As visitors return to the reopened Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, they will be greeted by a new four-story art installation by renowned local sculptor Richard Deutsch. But this being Silicon Valley, the sculpture is not just a piece of art; it is also a high-tech musical instrument that anyone with a smartphone can…
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Statue by Nazi artist no longer on display at St. Mary’s College
UPDATED: May 19, 8:45 a.m. A statue at St. Mary’s College in Moraga that was temporarily removed in February after student concerns surrounding the…
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Germany sets precedent in return of painting sold as owner fled Nazis
The German city of Dusseldorf has agreed to return an Expressionist painting estimated to be worth $18 million to the heirs of its original Jewish owner,…
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Investigation: Do San Francisco museums hold Nazi-looted art?
A view of Amsterdam at midday. A dark forest with sunlight peeking through the trees as a woman washes clothes in a river. A young boy feeding a monkey as…
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Family gifts its Nazi-looted porcelain figurines to Legion of Honor
The Kaumheimers were about to make it out of Italy alive. It was 1939, and the family of six had already left their German hometown of Stuttgart three…
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CJM welcomes back in-person guests
It’s been over a year since Vic and Linda Milhoan were in a museum. This week, they were some of the first visitors to step foot in the Contemporary…
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Matzah ‘NFT’ digital art fetches $4,200 in charity auction
How much is an afikomen worth? How about $4,200? That’s what a digital artwork by the Jewish San Francisco artist fnnch (pronounced “finch”) went for at a…
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Our Pandemic Year: Artists faced a choice — pivot or perish
Part Three of OUR PANDEMIC YEAR, a week-long series examining how the Covid pandemic has changed our local Jewish world. Debra Schaffner has spent much of…
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Contemporary Jewish Museum plans to reopen April 17
Thanks to the reduction of pandemic restrictions on San Francisco as of March 2, the Contemporary Jewish Museum is planning to re-open to the public on…