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“Mabul” Film Floods with Allegory
23, Mar 2012by Elke Reva Sudin Mabul (“The Floodâ€) is a coming of age film about a young boy named Yoni, on the precipice of his bar mitzvah while his family is falling apart around him. His Bar Mitzvah Torah portion, that of “Noahâ€, sets the stage for events that draw parallels between the biblical text and […]
- In: Exhibition Reviews
- Tags: Film
Ethiopian Jews Immortalized
22, Mar 2012Why the Jewish Museum Goes Gaga for Kehinde Wiley By Elke Reva Sudin What does it mean to paint contemporary Jewish people using traditional Jewish ornamentation but not be Jewish? African-American artist Kehinde Wiley paints underrepresented youths with a style that mimics the portraiture of European nobles. He picks his subjects right off the street, paring […]
- In: Exhibition Reviews
- Tags: Israel, NYC, Painting
Money & Marbles, Dov Abramson’s ‘Open Up’
21, Mar 2012Open Up (‘Patoach Tiftach’) 194 glass boxes, 10x10x10cm each, 7147 marbles “כי ×™×”×™×” בך ×ביון… פתוח תפתח ×ת ידך לו והעבט ×ª×¢×‘×™×˜× ×• די מחסורו ×שר יחסר לו†“When any of your brothers is poor… open up your hand generously, and extend to him any credit he needs to take care of his wants.â€Â  (Deuteronomy 15:7-8) “Open Up (‘Patoach […]
- In: Featured Artists|News
Shaping History
21, Mar 2012Painter Ward Shelley plays with the history of Judaism in ‘The People of the Book,’ a series of giant, whimsical flowcharts that tell a story By Robin Cembalest for Tablet “Now Shelley has taken on a subject that could be just as polemical, depending on the context. The People of the Bookwas inspired, the artist says, by […]
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Post Slavery & Holocaust Art Opening in Philadelphia
20, Mar 2012Hillel to Display Slavery-Holocaust Art From The Jewish Exponent A traveling art exhibit that examines [moving beyond] slavery and the Holocaust opens this week at Temple University’s Rosen Hillel. The project, “Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust,” was organized by the Idea Coalition, a group founded in 2009 to unite the […]
- In: Events
- Tags: Intergroup Art, Philadelphia
Julian Voloj, Detroit Revisited, 5×7″, archival digital print. Jewish history is full of migration stories, from the Exodus of Egypt to the many diasporas that have spread Jewish people around the world. There is much documented on the large and more popular migrations, but the exhibition Silent Witnesses: Synagogues Transformed, Rebuilt or Abandoned currently on view at […]
- In: Exhibition Reviews
- Tags: Jewish Artist Groups, Midwest US
16th Annual Sephardic Jewish Film Festival
5, Mar 2012The American Sephardi Federation presents the 16th Annual NY Sephardic Film Festival which opens March 15, 2012. For tickets and information, please click here. Advanced tickets may also be purchased at the Center for Jewish History Box Office on Sunday, March 4 and Sunday, March 11 between 11am 4:30pm.
Jewish Art Study Tour in Israel
2, Mar 2012Israeli and Jewish Art – Study Tour Galilee International Management Institute, Israel July 23rd-30th, 2012
- In: News
Studio G-DCAST is a unique arts residency that will bring 12 college or graduate students together for a week of digital Jewish storytelling. The residency will combine the artistic exchange of an open studio with traditional methods of Jewish study. Animators and storytellers will be matched in chevrutas—study pairs—to co-create one wildly imaginative art piece. […]
- In: Call for Entries
- Tags: Museums, San Francisco
International Jewish Art Salon Session at Skirball Center Monday March 12, 2012, 7:30 – 9PM Skirball Center of Adult Jewish Learning. 1 East 65th Street New York, NY 10065. (212) 507-9580. The Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El, NYC, in collaboration with the Jewish Art Salon is pleased to host an International […]
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- Tags: Jewish Artist Groups, NYC