Nadav Lev on Life in the Children’s House Share Come see Lev perform a brand-new work inspired by the nightwathers of his youth on 1/25 at the 14th Street Y. I was raised on kibbutz in central Israel where I lived, until age 11, in a communal lodging area known as the beit ha’yeladim (children’s
Elissa Strauss on the Majesty of Making Babies Lucas Cranach Share For so long, I took their word for it. Eve — the world’s first woman according to the creation myth of Abrahamic religions — messed up. Her punishment, two-fold. One, she was kicked out of Eden, sweet Eden, where she spent her days sauntering around naked, no shame
Ruby Namdar on Why We Hate Thinking About Our Mothers Having Sex “Maternal Affection” by Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1861) Share How ironic is it that Eve, mother of all living things, is also associated with death and mortality? In the book of Genesis, Eve is portrayed as the weak moral link, the one
Siona Benjamin is a painter originally from Bombay, now living in the US. Her work reflects her background of being brought up Jewish in a predominantly Hindu and Muslim India. In her paintings she combines the imagery of her past with the role she plays in America today, making a mosaic inspired by both Indian