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"The Artiste," by Lauren Lazar Stern. (Image courtesy of Elizabeth Dashiell)
August 18, 2025, 6:06 pm
Lauren Lazar Stern: Portrait of the artist
In the search for meaning, there’s a desire “not just to understand the self, but to understand how other people feel and how they respond to you”
By Adam Reinherz
Benjamin Schwartz sits inside his studio. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
February 26, 2024, 12:50 pm
Blind painter finds his way with partnership and creation
'Benny Blindspots' needed years to perceive life in a new way; now that he does, he can’t unsee it.
By Adam Reinherz
'Binder Bound and the Mizbeyach,' by Ben Schachter
August 21, 2023, 4:38 pm
Pittsburgh artist retells the binding of Isaac, with a Sephardi gloss
'Et Shaare Ratson' was composed almost 900 years ago. Ben Schachter finally illustrated its text
By Adam Reinherz
Abira Ali and Sheila Ali. Photo by Adam Reinherz
February 21, 2023, 8:04 am
‘Elusive Ground’ brings Los Angeles artist back to Pittsburgh
Former Shadyside resident Abira Ali teams up with sister Sheila Ali for "quick glimpse of different little windows into different times”
By Adam Reinherz
Rivka Nehorai has come to understand Matisyahu's artistic journey. (Photo by David Bachman)
August 18, 2021, 3:19 pm
I used to judge ex-Orthodox Jews.
Then I started listening to them.
By Rivka Nehorai
Oreen Cohen. Photo courtesy of Nathan J Shaulis/Porter Loves
June 28, 2021, 9:10 pm
Getting to know: Oreen Cohen
This Jewish sculptor is building something big
By Adam Reinherz
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