02.02.12:
Mitchell Schwarzer
Building After Auschwitz
On Places, Mitchell Schwarzer reviews
Building After Auschwitz, the new book by historian Gabriel Rosenfeld that asks a thorny question:
Is there a Jewish architecture?
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01.30.12:
Deborah Gans
Hospitality Begins at Home
On Places, Deborah Gans visits a digital installation by Israeli artist Maya Zack and the In-House Festival in Jerusalem, and is inspired to explore the spatio-political dimensions of
homeland.
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09.03.10:
James Sanders
Hallowed Ground, Worldly City: Ground Zero and the Struggle for Lower Manhattan
On Places, James Sanders looks at the current controversy over the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero in a larger context, noting that New York City has for most of its history "abhorred the very idea of memorials."
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