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A r s J u d a i c a 20 20 169 German Artists Depict the Holocaust Kathrin Hoffmann-Curtius in collaboration with Sigrid Philipps, Judenmord: Art and the Holocaust in Post-war Germany (London: Reaktion, 2018), 407 pp., 232 color and black-and-white illustrations. Both artists exhibited and published their works in Germany after the war, using Christian iconography in their depictions of the Jews in the Holocaust. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses a round-table conference titled, "Constructing and Deconstructing Jewish Art" sponsored by the Israel Science Foundation and Ars Judaica that was held at the Bar-Ilan University on September 10, 2015.

The article explores the iconography of the Wandering Jew illustrated by Rabbi and printer Menasseh ben Israel, its comparison with other illustrations and its impact on Judaism and Christianity. In contrast to earlier illustrations of walking Ahasver, ben Israel depicted him as a stocky man wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a cloak, a short tunic, knee breeches, stockings, shoes and a knapsack. Scholar Menahem Dorman believes that ben Israel's representation of Ahasver was influenced by the travels of his own Portuguese Marrano family.

The article reviews the art exhibition "Too Jewish? Challenging Traditional Identities" at the Jewish Museum in New York City from March to July 1996.

The article examines the "Dedicated to Christ," or "Golgotha," as one of the enigmatic paintings of artist and poet Marc Chagall in the early period of Paris, France. The painting, which consists of dar with mystery and tension engendered by the contrast of complementary colors, has been variously interpreted within a Christian religious, Russian or Jewish literary context. In addition, the painting was first exhibited under the neutral title "Composition" in the Cubist room of the Salon d'Automne from October 1 to November 8, 1912.

The article discusses the Jewish identity problem of Ben Shahn, an American Jewish artist. It cites that Artists in the thirties has integrate themselves to American art scene successfully that depicts old testament themes and Jewish genre scenes through Hebrew inscriptions that is can be seen in artist like Ben Shahn. The change caused a transition of his art of social realism to man's condition in personal and symbolic manner. It cites Shahn's composite expression of ethnic identity shows his struggle for self identification as a Jew and the fear to be labeled as parochial. Undercurrents of the conflict that posed problems of identity introduce for him and other American Jewish artists includes rising Nazis in Germany, Holocaust and establishing the State of Israel.

The article pays tribute to the first Israel Prize for Art History recipient, Mosche Barasch.