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Archie Rand, the Jewish Michelangelo?
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Menachem Wecker
Menachem Wecker, a freelance journalist based in Washington DC, covers art, culture, religion, and education for a variety of publications.
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Its Name Is Not Asher Lev
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Show-and-Tell for the World’s Most Interesting Judaica Collectors
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Patronizing Censoring of Philip Guston
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Missing Miracles of Marc Klionsky
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Podcast: Menachem Wecker Fleshes Out His Ideas on Yoga and Idolatry
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Idol Worship Isn’t a Relic of the Past
By Menachem WeckerAnd future generations might shake their heads in disbelief at our own flagrant and heedless indulgence in real, literal idol worship.
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Shibboleths and Sun Salutations: Should Religious Jews Practice Yoga?
By Menachem WeckerWhy some Orthodox Jews are nervous about yoga, and why they’re right to be.
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How Jews Solved the “Design Problem” of Gesturing to the Prohibited Name of God Without Actually Writing It
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Tintoretto and His Jewish Neighbors
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Podcast: Menachem Wecker Talks about His Essay on the Problems of the Jewish Museum
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Can the Jewish Museum Be Saved?
By Menachem WeckerIt’s one thing to hold a jazz night in order to draw people into a synagogue building. It’s quite another to show them why the synagogue exists and how it serves its purpose in existing.
Monthly Essay ·
The Wreck of the Jewish Museum
By Menachem WeckerFrom its priceless collection of artworks, a foremost cultural institution has harvested mainly inferior examples for display, while submerging Jewish identity in a sea of “universal values.”
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What If You Trivialize Hitler?
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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In His Biblical Scenes, the 17th-Century Dutch Painter Jan Steen Rivals Rembrandt Himself
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Unprecedented Bible Portraits of Francisco de Zurbarán
By Menachem WeckerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
