Eva Hesse first became known in the New York art world of the 1960s by making colorful abstract-expressionist paintings, but it was her departure from the art scene and a lengthy return to her native Germany that led her to begin making the abstract sculptures that would earn her global acclaim.
She was a Holocaust survivor, a German-born Jewish intellectual and one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the past century.
Like many seeds for a book, the thought of writing about rabbinic discussions of sex came from an offhand comment made by a stranger.
Amos Gitaï is one of Israel’s best-known filmmakers, and his latest project explores one of his country’s most tragic moments: the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Alfred E. Mann, a pioneer in biotechnology and medical devices, died Feb. 25 in Las Vegas of natural causes. He was 90.
Standing inside Shulamit Nazarian Gallery in Venice, a visitor watched the silhouettes of trees flash by on a screen.
In a floral-print jacket and bright-red lipstick, Dorothy Scott smiled as she thumbed through a plastic binder of photographs, letters and newspaper clippings.
Thousands of residential and commercial buildings designed by modernist architect William Krisel can be found throughout Southern California.
Los Angeles filmmaker Aaron Wolf never intended to make a documentary about a synagogue.
I got married this past summer. The wedding ceremony was beautiful, heartfelt and touching. The reception featured delicious food, great music, dancing and celebrating. The day reflected our personal style and tastes perfectly.
