My article “Amid rising anti-Semitism, Orthodox Jews weigh safety with being conspicuously Jewish” appears in Religion News Service.
Amid rising anti-Semitism, Orthodox Jews weigh safety with being conspicuously Jewish
Posted by Menachem Wecker on January 27, 2020
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2020/01/27/amid-rising-anti-semitism-orthodox-jews-weigh-safety-with-being-conspicuously-jewish/
Alfred Jarry’s ‘King Ubu’ Inspired Everyone From the Dadaists to the Beatles—and His Fascist Buffoon Is Now More Relevant Than Ever
My article “Alfred Jarry’s ‘King Ubu’ Inspired Everyone From the Dadaists to the Beatles—and His Fascist Buffoon Is Now More Relevant Than Ever,” about an Alfred Jarry exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, appears in artnet.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on January 27, 2020
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2020/01/27/alfred-jarrys-king-ubu-inspired-everyone-from-the-dadaists-to-the-beatles-and-his-fascist-buffoon-is-now-more-relevant-than-ever/
A Night at the Museum for All
For this feature in Hadassah magazine, “A Night at the Museum for All,” I got in touch with some 50 U.S. Jewish and Holocaust museums to ask about their programming for visitors with disabilities almost 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The museums’ offerings, it turns out, are quite uneven.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on January 15, 2020
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2020/01/15/a-night-at-the-museum-for-all/
Did This Man Save the 1972 World Chess Championship?
My article “Did This Man Save the 1972 World Championship?” — about how, as Stuart Lassar tells it, a white lie made history by securing a Reykjavík table tennis bout with Bobby Fischer — appears in the Jan. 2020 issue of Chess Life magazine. It may be accessed in PDF format via this link. To read the entire […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on January 8, 2020
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2020/01/08/did-this-man-save-the-1972-world-chess-championship/
The Saint Andy Warhol
My article “The Saint Andy Warhol” appears in Playboy magazine.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on January 8, 2020
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2020/01/08/the-saint-andy-warhol/
Smithsonian exhibit connects spirituality and ecology of the American buffalo
My article “Smithsonian exhibit connects spirituality and ecology of the American buffalo” appears in National Catholic Reporter in the EarthBeat section.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 26, 2019
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2019/12/26/smithsonian-exhibit-connects-spirituality-and-ecology-of-the-american-buffalo/
Blurring the lines between rulers and saints
My article on the National Gallery of Art (Washington) show “Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence” and the Frick Collection (N.Y.) show “Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence” appears in National Catholic Reporter.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 15, 2019
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2019/12/15/blurring-the-lines-between-rulers-and-saints/
Jewish Insider profile of Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
My profile of Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) appears in Jewish Insider. Preparing for the interview, I noticed that several stories record that she doesn’t identify as Jewish, though her dad is a Holocaust survivor. I asked her about that, and she told me she knew nothing of her family growing up and wasn’t raised Jewish. […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on November 5, 2019
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2019/11/05/jewish-insider-profile-of-rep-chrissy-houlahan-d-pa/
Was John Singer Sargent a Virtuoso Draughtsman?
My article “Was John Singer Sargent a Virtuoso Draughtsman?” appears in artnet.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on October 24, 2019
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2019/10/24/was-john-singer-sargent-a-virtuoso-draughtsman/
For Many Immigration Activists, Welcoming “Strangers” Is an Act of Faith
My article “For Many Immigration Activists, Welcoming “Strangers” Is an Act of Faith” appears in Religion & Politics.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on October 24, 2019
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2019/10/24/for-many-immigration-activists-welcoming-strangers-is-an-act-of-faith/
Selected articles
"The Imitation Game: Are museums being clear enough with the public about what’s real and what’s fake?" Washington Post Magazine. March 3, 2019.
"Searching for Fischer’s Legacy." Chess Life magazine. March 2018. (PDF file).
"A Memorial That Knows Its Biblical History." Wall St. Journal. Sept. 22, 2017.
"Infiltrating the CIA’s Secret Art Collection." Playboy. Jan./Feb. 2017.