My article “Overcoming church’s negative past in Spain” appears in National Catholic Reporter. Here’s the lede: TOLEDO, SPAIN “Alas the synagogues, fallen to ruins, where kites and vultures have nested; for the children of Israel have departed,” wrote Ya’aqob Albeneh in a 1391 poem. He was describing a pogrom, which he survived, that began in […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/06/16/overcoming-churchs-negative-past-in-spain-national-catholic-reporter/
My article “What Do You Do When You Come Face To Face With The Spanish Inquisition?” — about paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid and the Harvard Art Museums — appears in the Jewish Daily Forward. Here’s the lede: “Nobody,” the Monty Python skit goes, “expects the Spanish Inquisition,” and the same goes for […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/28/forward-what-do-you-do-when-you-come-face-to-face-with-the-spanish-inquisition/
My article “Jewish Philanthropist Establishes Kansas City As Cultural Mecca,” which draws upon interviews with Henry Bloch, 94, co-founder (and the ‘H’ in) H&R Block, about the new wing named for him at Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum, appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/14/forward-jewish-philanthropist-establishes-kansas-city-as-cultural-mecca/
My article “Why Was This Italian Artist So Interested in Painting Synagogues?” appears in the Jewish Daily Forward. Here’s the lede: Nearly 275 years after Alessandro Magnasco’s death, experts still aren’t sure what to make of his work — particularly four paintings of synagogues. Known as il Lissandrino, Magnasco was born 350 years ago Feb. […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/12/forward-why-was-this-italian-artist-so-interested-in-painting-synagogues/
My article, “Do We All Have an Inner Gandhi — and a Hitler Too?” appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/03/forward-do-we-all-have-an-inner-gandhi-and-a-hitler-too/
My short article “Archie Rand Put a New Tryst on the Bible” appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2016/12/28/forward-archie-rand-put-a-new-tryst-on-the-bible/
My review “We’ve Seen Martin Luther From Both Sides Now” of the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s Martin Luther exhibition appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2016/12/26/forward-weve-seen-martin-luther-from-both-sides-now/
My article “Met exhibit reveals Holy Land’s layers” appears in National Catholic Reporter.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2016/12/06/national-catholic-reporter-met-exhibit-reveals-holy-lands-layers/
My article “How Did This Ass Wind Up on a Stained Glass Window?” appears in the Jewish Daily Forward. It’s the result of a visit to Minneapolis’ Basilica of Saint Mary, where I found myself face to face with a stained-glass window celebrating the biblical Balaam.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2016/11/28/forward-how-did-this-ass-wind-up-on-a-stained-glass-window/
My article “Wright’s iconic home houses eclectic artwork,” about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, appears in National Catholic Reporter. Here’s the lede: MILL RUN, PA. One of several surprises at Fallingwater — the iconic weekend-retreat home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built on a waterfall in 1936 — are the collection’s religious works. The patrons, […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2016/11/18/ncr-wrights-iconic-home-houses-eclectic-artwork/
