Two prominent filmmakers will provide bookends for the 2015 Houston Jewish Film Festival, which gets underway Sunday. Early in the lineup, Nancy Spielberg — sister of three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg and a filmmaker in her own right — will attend the Wednesday screening of “Above and Beyond,” her film that tells the stories of […]
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Filmmakers bring two very different offerings to Jewish Film Festival
Posted by Menachem Wecker on March 4, 2015
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2015/03/04/filmmakers-bring-two-very-different-offerings-to-jewish-film-festival/
Houston photographer deconstructs time to reveal mindful, present moment
When David A. Brown walks the streets of Houston, where he has lived for 21 years, he flirts with what he calls “moderate danger.” He’s not a klutz or particularly accident prone, but the “literal transformation” he experiences as a photographer has so captivated his attention that he has walked into walls and almost gotten […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on March 18, 2014
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2014/03/18/houston-photographer-deconstructs-time-to-reveal-mindful-present-moment/
Massa Lemu piece on Huffington Post
My post “Houston Episcopal Diocese Gallery Shows Acrylics by Malawian Artist Massa Lemu” now appears on Huffington Post.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 13, 2013
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2013/08/13/massa-lemu-piece-on-huffington-post/
Houston Episcopal Diocese gallery shows acrlylics by Malawian artist Massa Lemu
The post and slideshow appear on my Houston Chronicle blog Iconia.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on July 30, 2013
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2013/07/30/houston-episcopal-diocese-gallery-shows-acrlylics-by-malawian-artist-massa-lemu/
Selected articles
"Searching for Fischer’s Legacy." Chess Life magazine. March 2018. (PDF file).
"Confederate Monuments and the Power of Absence." Religion & Politics. Oct. 2017.
"A Memorial That Knows Its Biblical History." Wall St. Journal. Sept. 22, 2017.
"Infiltrating the CIA’s Secret Art Collection." Playboy. Jan./Feb. 2017.