My article “Orthodox rabbi to host ‘alternative Yom Kippur’ service in beer garden” appears in Religion News Service. It was republished in LifeZette and the Gazette (Colo.).
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Orthodox rabbi to host ‘alternative Yom Kippur’ service in beer garden
Posted by Menachem Wecker on September 26, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/09/26/orthodox-rabbi-to-host-alternative-yom-kippur-service-in-beer-garden/
A Memorial That Knows Its Biblical History
My article “A Memorial That Knows Its Biblical History,” co-written with E.A. Carmean Jr., appears in the Wall Street Journal. It addresses Jules Olitski’s “Elyon,” installed at the Beth Tzedec synagogue in Toronto.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on September 23, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/09/23/a-memorial-that-knows-its-biblical-history/
Jewish Trump supporters resist calls from other Jews to renounce the president
My article “Jewish Trump supporters resist calls from other Jews to renounce the president” appears in the wire Religion News Service.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 28, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/08/28/jewish-trump-supporters-resist-calls-from-other-jews-to-renounce-the-president/
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/
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/
Overcoming church’s negative past in Spain (National Catholic Reporter)
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 […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on June 16, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/06/16/overcoming-churchs-negative-past-in-spain-national-catholic-reporter/
(Forward) What Do You Do When You Come Face To Face With The Spanish Inquisition?
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 […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on March 28, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/28/forward-what-do-you-do-when-you-come-face-to-face-with-the-spanish-inquisition/
(Forward) Jewish Philanthropist Establishes Kansas City As Cultural Mecca
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.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on March 14, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/14/forward-jewish-philanthropist-establishes-kansas-city-as-cultural-mecca/