At the Jewish Museum of Chicago, Anti-Zionist Jewish Artists Explore Identity and Dissent - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

At the Jewish Museum of Chicago, anti-Zionist Jewish artists explore identity and dissent

(JTA) — Returning to Chicago from an artist residency in Maine, Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González surveyed the local Jewish museum scene and found it wanting. “When I came back to Chicago, I wanted to get involved with the ‘Jewish Museum of Chicago,’ and, you know, lo and behold, it doesn’t exist,” said Chalfin-Piney-González, who uses they/them pronouns. “I found that kind of strange.” So Chalfin-Piney-González set about creating the museum they d…

At the Jewish Museum of Chicago, anti-Zionist Jewish artists explore identity and dissent - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Seeing a lack of a distinctively Jewish contemporary arts hub in Chicago, Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González set out to create their own.

New Jewish Museum of Chicago embraces anti-Zionist identity

(JTA) — Returning to Chicago from an artist residency in Maine, Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González surveyed the local Jewish museum scene and found it wanting. “When I came back to Chicago, I wanted to get involved with the ‘Jewish Museum of Chicago,’ and, you know, lo and behold, it doesn’t exist,” said Chalfin-Piney-González, who uses they/them pronouns. “I found that kind of strange.” Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González, the founder of the Jewish Muse…