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Bangladeshi Shivas Stolen, Questioning Eldridge Street’s Restoration, What Should We Call Jesus?

January 6th, 2008 by Menachem Wecker

  • Bangladesh’s cultural affairs adviser has quit, eight people are arrested an an exhibit canceled, after two 1,500-year-old statues of Vishnu were stolen from Dhaka’s international airport. The pieces, insured for $65k, were headed to Paris. If one adapts a post from mooligai sidhan, the King of Thieves has been stolen. [ARTINFO]
  • Despite completing its 20-year restoration, which shows it’s “flexible and adaptable enough to reinvent itself as a historic space given over to the presentation of the “immigrant experience,’” Jenna Weissman Joselit laments, “it’s clear to anyone with an eye to the present that the days when the [Eldridge Street Synagogue]’s pews would be routinely filled with worshippers are long gone.” [Forward]
  • Fleming Rutledge wonders “What should we call Jesus?” with attention to Larry Hurtado’s “massive study” Lord Jesus Christ, 2003. Needless to say, the applications of this discussion to art history and criticism are very important. [Generous Orthodoxy]
  • Louise Nevelson’s work at the Jewish Museum ranks number three on Robert Ayers’ list of top five 2007 shows. [ARTINFO]

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    2 Responses to “Bangladeshi Shivas Stolen, Questioning Eldridge Street's Restoration, What Should We Call Jesus? ”

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      arya Says

      Who is mooligai sidhan?

      Apr 18th, 2008 at 7:55 am   

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      Menachem Wecker Says

      Profile here.

      Apr 18th, 2008 at 8:05 am   

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