Jane Logemann was born in Milwaukee. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions, including Abstraction & Language: A Dialogue, at La Maison Française, The French Embassy, Washington, D.C. (2003). She has participated in group shows in the United States, Israel, and Spain. Logemann’s artworks are at the Morgan Library, the Jewish Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the British Museum.
“No I say; enough is enough! On their behalf I prayed, for their benefit I cried my eyes out. Enough! I say, no! May I be struck dumb if I will say one more word, not even my name, Gnesye.” She had a…
Very little is known about the actor Siegfried Berisch (1877–1933). He started out performing in the cabaret and German Jewish theater scenes in Berlin and Vienna. Berisch’s first major role was in Sc…
At home I have a blue piano,
I, who cannot play a note.
It stands in the gloom of the cellar door,
now that the world has grown coarse.
The four hands of the stars play there
—the moonwife sang…