Jewish Women Artists Talk About Their Work (Part Three)

Posted on: April 2nd, 2007

Israeli Trees, The Four Corners Of Jewish Art, Kabbalistic Shells, And Tender Heaviness

Jewish Women Artists Talk About Their Work (Part Two)

Posted on: March 28th, 2007

Shabbat Chess, Lighting The Torah, A Hidden Synagogue, And Ketubah Collage

Jewish Women Artists Talk About Their Work (Part One)

Posted on: March 21st, 2007

On Sunday, February 18, I attended an opening at the Kraft Center for Jewish Life (also known as the Columbia/Barnard Hillel) for the exhibit Words Within.

Does Being Jewish, American And An Artist… A Jewish-American Artist Make?

Posted on: March 14th, 2007

Was Rembrandt a Jewish artist because he painted the Jewish wedding?

Impressions Of Meah Shearim

Posted on: February 28th, 2007

"Back in Russia most of my works were dark and grey, reflecting the mood of those days and the way they taught us to paint," says artist Eric Lubiynov.

A Jewish Blend Of Comedy And Tragedy

Posted on: February 21st, 2007

Mattress companies are forever reminding us that we spend one third of our lives in bed.

Two Jewish Intellectuals And An Anti-Semitic Composer

Posted on: February 14th, 2007

It sounds like a variation upon a hackneyed joke: Two Jewish writers and an anti-Semitic composer walk into a salon.

Rock-Hard Paintings

Posted on: January 24th, 2007

The notion of a foreground and a background in a painting is an illusion.

The Calm Before The Storm

Posted on: January 10th, 2007

Often times, the most terrifying thing that plagues someone undergoing a traumatic process is uncertainty.

Paintings That Pray

Posted on: January 3rd, 2007

In a 1934 article, titled "New Training for Future Artists and Art Lovers," Mark Rothko drew upon his experience teaching at the Brooklyn Jewish Academy to explore a new model of art instruction.

Jewish Books Of Art At The National Museum Of Women In The Arts

Posted on: December 20th, 2006

Is it a book, is it art, or is it both?"

Prosecuting Auschwitz

Posted on: December 13th, 2006

"I had the bad luck to get tangled up in this horror. The crimes did not occur because it was my will," a man in a dark suit with a striped tie says, matter-of-factly.

A Coat Of Transparent Colors

Posted on: December 6th, 2006

It is easy to read the narrative of Joseph and his alienation from his family as a tragic tale of missed opportunities in parenting, and brotherly compassion and patience.

Honeybee Songs

Posted on: November 29th, 2006

Song of Songs is one of the most controversial books in Tanach because of its ambiguity.

A Cat’s Bar Mitzvah (Don’t Worry – It’s A Graphic Novel)

Posted on: November 22nd, 2006

One day, the rabbi's cat gets tired of the constant cawing of the rabbi's parrot, so he eats the bird and acquires the ability to speak.

One More Dead Jew, And Other Poems

Posted on: November 15th, 2006

Richard Michelson is an existential, yet guilty, sort of poet.

A Haunting Tale Of Assimilation

Posted on: November 8th, 2006

Man's use of "Time" is an artificial system that has been invented as a template to place over nature for convenience.

Reconsidering Iraqi Women

Posted on: November 1st, 2006

"I try to tell momma she won't get stolen. Her hair is not that nice.

A Matter Of Death And Death: The Washington National Opera Chooses Sophie

Posted on: October 25th, 2006

Although Sophie Zawistowska asserts that nothing would have been different, had she chosen her six-year-old daughter, Eva, to live and her 10-year-old son, Jan, to die instead,

Should Looted Art From The Holoucast Be Returned? A Response To Michael Kimmelman

Posted on: October 18th, 2006

Ever since artists created berry juice paintings of buffalos on cave walls, seeking to offer the hunters mastery over their prey, artists have used limited, physical materials to create transcendent, idealized art.