Art
Putting a silky finish on spiritual text-iles
Few people actually make a living at art, says Catherine Stern. But making a more meaningful life through art — that is something she can do. “I’m often…
Fashion
Dressing the diaspora: centuries of Jewish fashion
A visitor to the upcoming exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, “Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of the Israel Museum,…
Culture
'Black Matter': unseen culture and cosmos
Oxossi Ayofemi, an Oakland- and San Francisco-based artist, was traveling on BART one day when a pair of turf dancers began to perform in her train car.…
Art
Tattoos, taboos and 'Lew the Jew'
How many Jews enjoy a shrimp cocktail, tootle around town on Shabbat or indulge in a tuna on rye during Passover? Rhetorical question. But back in the…
Art
Warsaw exhibit bares chilling tale of 1968 purges
In 1968, Americans were focused on the Vietnam War and race riots in many major cities. Israelis were coming to grips with the reality of their victory in…
Film
Can you steal Banksy's art?
While “The Man Who Stole Banksy” focuses on the theft of one graffiti-covered section of the security border between Israel and the West Bank, this…
Culture
An edgier take on Jewish life in today's Poland
Second in a week-long series of dispatches from the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival The Jewish Culture Festival that annually takes over the streets of the…
Pride
SF art installation honors gay leather culture
There was a time, mostly before the AIDS epidemic, when a sexual subculture thrived along a rundown alleyway in the South of Market area. Now, that…
Summer Camp
Mural brings Camp Newman spirit to temporary home
Like other Bay Area Jews with a connection to Camp Newman, the teens at Contra Costa Midrasha were devastated by the news that the camp had burned down in…