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The first Jewish president? Lincoln, in the Abrahamic tradition
Abraham Lincoln has been dead for almost 150 years, yet suddenly he’s everywhere. At the Skirball Cultural Center, you can see an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Lincoln, amid an impressive array of founding American documents. View Original Article […]
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The Future in Our Hands in Our Homes and Before
CES made clear how much our whole notion of what a computer does is changing. Only a few short years ago, we used computers only at our desks. Now there are laptops, netbooks, the Mac Air, Ultrabooks and tablets of all sizes. View Original Article […]
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Michael Chabon Reconnects
Before the crowded room of gregarious, well-read rabbis from around the country, Kahn asked Chabon to narrate his own Jewish coming-of-age. View Original Article […]
Living Masters of Latino Folk Art at LA's NHM
The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles (NHM) is celebrated for its Dinosaur skeletons, dioramas, oar fish display, gem and bug collections. Some specimens in the collection date back 4.5 billion years. Â Â Â When I arrived at the NHM to see the traveling exhibit Grandes Maestros: Great Masters… View Original Article […]
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Why Jonathan Alter Loves Our President
A conversation with the author of the best-selling “The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies” View Original Article […]