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The story “Anatomy of Tzedakah” depicts the life of a Sjnoderbook, transformed into a magic, self- consuming hand disguised as a glove, representing the Rambam’s Eight Levels of Tzedakah. The selfless, self-devouring, self-regenerating hand, the magic hand that reaches its heart and disappears. View this new work from the Israeli-born, Dutch artist Billha Zussman:
- In: Featured Artists
- Tags: Animation, Art as Midrash, Europe, Video Art, Videos
Date: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 Time: 5:30 PM – 7 PM Location: 55 Lexington Avenue, Room 14-270, New York, NY A native of Jerusalem, Yehuda Levy Aldema has been working as an artist in a variety of media since 1982. A graduate from Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts, his first commissions were public murals in […]
- In: Events
- Tags: Art as Midrash, Israel, Jewish Art Education, Mixed Media, NYC, Painting, Ritual Objects
“MosesTen” Photography from Toby Cohen
8, Oct 2015British-born, Israeli-based photographer Toby Cohen is fundraising for his new project MosesTen, which seeks to recreate major moments from the life of the biblical leader Moses and the Jewish people’s desert journey. He recently told The Jerusalem Post, “There are large numbers of people in Israel who study the words of the Torah all day […]
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- Tags: Art as Midrash, Digital Art, Israel, Photography, Videos
Indian-American Jewish Painter Siona Benjamin just posted a time lapse of the tile floor she designed being installed at the Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis, Missouri. Benjamin had worked for a year on a painting that would be transferred to ceramic tile and installed. The fifteen foot in diameter artwork takes us through the […]
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- Tags: Art as Midrash, Installation, Midwest US, Mixed Media, Painting, Videos
Jewish Circle Calendar came to Print for High Holidays Time moves in circles, not only in lines. The Hebrew Circle Calendar offers a new old path for the Jewish year–new in its contemporary design. Download a sample of the month of Elul here. When we remember that every month is a full cycle of the […]
- In: News
- Tags: Art as Midrash, Book Arts, Graphic Design, Hebrew, Holidays, Illustration, Painting, Typography
The Asufa Haggadah 2015: Now On Sale
17, Mar 2015It’s become a tradition: every year, a group of more than 40 Israeli artists comes together and creates a new haggadah. They follow only two rules: 1) Each artist creates only a single page 2) The artists must use the standard Haggadah text The result? A volume that entertains and surprises every time you turn […]
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- Tags: Art as Midrash, Graphic Design, Haggadah, Hebrew, Holidays, Illustration, Israel, Passover, Ritual Objects, Typography
Nina Paley’s Seder Masochism
2, Feb 2015Nina Paley, animator and activist behind Sita Sings The Blues, has been working on her new project Seder Masochism since 2011. She has just released a new work in progress scene, “G0d Calls Moses To Mt. Horeb”. God Calls Moses to Mt. Horeb from Nina Paley on Vimeo.
- In: Featured Artists
- Tags: Animation, Art as Midrash, Holidays, Music, Videos
Seeking Jewish Art at Art Basel
18, Dec 2014It is always an interesting experiment to go to Art Basel in Miami with the intent of discovering contemporary Jewish art.
Open to the Sky: The Beacon Sukkah Project
7, Sep 2014Beacon Arts and Beacon Hebrew Alliance will contemplate and celebrate universal themes of ephemerality and transience in Open to the Sky: The Beacon Sukkah Project, which will be at Polhill Park in Beacon, NY (by the Beacon Visitors’ Center) from October 8-16. It will be a large wood sukkah (16×32 feet) with artwork (perhaps yours?) […]
- In: Call for Entries
- Tags: Art as Midrash, Graffiti, Illustration, Installation, NYC, Painting, textile
June 30th-July 3rd, 2014 Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village, CT Curated by Jewish Art Now Celebrate and participate in the vibrant infusion of creativity and artistic engagement in a diverse, eco-conscious Jewish community. ArtFest offers a wildly diverse array of opportunities to learn about, create, and engage with the emerging universe of Jewish […]