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“Lashon Hara” mixed media works by Robin Atlas
10, Jul 2012July 9th – August 13th, 2012 Slutzky Art Gallery at the Merage JCC One Federation Way Irvine, CA 98603 Tel: 949 435-3400 Gallery Hours: M-F 8:30 – 5, Sat. 9 – 5, Sun. 9 – 6 Our Words Have Great Power The prohibitions of lashon hara* are among the most fundamental and oft-overlooked tenets of Halacic law. Eminent rabbinical […]
- In: Events
- Tags: California
Hidden Text Messages
28, Jun 2012 A review of the Text Messages: Recent Work by Joshua Abarbanel exhibiting at the Zena and Pauline Gatov Gallery at the Alpert Jewish Community Center of Long Beach from June 1–July 15, 2012. “Judaism has always regarded Hebrew as a sacred language, the medium of divine communication. For millennia, its sages and mystics have taught that the letters are no ordinary vehicle […]
- In: Exhibition Reviews
- Tags: Digital Art, LA, Typography
From Cage to Kabbalah; How an Artist Bridges the Gap
19, Jun 2012By Rivka Nehorai Hamsa Dore, 2007. Printing on transparencies; metallic overprinting; handwritten text; gold, crystal, glass beading; moonofilament. 5 3/4″ x 4″ “Silence is not acoustic. It is a change of mind, a turning around… My responsibility (is) that of asking questions instead of making choices.” So were the words and approach of composer, artist, […]
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Frum Female Underground Films
4, Jun 2012A spate of Orthodox women are turning to filmmaking (some restrictions apply) By Sara Trapper Spielman for TabletMag | May 30, 2012 7:00 AM From the trailer of Lara Gedzelman’s film The Chairlady. (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original stills via Vimeo.) One afternoon this past winter, I waited at a café in Boro Park for Yuta Silverman, an ambitious young […]
Call for Submissions – Mural, Painting or Mixed Media Summer 2012 Deadline: June 20, 2012 Urban Adamah, a non-profit community farm and Jewish environmental education center in West Berkeley, California, seeks proposals for the creation of an original piece of art to be installed at the entrance of our farm. Guidelines The art installation should be inspired by the core […]
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Noah Meets Katrina in “Watershedâ€
7, May 2012Premiering at the LABA Festival 2012 in New York By Elke Reva Sudin How difficult  is it to imagine a truly devastating catastrophe? Will calamity come from an instantaneous, even violent change in the landscape, or a slow transformation that could have been prevented? Will we suddenly realize the terrifying future  when the prevention is attainable or […]
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- Tags: Installation, NYC, Video Art
By Rivka Nehorai An exclusive interview with the man behind the motion following the success of his latest exhibtion, Rubicon Drive. JAN:Tell me about your latest exhibition; what was the theme behind your work in this show? DAB: The exhibition was called Rubicon Drive. A rubicon is a point at which you’ve gone too far and […]
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- Tags: Australia, Painting, Street Art
Jews of Nigeria Shine on Screen (Video)
3, May 2012By Elke Reva Sudin Travel to Africa and meet members of the Igbo tribe who identify with Israelite origin, and are embracing Jewish tradition with fervor today. Produced and directed by Jeff Lieberman, Re-Emerging: Jews of Nigeria, follows individual stories and collective histories to paint a picture of the Igbo past and present as told from their […]
Drisha Arts Fellowship 2012 Exhibition
2, May 2012When to pray, Where to pray…Are you telling me how to pray?! Drisha Arts Fellows Explore Masekhet Berakhot Thursday, May 17th, 2012 7pm; $10 Drisha Institute 37 West 65th Street, 5th Fl. New York, NY RSVP: lleifer@drisha.org