A comic strip artist who focuses on Jewish themes received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant.” Ben Katchor strips have run in the Forward newspaper for several years and his books include “The Jew of New York.” The foundation annually gives out hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece to academics, scientists, activists and artists.
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