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Grants for Jewish Documentary Film

12, May 2011

Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film 2011 Film Fund Application The 2011 Film Fund application is now live. View the 2011 guidelines here, and apply here. The application is due in its entirety, including all uploaded work samples, by 12:00 midnight on July 22nd. Email us with any questions, and best of luck! The 2010 […]

Reinvention of a Genre: The 25th Israeli Film Festival

10, May 2011

By Eszter Margit The opening gala of the Israel Film Festival (IFF) was held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in a traditional Hollywood manner with red carpet, cocktails and posh Michal Negrin jewelry gift bags, but it was nonetheless setting up a festival that looks to break old stereotypes and present new […]

Are We There Yet? The Exhibit

15, Apr 2011

There’s an old Jewish joke in which a man asks a rabbi, “”Why do Jews always answer a question with a question?” The rabbi answers: “Do we?” Following that thread, new media artist/UC Berkeley professor Ken Goldberg and designer Gil Gershoni created a new online and physical installation for San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum titled […]

6points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists Accepting Applicants in LA

11, Apr 2011

The Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists in Los Angeles is accepting applications! The Fellowship supports nine artists (ages 22-38) working in visual arts, music, performing arts, film, video and animation to develop a new project exploring Jewish themes and ideas.  We are excited to launch our first cohort in Los Angeles, based on […]

Next Year in Uman

4, Apr 2011

By SUDINmag | Tweet Next Year in Uman: A Journey to the Ukraine Photographs by Ahron D. Weiner April 7 – August 16, 2011 Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA Opening reception: April 7th, 6-8pm Aritst’s Talk: 7pm Gallery Hours Mon-Thurs 10am-4pm Fri 10am-2pm Exhibition Organized by […]

The (Modern) Orthodox Forum Discusses Art and Culture

30, Mar 2011

By SUDINmag | Tweet A call for innovation in the arts was discussed this week at The Orthodox Forum, an academic conference hosted by Yeshiva University. The mission of this year’s conference was to come to terms and innovate art and cultural trends not inherently understood in the community. The discourse reflected the Modern Orthodox […]

Presentation in Mumbai: Contemporary Indian-Jewish-American Illuminated Manuscripts

23, Mar 2011

By SUDINmag | Tweet The Board of Trustees and Members of the Governing Body of THE K R CAMA ORIENTAL INSTITUTE invite you to a lecture and power presentation on: “The Use of Illuminated Manuscripts in a Jewish-Indian-American Contemporary Artist’s Work” by Siona Benjamin, Artist 6pm Thursday, March 24th, 2011 in the Dr Sir J […]

Are We Living in a Golden Age of American Jewish Art?

6, Mar 2011

By Matthew Baigell for the Arty Semite | Tweet Most people do not know that we are living in a golden age of Jewish American art. But, as I will explain in a lecture at the Jewish Museum on March 7, we are. Siona Benjamin Since around 1975, there has been an incredible but largely […]

Bridging the Institutional Gap: The Jewish Art Salon at the CAJM Conference

1, Mar 2011

By SUDINmag | Tweet This week the Conference of American Jewish Museums was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania uniting museum directors, curators, and artists from across the country. The Jewish Art Salon gave a special presentation for the members of the conference hosted at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art.  The panel, “A New Creative Spirit” […]

Jewish Art Study Tour in Israel

28, Feb 2011

Israeli and Jewish ART – Study Tour: July 19 – 28, 2011 At the end of the 19th century there were only a handful of Jewish artists – a prominent minority that stands out in contrast to the thriving world of Hebrew literature. One reason for this was the prohibition on Jews being accepted to […]


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