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Maya Balakirsky Katz

Maya Balakirsky Katz, associate professor of Jewish art at Bar-Ilan University, is the author of, most recently, Drawing the Iron Curtain: Jews and the Golden Age of Soviet Animation.

  • William Anastasi, ‘Untitled (jew),’ 1987, oil on canvas, 132 1/8 × 132 1/2 inches
    William Anastasi, ‘Untitled (jew),’ 1987, oil on canvas, 132 1/8 × 132 1/2 inches
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    ‘jews’

    How a single painting in the New York Jewish Museum’s collection helps define Jewish art

    byMaya Balakirsky Katz
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    A Beast of Unknown Origins

    May Day: The surprising Jewish origins of the animated character who taught a generation of Soviet children to be good communists

    byMaya Balakirsky Katz
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