Caroline Goldberg Igra

Art Historian, Writer and Triathlete

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Dec 18, 2021, 12:06 PM

The Truth behind the Polka Dot: Kusama’s World

Bold, eye-popping colors; vast fields of polka dots; supersized ceramic flowers and vegetables; peep shows that hurl the viewer first into a Pachinko game, next into a Day-Glo world like that of the Teletubbies; polyptychs, composed of canvases featuring...

Feb 2, 2020, 3:34 PM

Do you believe in magic?

Most of us do whether we realize it or not. Living in a world without superheroes, princes and princesses, angels, wish-granting genies and fairy tale endings would just be too harsh and one dimensional. Furthermore, it's precisely through stories...

Jul 2, 2019, 2:26 PM

The Perils of City Life in the 21st Century

One more beautiful night in Tel Aviv. My husband and I were spending that Shabbat, like many others, walking around, absorbing the vibe, trying to figure out whether it might be time to dump our Suburban life and move...

Jun 19, 2019, 9:40 AM

Clambering to the Light

The Shalva Band. If you haven't seen them perform: run, not walk. Or at least watch them on YouTube. I'm not sure we've made a big enough deal of this group of eight individuals that, although challenged by a variety...

Mar 28, 2019, 8:11 AM

Where’s the butter?

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A little research shows that Israel's outrageously frequent butter shortages are the result of monopolistic dairy practices

Feb 16, 2019, 4:48 PM

The nauseating attraction to Mussolini’s legacy

MAGA We all know what those initials stand for. Some of us aren't willing to say the full phrase out loud, many of us can't stomach the individual who spouts it at any given opportunity, but most of us don't...

Dec 15, 2018, 4:48 PM

When liberal colleges lend a hand to hatred

I am the product of a liberal education. I attended a Quaker school, in an extremely diverse neighborhood (both racially and socio-economically), that fostered tolerance, open-mindedness and a whole slew of other progressive platforms. My university years were spent...

Dec 6, 2018, 8:27 AM

How to lead a Jewish life in Israel

I've lived in Israel for almost 30 years and I still haven't figured it out. Although Jewish by birth, by history, by practice (back in the States) -- there are times here in Israel, that I feel primarily Jewish...

Dec 5, 2018, 10:50 AM

One more gigantic step backward

I typed in "Tree of Life Pittsburgh." The "thinking" swirl came on the screen of the search window for a second before being replaced by a network of streets near Pittsburgh labeled: Squirrel Hill. Squirrel Hill. The gears and...

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About Me

Caroline published her first novel, "Count to a Thousand," with Mandolin Publishing in June 2018. She holds a doctorate in Art History. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in international, academic art history journals as well as a book on the work of WWII artist J. D. Kirszenbaum in conjunction with the artist's nephew (Somogy Éditions d'Art.) She curated an exhibition on Kirszenbaum which was mounted at two Israeli venues: Beit Hatfutsot and the Museum of Art in Ein Harod. She started a blog titled Stuck in the Middle years ago and then went on to blog for the Jerusalem Post for a number of years.

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