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Jerusalem New: Cross Cultural Jewelry

23, Dec 2010

By knockoutdesign | Tweet Jerusalem is a pendant inspired by the uniqueness of the city of Jerusalem. Old City of Jerusalem is a mixture of ethnics, religions and languages, the pendant tries to capture this rich environment and celebrates cultural diversity. Pendant is composed of three layers based on the map of the Old City. […]

Call for Entries – Distant Cousins: Jewish and Muslim Women Speak Exhibition

22, Dec 2010

Tweet Sponsored by the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center Inc. Jan Hanvik, Executive Director 107 Suffolk Street Room 312 New York NY 10002 New York State Department of Cultural Affairs Distant Cousins: Jewish and Muslim Women Speak is an art exhibition. The curator is Haifa Bint-Kadi, Palestinian-American and a New York public art […]

Filmmaker Marries Hollywood to Tikkun Olam

21, Dec 2010

By Uri Finty on JTA | Tweet NEW YORK (JTA) — What was Elisabeth Moss, star of the AMC hit series “Mad Men” and an avowed Scientologist, doing hanging out with a Lubavitcher Jew? They were making a movie together to promote “tikkun olam,” the Jewish value of repairing the world. Filmmaker Marc Erlbaum with […]

Kibbutz Video Art by Oded Hirsch

20, Dec 2010

By Pratt Gateway | Tweet On the kibbutz where Israeli-born video artist Oded Hirsch grew up, there is almost always a ready-made cast of family and friends excited to star in his work. For his first major piece, 50 Blue, half a dozen men from the kibbutz—a collective living community in Israel —  volunteered to […]

Call for Entries – Global Judaism Media Awards

16, Dec 2010

By Be’chol Lashon | By Pratt Gateway | Tweet Awards of $1,000 in the categories of Children’s Books, Print Media, Film, and New Media. Submit via the Entry Form for art or Nominate someone else for writing! NO FEE Deadline January 31, 2011 Questions: Email awards@BecholLashon.org or call 415-386-7900 BecholLashon.org

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14, Dec 2010

Doodling for Torah Understanding By SUDINmag | December 14, 2010 | Tweet As an infinite source of inspiration, story, and law, the Torah gives awareness to complicated subject matter by concealing it beneath seemingly simple stories and references. The text includes only the information necessary for understanding, no more, no less. A creative parable for […]

Jerusalem Design Week “Time 02”

13, Dec 2010

Ancient City and Modern Issues Explored with Design By Core77 | Tweet The “Time 02” exhibition, currently on show in a decommisioned leprosy hospital, is intended as a platform for young Isreali design talent to explore the historic legacy and present realities of the city. The “Jerusalem Clock”, pictured above—by designers Atar Brosh, Merav Schnaps […]

Psalm 67

9, Dec 2010

According to tradition, when Moses received The Torah on Mount Sinai, the text of this Psalm was shown to him etched onto a seven branched Menorah with a golden base. Tradition also says that King David, who would later be credited with writing down the Psalms, was given the same vision.

THE RASHI EFFECT: ARTIST AS COMMENTATOR

8, Dec 2010

“The Rashi Effect, Artist as Commentator” exhibition is the culmination of Beit Midrash meetings held by several Jewish Artist Initiative (JAI) members on a monthly basis. Each member artist was asked to create new, or rethink existing, work in the context of the “Yetzer HaRa, Yetzer HaTov” or “Bad Inclination, Good Inclination,” a theme as basic as the Creation story of Adam and Eve and one frequently dealt with in Jewish texts.

Call for Entries – Everything Begins in the Water Film Competition

7, Dec 2010

The theme, “Everything Begins in the Water” is open to broad interpretation. Films of Jewish content are warmly welcomed but not required. Read on for details.


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