British pop sensation Alex Clare balances stardom and Orthodoxy

Published on October 31, 2012

Alex Clare is really just a nice Jewish boy. Sure, his hit “Too Close” is currently the seventh most popular song in the United States, his music video has garnered more than 18 million hits on YouTube and he has mobs of teenage girls chasing him around Europe. But at the end of the day, he still likes to sit down with a nice challenging page of Talmud.

‘Nu’ Way to Fund Jewish Art

By Ryan Torok
Published on April 4, 2012

Artists and musicians, among others, convened in a West Hollywood loft last spring for an event known as SEDER, the Hebrew word for “order” that also refers to the ritual that accompanies the Passover meal. And while they didn’t celebrate Passover that evening, the attendees did contribute to the narrative of the Jewish people.

Briefs: U.S. House recognizes Jewish refugees from Arab lands,  Woody Allen sues American Apparel

Published on April 3, 2008

News briefs.

Video pioneer dances with feminine personas

By Susan Josephs
Published on March 13, 2008

Created in 1973, "Caught in the Act" juxtaposes a 36-minute video with accompanying still photography and stars Eleanor Antin as a prima ballerina performing a series of ballet poses for the camera."Caught in the Act" is one of Antin's signature video works to be included in the Getty Center's "California Video" survey exhibition, March 15-June 8.

Was Judaism a color on Rothko’s palette?

By Tom L. Freudenheim
Published on November 9, 2006

Like many people of my generation, I first grooved on Mark Rothko's paintings at Washington, D.C.'s Phillips Collection in the 1960s.Despite my long interest in those points at which "art" and "Jewish" intersect, and plenty of immersion in the meditative qualities of Rothko's work, I considered my admiration for Rothko's art to be at some distance from my Jewish sensibilities.