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Samantha Baskind

Samantha Baskind is a distinguished professor of art history at Cleveland State University. She is the author of many books on Jewish culture and edits the Pennsylvania State University Press book series Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination.

Menashe Kadishman’s “Sacrifice of Isaac” may be overshadowed right now by a symbolic Shabbat table set for the remaining hostages being held captive in Gaza, though it has taken on new symbolism.
NBC Radio and the AJC teamed up on “The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto,” penned by Jewish playwright Morton Wishengrad.