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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.