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David Sugarman

David Sugarman is a writer living in Baltimore, Maryland.

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    Red Marks and Red Lines

    A visit to some of Baltimore’s first synagogues, in celebration of Passover and commemoration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr., killed 50 years ago this week

    byDavid Sugarman
  • David Hockney, 'American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman),' 1968, from 'David Hockney at The Met,' 2017.
    David Hockney, 'American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman),' 1968, from 'David Hockney at The Met,' 2017.
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    A Portrait of the Marriage of Fred and Marcia Weisman, by David Hockney

    ‘Seeing psychologically’ the philanthropic American collector couple who put Los Angeles on the art map

    byDavid Sugarman
  • (Collage Tablet Magazine; original photo Museum of Photographic Arts; white whale Rockwell Kent. )
    (Collage Tablet Magazine; original photo Museum of Photographic Arts; white whale Rockwell Kent. )
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    Melville in Jerusalem

    The Moby-Dick author sought spiritual connection on an 1857 Holy Land trip. He found dust and rocks instead.

    byDavid Sugarman
  • Lev Shestov in Kiev, 1916.(© Private collection, courtesy of Lev Shestov Studies Society [Société d’Etudes Léon Chestov])
    Lev Shestov in Kiev, 1916.(© Private collection, courtesy of Lev Shestov Studies Society [Société d’Etudes Léon Chestov])
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    A Philosopher of Small Things

    A new book on ‘antiphilosophy’ revives interest in Lev Shestov, a seminal but largely forgotten thinker

    byDavid Sugarman
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    Montreal’s Kosher Bootleggers

    Observant Jews smuggle kosher wine into Quebec and sell it illegally in secret locations, flouting laws they say are anti-Semitic

    byDavid Sugarman
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