Art, Culture & Music

Living, reading, watching and listening Jewishly—that’s the crux of Moment’s Arts & Culture section. Here you can find book reviews, poetry, fiction, art and music. Don’t miss our fantastic interviews with artists and musicians.

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Ribbed moiré silk from Greece, tulle and silver-tinsel embroidery from Egypt, silk satin from Ottoman Palestine, indigo-dyed goat hair from

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In August, the CW announced that Australian actor Ruby Rose had been cast to play Batwoman in a new series based on the comic books. But some have criticized the casting choice on the basis that Rose is not Jewish. ...
Nadler was a finalist for the first four Moment cartoon caption contests he entered. ...
It’s never too late for some good, old-fashioned sibling rivalry—not even in retirement. ...
"I’ve probably won 80-plus contests and been a runner up for more. It’s just persistence." ...
"I have to confess I don't actually put actual work or much thinking in this enterprise, but instead rely on sudden spurts of inspiration." ...
We wanted to learn more about our most prolific participants—so we asked them about their love of contests, their approach to humor and the secret to the perfect caption. ...

The First Book of Jewish Jokes Edited by Elliott Oring Translated by Michaela Lang Indiana University Press 2018, 176 pp,

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The Jewish Sculptor’s Confederate Statues Have Become a Beacon for White Supremacists. ...

Films You Shouldn’t Miss By Isaac Zablocki A notable theme that emerged from the film festival lineups was movies about

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When Alfred Moses, an attorney and prominent national Jewish leader, traveled behind the Iron Curtain to Romania in 1976, the impoverished country was under the thumb of the ruthless and corrupt dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The trip changed Moses’s life, inspiring him to fight for the freedom of Romania’s Jews. ...

On the day after Yom Kippur, I ride my bike along the waterfront. Pious men build their sukkah before sunset.

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