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Haim Saban’s confidence in Hillary Clinton

Three weeks ahead of the California primary, I was ambling through a crowded tent at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s (MOCA) annual gala when I spotted the Egyptian-born media mogul Haim Saban holding court at the front of the room.

Was Judaism a color on Rothko’s palette?

Like many people of my generation, I first grooved on Mark Rothko\’s paintings at Washington, D.C.\’s Phillips Collection in the 1960s.Despite my long interest in those points at which \”art\” and \”Jewish\” intersect, and plenty of immersion in the meditative qualities of Rothko\’s work, I considered my admiration for Rothko\’s art to be at some distance from my Jewish sensibilities.

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