Contemporary Culture
“It is not Israel that is the weak link in the chain. It is almost everybody else.”
Nix the blacklists. A reasonable response to antisemitism in cultural figures is a component of Jewish chosen-ness
How do these custodians of culture fit into our lives today? What purposes do they serve?
Can Jewish food deepen Jewish identity and engagement?
It is the Orthodox who are the new Jews, telling stories in the hope of gaining a sliver of visibility and a bit of warmth
A conversation exploring the interactions between philanthropy and the creation of art
When and how did Judaism change from Sammy Davis Jr.’s cool to Kanye’s antisemitism?
The decline and fall of everything, including the inner man, has been a Jewish study since there was an everything to decline and fall
Art does not stop after great artists are gone. It evolves