The latest landmark on Boston’s Freedom Trail? A Nazi railcar
Plans for a Boston Holocaust museum include an exhibit, visible to passerby, centered on a Nazi car used to transport Shoah victims
Plans for a Boston Holocaust museum include an exhibit, visible to passerby, centered on a Nazi car used to transport Shoah victims
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Emissaries trained to celebrate Israel’s existence examine exhibits that mourn the circumstances of its founding
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In the 1930s, there were 5,000 delicatessens in New York City. By way of comparison, Starbucks, which seems to be on every street corner, has 241 outlets in New York. And those delis were much more than just places to get coffee or a pastrami. “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” a new exhibit at the…
(JTA) — A new Boston-based foundation dedicated to Holocaust memory plans to build the city’s first Holocaust museum. The Holocaust Legacy Foundation, which couple Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman founded after a 2018 March of the Living trip to Auschwitz, announced Thursday that it had purchased a 15,000-square-foot building near Boston Common, on the city’s…
Any exhibit of haute couture is obviously stunning. How could it not be, with palatial displays and flashy gowns, shining embellishments and vibrant colors? Fashion is meant to be striking to look at. And yet, in “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams,” currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum, it feels like something is missing. The…
The improbable hybrid of a tallit, a Jewish prayer shawl, and a sajjada, a Muslim prayer rug. A family recipe for an Iraqi date pastry that evokes layers of Arab-Jewish identity. Glazed stoneware for trans Jews to use in ritual practice. A film of screen recordings and Zoom exchanges about disability and displacement. These works,…
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