In-depth pieces which shine a spotlight on Jewish artists and Jewish art, paying attention to how Jewishness shapes and influences the art, instead of hiding away from, or downplaying, Jewishness.
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The Uplifting Ethereal Work of Pamela Silver
I want to share with you some images from another exhibit in the Jerusalem Biennale, “Undercurrents,” a solo exhibition of the work of Pamela Silver at the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies of Brigham Young University, Mount of Oliv...
Art in Reaction to October 7th
On this third anniversary of October 7, I’m posting two of the works from a series Ukranian-born artist Zoya Cherkassky started creating soon after October 7 when she left Israel—where she had emigrated to in 1991—with her young daughter fo...
Jerusalem Biennale: Out of Anguish, the Catharsis of Art
This year’s Jerusalem Biennale, the seventh iteration of the concept conceived and executed by Ram Ozeri, opened September 24th and runs through November 12th. The theme of this year’s Biennale is De Profundis, from Psalm 130, which opens w...
Israeli-American Artist Michal Rovner at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Last week I visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston to see two new exhibits, Michal Rovner’s “Esther Scrolls,” and “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” both running through January 18, 2027. In my previous post I disc...
Biblical Women Inspire in New Exhibit
A new exhibit at the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College in New York, “Mothers, Prophets, Warriors: Women of the Bible,” which opens September 9, and will run through December 17, brings together many different artists’ depictions of wome...
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I wrote about Jewish art for the Forward for 15 years. My non-fiction has appeared in Lilith, Allium, the Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere. My poetry chapbook, Have You Seen My Garden, will come out in January 2027 (Finishing Line Press).
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