Friday, March 7, 2014

I recently read another article about an art exhibit in New York called "What I Be: Jews of New York." The controversial exhibit shows a spectrum of Jews from reform to orthodox. It was originally going to be shown at Yeshiva University, but the school pulled out of the project, which led to accusations of censorship. I agree that the exhibit, which shows people and their insecurities, can be seen as very controversial, and I understand the university's decision to back out. If it were my decision, however, I would have kept the exhibit at Yeshiva University. It would have given the students there a venue to see expressions of other Jews and maybe even express themselves. Even though it may be controversial, the What I Be project's goal is to promote conversation, and I think that this would have been achieved had the exhibit been at the university.

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