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Article: A century of Russian Jewish art
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- Jerusalem Post
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- October 8, 1995
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Ann Levin, AP
Jerusalem Post
10-08-1995
THERE'S a wonderful new exhibition in New York City that surveys the past 100 years of Russian and Soviet history through the eyes of 50 Jewish artists.
There's another exhibition that explores the complicated question of what it means to be Jewish in a society in which Jews are alternately persecuted and accepted but nearly always regarded as outsiders.
Actually, it's the same show, and it works on several levels, offering a glimpse at the turbulent recent history of both the Russian and Jewish peoples. In the process, it raises interesting questions about the way a minority assimilates into a dominant culture, while being subjected to varying ...