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California College of the Arts in San Francisco (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Professor’s lawsuit says antisemitism is ‘entrenched’ at California College of the Arts

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 11, 2024June 17, 2024
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters face off outside of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, June 6, 2024. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
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Protesters face off outside as art exhibit debuts at Contemporary Jewish Museum

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 7, 2024June 17, 2024
"Horas Transparentes" by Georgina Reskala will appear in the Contemporary Jewish Museum's inaugural California Jewish Open. (Photo/Courtesy Reskala)
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CJM’s inaugural California Jewish Open exhibit couldn’t escape the war

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 24, 2024May 24, 2024
Orion Stone performs at "Truth and Remembrance" at the Piedmont Center for the Arts, May 15, 2024. (Photo/Julie Reichle for The Piedmont Exedra)
Posted inCulture

In East Bay, candles, video and music recall lives lost in Israel

by Sue Fishkoff May 16, 2024May 21, 2024
"Courtyard Terezin" by Malva Schaleck. (Courtesy ORT/Art and the Holocaust)
Posted inCulture

In concentration camps, Jewish artists painted in secret, hid their work and traded art for food

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
Detail from Frank Stella’s "Then came a dog and bit the cat." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Skirball Cultural Center)
Posted inCulture

That Passover song about the goat captivated a famous artist who wasn’t Jewish

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
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With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 24, 2024May 14, 2024
Trina Robbins (center) with Jan Duursema (left) and Carol Kalish on the "Women in Comics" panel at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con. (Photo/Alan Light CC BY 2.0)
Posted inObituaries

Trina Robbins, 85, the first woman to draw a full issue of ‘Wonder Woman’

by JTA and J. Staff April 24, 2024April 24, 2024
Italian soldiers stand guard in front of Israel's pavilion during the pre-opening of the Venice Biennale art show, on April 16, 2024 in Venice.  (Photo/JTA-Gabriel Bouys-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel’s representative at Venice Biennale shuts down art exhibit, demanding ceasefire and hostage deal

by Andrew Lapin April 17, 2024
Lisa Kokin's "Red Line" will appear in the Contemporary Jewish Museum's upcoming California Jewish Open. (Photo/Courtesy Kokin)
Posted inLocal Voice

I’m an anti-Zionist Jewish artist who believes it’s important to stand with CJM

Lisa Kokin (Photo/Courtesy) by Lisa Kokin April 12, 2024April 12, 2024

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