The show at the Jewish Museum

It’s called “New York 1962-1964” and it’s pretty great. It features paintings, photos, sculptures, furniture (living room, kitchen), household objects, newsreels, dance videos — you name it. One of my favorite things was this jukebox, set in a corner devoted to the subject “Coffee Shop.” While I was there, it played two of my favorite songs, “Mack the Knife” and Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” — spontaneously, with no intervention by me!

Oh, and there’s nothing particularly Jewish about the show. In fact, in one corner they are showing a dance film of “Afternoon of a Faun” by Jerome Robbins (a Jew) and misattributing it to George Balanchine (a goy). (See extra for a snippet of the film.) On my way out, I informed the staff of this minor error but told them it was a great show anyway.