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“Forgive Them” Found, Jesus with a “Jewish” Look

May 22nd, 2008 by Menachem Wecker

  • [Edmonton Journal] It’s five weeks late and it missed the Pope, but the missing $20k painting, “Forgive Them,” has finally shown up at the National Museum of Catholic Art and History in New York.
  • [NY Jewish Week] David Volach, director of “My Father, My Lord,” says “Most of the time when you criticize religion you criticize people, you make them less appealing. But I try to say ‘No, the problem is with ideas, not with people.’’”
  • Right: [Star Tribune] Brandon Kidder, shown with his “Persistent Prayer,” says, “It’s more of an ethnic Jesus than we see in the traditional paintings, which tend to show him with blue eyes and lighter hair … I’m trying for a more realistic look, a more Jewish look, based on my study of the Bible and other books.”
  • [ArtDaily] See here for a great piece from the Rubin Museum of Art’s exhibit “Buddha in Paradise.”

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