings from Islamic State, according to NBC New York.
NYPD officers and police dogs could be seen outside the...
Meet Erin Davis, Fairy Godmother of The New York City Jewish Singles Scene
Erin Davis’s grandparents grew up in the same Polish village, were herded into the same ghetto, fell in love in hiding, and escaped together to a displaced person’s camp.
Erin Davis’s parents fell in love...
Israel, NYC museum agree on event to mark 1947 UN vote
Israel and a New York City museum have made peace after an event marking the 70th anniversary of the nation's founding was canceled, then placed back on the schedule.
Statements from the Israeli ambassador to...
An avant-garde patron and peer at the Jewish Museum
A feminist with a penchant for wit, whimsy, and social satire, the artist and Jazz Age saloniste Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944) has often, and unfairly, been misconstrued by critics: her playfulness misread as frivolity, her...