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In considering Sartre’s conception of the Jew and his relation to anti-Semitism we must not forget that Reflections on the Jewish Question (published by Schocken as Anti-Semite and Jew) was written…
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Harold Rosenberg
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1949
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These four etchings were made by Rembrandt van Rijn for Menasseh Ben Israel’s book, Piedra Gloriosa (Glorious Stone), a messianic treatise. Clockwise from upper left, they illustrate the biblical…
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1655
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Hebrew manuscript illustration underwent a revival in eighteenth-century Germany and Central Europe. As wealthy Jews began to commission such manuscripts, a school of scribes and artists emerged. This…
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Aryeh Judah Leib of Trebitsch
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1713
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This printed amulet to protect a woman in childbirth features a central scene depicting Adam and Eve and several animals in the Garden of Eden, with a snake coiled around the forbidden “tree of…
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Abraham Bar Jacob
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1700
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“The tragic element in Shostakovich’s worldview” is the subject of longstanding debate. Was it a prophetic dream of Soviet Jewry, the spirit of which weighed on Shostakovich even in his youth? His…
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Leonid Girshovich
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Hanover, Germany
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1998
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Jonathan:I know you do. It cracks me up that you do; it amuses me. You know, up till like eight or nine years ago, let’s not forget, I was painting apartments for a living. Apartments. Walls. Rooms. I…
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Donald Margulies
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New York, United States of America
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1992
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Theda Bara (1885–1955) was born Theodosia Burr Goodman in Cincinnati. After completing public high school, Goodman moved to New York to become an actress. In advertisements for the Fox Film Company’s…
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Photographer Unknown
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915
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Postcards, such as this image of Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra, advertised her celebrated performances for global audiences.
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Napoleon Sarony
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France, France
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1891
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Art is ultimately tantamount to nature if only we understand it somewhat more broadly and look at man as a natural phenomenon. As the saying goes, no matter how you try to drive nature out through the…
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Maximilian Syrkin
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
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1910
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For the critic of the future remains the problem of estimating to what degree residence in America influenced the art of Charles Martin Loeffler and of Leo Ornstein. Patent enough to our own day is…
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Paul L. Rosenfeld
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1916