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By Aaron Rosen for Hadassah Magazine On a sodden late autumn evening, I tromp through the byzantine streets of Spitalfields in the East End of London. A couple of wrong turns and drenched trouser legs later I find myself at the humble entrance to Sandys Row Synagogue, the oldest Ashkenazic synagogue in London. Sandys Row […]
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Jewish Artists Pushing the Technological Frontier
17, Dec 2013By Talia Lavin NEW YORK (JTA) — Jazz music drifts from speakers down to the cherry wood tables of the West Cafe in Brooklyn as the Israeli artist Nurit Bar-Shai prepares to show examples of her latest work. With deft, freckled hands, she opens a manila envelope and slides three petri dishes across the table. […]
Snapshots: Art Basel Miami
16, Dec 2013Photos by Saul Sudin. Comments by Elke Reva Sudin. We traveled to Miami for Art Basel, one of the biggest festivals for the contemporary art market in North America. Here are some things we saw that made us question how people look at religion in contemporary art:
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You are invited to participate in a short residency with Art Kibbutz, a collaborative project hosted by Venice Biennale artist Pawel Althamer, entitled the “Draftsmen’s Congress” at the New Museum on March 23rd, 2014. This residency involves making of one large collaborative drawing that will take up the entire fourth floor space of the museum. […]
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Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Trailer Lands
14, Nov 2013Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ has long promised a big budget, blockbuster take on the biblical narrative. And the director has spoken of incorporating Midrash and Rabbinic commentaries into a truer representation of the material. He told The Playlist, immediately after production wrapped, “In the Bible the story is only a couple of pages, and the perception […]
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By Saul Sudin No upcoming film is more anticipated here at Jewish Art Now than director Darren Aronofsky’s take on the events of Noah and the flood, simply titled ‘Noah‘. Past projects like Pi and The Fountain have shown the filmmaker has no fear tackling exciting experimental takes on Judaism and spirituality and for almost […]
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For many Jews, the arts can serve as a common denominator regardless of their degree of belief, cultural literacy, or religious affiliation. The UW-Madison Hillel at the Barbara Hochberg Center for Jewish Student Life, The Conney Project on Jewish Arts (an initiative of the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin), The […]
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From a modern-day spin on ‘Chicken Little’ to works by Haredi women artists, the Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art presents various displays of cutting-edge Jewish creativity. By Danna Harman for Haaretz Andi Arnovitz’s beads, on view in Jerusalem. Photo by Avshalom Avital Jewish art is not hip. It can be beautiful, sure. It can […]
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If Jewish community institutions continue to offer only second-rate klezmer bands and clichéd cantorial concerts as their cultural attractions, we may as well put a sign on the door saying the culturally Jewish are not welcome here. by Joey Baron for EJPhil Since the beginning of the Boston Jewish Music Festival (BJMF) four years ago, […]
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Foundation for Jewish Culture board votes to close
12, Sep 2013September 11, 2013 11:17am (JTA) — The board of directors of the New York-based Foundation for Jewish Culture reportedly has voted to close its operations next year. The 53-year-old foundation, a resource and advocacy group for Jewish culture and the arts in the United States, will announce the closing this week, according to the New […]
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