Monthly Archives: October 2013

The Spiritual in Art = The Shape of Revelation (Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925 (Neue Galerie)

Posted on October 24, 2013 by zjb

If you want to know what “the shape of revelation” or “the spiritual in art” looks like, go to New York’s Neue Galerie, Ronald Lauder’s little pocket museum devoted to German and Austrian modernism in the visual arts.  It’s a … Continue reading →

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Sigmund Freud Sunshades and Eyeglass Case (Fashionista)

Posted on October 23, 2013 by zjb

Sigmund Freud, modern fashion plate. It’s not cheap, to look like a prosthetic god. Sunshades and case on sale at the Neue Galerie in New York.

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Live Tweets — Will Jews Exist? Conference (Josh Nathan-Kazis)

Posted on October 23, 2013 by zjb

For a quick skim across the surface, here are Josh Nathan-Kazis’ live tweets from the “Will Jews Exist?” conference at YU with Sheldon Adelson and company. An illumination into the hive that is the collective mind of rightwing conservative Jewish … Continue reading →

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East Side Snow Leopard w/ Purple Bag (New York)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by zjb

I don’t know why, but she left me speechless.

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Religion of Reason at the Continental Divide (Cassirer Heidegger Davos) (Peter Eli Gordon)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by zjb

I bought the book maybe months ago, not knowing when I was going to get to it. As often happens, circumstance brought me to the book sooner than I thought it would. Continental Divide is a big bear of a … Continue reading →

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New York Bike Map Cat (Fabrika Ouch)

Posted on October 21, 2013 by zjb

This print was for sale outside the Guggenheim at a table tabled by Fabrika Ouch. Utterly charming and cheaper than the stuff inside, it’s part of a NYC Bike Map series. You can see more at their Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabrika-Ouch/533114690082583

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אַ‮ ‬שאַנדע‮ ‬פֿאַר‮ ‬די‮ ‬גוים — WILL JEWS EXIST?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by zjb

Great screaming bannners! I will not be going to the Will Jews Exist? conference at Yeshiva U. featuring Sheldon Adelson, Shmuley Boteach, and company. But I “like” the full page ad at the New York Times and the public display … Continue reading →

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Queens Sunday Afternoon

Posted on October 19, 2013 by zjb

Another Sunday afternoon spent in Queens. College Point’s about as ugly as it gets and the soccer coach was a drag. But I like how the pictures came out. It’s a different kind of urban fabric, special in its own … Continue reading →

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Jews & Arabs (Middle East Studies — Jewish Studies)

Posted on October 18, 2013 by zjb

An interesting article in the NYT about American Jewish students taking Arabic and studying in the Middle East. The article speaks to both enchantment and disenchantment, idealism and realism as they play out in relation to daily life and politics. … Continue reading →

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Place and Placelessness, Human Rights and History (Samuel Moyn)

Posted on October 17, 2013 by zjb

I was not expecting to need to read Samuel Moyn’s The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History, but it’s a good thing I did. The sharpness of the book lies in the clarity with which Moyn wants to delineate Human … Continue reading →

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