My article appears in The Federalist.
The ‘Trump Train’ Cartoon Is Not A Violence Dog Whistle
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 15, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/08/15/the-trump-train-cartoon-is-not-a-violence-dog-whistle/
Art Institute exhibit illustrates Gauguin’s eclectic spirituality
My article appears in Chicago Catholic. Here’s the lede: When Paul Gauguin arrived in Tahiti in 1981 sporting long hair and a wide-brimmed hat, the French, post-impressionist painter expected a culture that the West had largely left untainted. But the locals he met, who called him “taata vahine” (man-woman), weren’t noble savages. “From his experience […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 10, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/08/10/art-institute-exhibit-illustrates-gauguins-eclectic-spirituality/
Can Art Shed Light on the Ethics of Capital Punishment?
My article appears in Sojourners magazine
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 8, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/08/08/can-art-shed-light-on-the-ethics-of-capital-punishment/
Fordham endures disputes over faculty health care, unionizing
My article appears in National Catholic Reporter. Here’s the lede: NEW YORK — Over coffee at Rex, the hip, Upper West Side shop that Fordham University students haunt, Kyle Pritz, 28, pauses to hold his glasses up sideways. It looks as if something has taken a bite out of the piece of the plastic temple […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 7, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/08/07/fordham-endures-disputes-over-faculty-health-care-unionizing/
Despite smuggled antiquities purchase, some say criticism of Bible museum is unfair
My article “Despite smuggled antiquities purchase, some say criticism of Bible museum is unfair” appears in Religion News Service. (It has also run in The Salt Lake Tribune and the Baptist Standard, and was mentioned on several blogs: PaleoJudaica.com, Zwinglius Redivivus, and The Way of Improvement Leads Home.)
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 3, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/08/03/despite-smuggled-antiquities-purchase-some-say-criticism-of-bible-museum-is-unfair/
Artist’s drawing of a herring on a bialy gains an audience in Bialystok — and Hollywood
My article “Artist’s drawing of a herring on a bialy gains an audience in Bialystok — and Hollywood,” which draws upon an interview with Mel Brooks, appears in Religion News Service.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on July 31, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/07/31/artists-drawing-of-a-herring-on-a-bialy-gains-an-audience-in-bialystok-and-hollywood/
(Playboy) “How Realistic Are ‘Game of Thrones’ Battle Scenes?”
My article “How Realistic Are ‘Game of Thrones’ Battle Scenes?” appears in Playboy magazine.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on July 16, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/07/16/playboy-how-realistic-are-game-of-thrones-battle-scenes/
De Stijl, the movement of Mondrian, turns 100 (NCR)
My article “De Stijl, the movement of Mondrian, turns 100” appears in National Catholic Reporter. Here’s the lede: Piet Mondrian’s signature later style — red, blue and yellow rectangles embedded within a black grid — surfaces everywhere. It adorns the Partridge Family bus, it inspired the introduction of 1998 film “You’ve Got Mail,” and it […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on July 15, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/07/15/de-stijl-the-movement-of-mondrian-turns-100-ncr/
Collection tells early American religious history (NCR)
My article “Collection tells early American religious history,” about the National Museum of American History’s exhibit “Religion in Early America,” appears in National Catholic Reporter.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on July 5, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/07/05/collection-tells-early-american-religious-history-ncr/
(Sojourners) Iowa is Known for Its Politics, But What About Religious Diversity?
My article “Iowa is Known for Its Politics, But What About Religious Diversity?” appears in Sojourners magazine.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on June 29, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/06/29/sojourners-iowa-is-known-for-its-politics-but-what-about-religious-diversity/