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2) Christmas and Hanukkah collide. For better or worse, being Jewish in the U.S. often means having to miss out on things — people rarely take Jewish holidays or events into account.
Arthur Szyk's meticulously detailed, fiercely moral, Word War II-era political art is returning to the public consciousness due to 21st-century revival efforts.
Arthur Kahn is believed to be the first Jewish person killed by the Nazis. I’ve known the story of his death as long as I can remember, but I wanted to learn the story of his life.
For as long as I can remember, the great Polish-American Jewish artist Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) has held a proud place at my Passover seder, courtesy of his hauntingly dynamic illustrations of the ...
After Arthur Miller’s first Broadway play, “The Man Who Had All the Luck,” bombed, closing after just four performances, the aspiring playwright vowed to find “some other kind of work ...
The decor in Brooks Arthur’s office chronicles what Billboard calls his “career as a behind the scenes superstar of the record industry.” One photograph depicts Carole King hugging Arthur ...
The work of playwright Arthur Miller, dead last week at 89, had Jewish resonance and themes, although often they were hidden below the surface of his work. NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (JTA) — Arthur ...
American Jewish businessman and philanthropist Arthur Obermayer will receive Germany’s highest honor. The Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit will be presented to Obermayer in ...
Most of Miller’s plays were performed in Israel, beginning with Salesman, which was performed at the Habimah National Theatre in Tel Aviv (1951). He visited Israel several times, once attending ...