Jewish New York with Dr. Deborah Dash Moore
Deep Dive, Culture, Politics, American Jews, History Clarissa Marks Deep Dive, Culture, Politics, American Jews, History Clarissa Marks

Jewish New York with Dr. Deborah Dash Moore

Clarissa talks with Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, a professor of Jewish History, about a city that holds a special place for American Jews and Jewish culture: New York City. They talk about her book “Jewish New York,” how Jews transformed the city of New York, and how the city transformed them.

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Hebrew Tattoos w/Artist and Calligrapher Gabriel Wolff
personal stories, creativity, diaspora, hebrew, yiddish, art Clarissa Marks personal stories, creativity, diaspora, hebrew, yiddish, art Clarissa Marks

Hebrew Tattoos w/Artist and Calligrapher Gabriel Wolff

Clarissa talks with artist and calligrapher, Gabriel Wolff. They talked about his journey to finding his niche as a Hebrew calligrapher, specifically for tattoo art, and the ways that Jews are using tattoos to wrestle with and communicate their individual and group identity. Gabriel also shared how he sees his art as part of our collective struggle as Jews to find a way past a "post-traumatic experience of life.”

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