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Animated Feature ‘Samurai Jew’ [VIDEO]
27, Feb 2014Wish there were more Jewish content animations? Welcome Samurai Jew! The Jewish answer to Samurai Jack Samurai Jew was created by Nadav Nachmany, an animator and filmmaker from Jerusalem who holds his degree from Bezalel art academy in Jerusalem. Nachmany graduated from Betzalel six years ago and became interested in Judaism around that time. His […]
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- Tags: Animation, Holidays, Illustration, Israel
Faces: Weaving Indian Jewish Narratives
26, Feb 2014SIONA BENJAMIN March 6 – April 26, 2014 Opening Reception: March 6, 6 – 8 pm The terrorist attack in 2008 on the Chabad House in Mumbai, the Jewish educational center and synagogue, transformed Siona Benjamin’s art and life in major ways. She was born in Mumbai, a member of the Jewish Bene Israel group […]
FINDING THE GOOD STUFF: The work of Howard Lerner
20, Feb 2014Lerner uses these common remnants of our civilization to create human size constructions using a Biblical narrative.
- In: Featured Artists
- Tags: Asia, Mixed Media, New England, Sculpture
Hebrew Lettering and Jewish Mystical Art: A Look at David B. Wolk’s Scriptural Paintings
12, Feb 2014by Yehudis Barmatz-Harris What is it about the Hebrew lettering, and its written word, that makes it so dominant in Jewish mystical/abstract art today? In a parallel vein to artist Mel Alexenberg, who proclaims post digital art requires the inspiration of creative Judaic thinking, painter David Baruch Wolk believes that contemporary abstract painting has true […]
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- Tags: Israel, Painting
Biblical Block Prints of Joyce Ellen Weinstein
9, Feb 2014A selection of works by Joyce Ellen Weinstein from the series “IN THE BEGINNING.” YACHOVED, linoleum block print. 29 x 29 in. Moses’s mother is wistfully and sadly saying good-bye to her child as she watches him float away in his basket of reeds. Her back is highly rounded and bent, emphasizing the burden of […]
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- Tags: Art as Midrash, Printmaking
Rome-born photojournalist Federica Valabrega has spent the last several years traveling the world photographing the unseen side of Orthodox women’s lives for her series Bat Melech (Daughters of the King). As she winds down her time in New York, Jewish News One caught up with her for a filmed interview where she discusses the project, […]
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- Tags: Brooklyn, Europe, Israel, NYC, Photography, Videos
Living Waters for Tisha B’Av
16, Jul 2013Eliyahu Alpern, Mayim Hayim, http://golem.ws/mayimhayim.html Tonight and tomorrow are the 9th of Av, the day of fasting and mourning over the destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples and other tragedies in our collective history. Most people don’t know that according to sources in the Talmud and Tanach, this day of solemn sadness will turn […]
- In: Featured Artists|Inspiration
- Tags: Israel, Photography
“Fractured Epics: History Painting and Imaginary Portraits” by Joel Silverstein filmed at The Columbia/ Barnard Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life. This exhibition is on display through January 27th. Special thanks to the Jewish Art Salon, especially Yona Verwer and Richard McBee for their vital roles in creating this exhibition and presentation.
Hanukkah Electronica
28, Nov 2012Hanukkah Electronica is an elegant designer-made Menorah for the Festival of Lights. It’s miniaturized modern styling makes it looks like a pocket-sized work of art. It not only travels easily to dorms, offices, and around the house, but its LED candellight is designed to mesmerize. Pick the number of “candles†you want to burn each […]
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- Tags: Electronic Art, Ritual Objects, Videos