Posts Tagged: jewish art
Blotting Out Haman’s Name While Listening to the Reading of the Megillah (PHOTO BLOG)
On the subject of Purim, here's some background information from wikipedia. The first religious ceremony ordained for the celebration of Purim is...
Art Exhibition Features Tefillin Hair Ties for Women
The most fun part of planning an exhibition is when you get to the works coming together for the first time. There is a magic...
Faceless With a Kippah (PHOTO BLOG)
There is considerable debate among the Halachic authorities as to whether or not wearing a kippah is required by law. Jewish law dictates that a man is required...
Philanthropist Steinhardt to Auction Huge Jewish History and Art Collection
Sotheby's auction house in New York City plans to sell an enormous art and culture collection assembled by Jewish philanthropist and former Wall Street money manager...
Heirs to Jewish Painter Demand Return of Collection From German Museum
The great-granddaughters of Max Liebermann, a renowned German-Jewish Impressionist painter, are asking the Berlin Museum to return two drawings their family lost due to Nazi...
U.S. Declines Sanctions Against Russia in Jewish Literature Battle
After ruling that Russia must return the contents of Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneerson's collection of rare Jewish literature, the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C....
Un-Orthodox Orthodox Art
Jacqueline Nicholls is a fine artist in her words "...who...
Israel’s Most Famous Fountain Is Back In Use
In Tel Aviv, preparations for the re-opening of famed artist, Yaakov Agam's Dizengoff Square Fountain are complete, according to the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv. The renovation of...
Re-emerging Mezuzah
This is a Mezuzah that I found in the Jewish Ghetto of Budapest re-emerge before my eyes. History: The area consisted of several blocks of the old...
New Brooklyn Gallery Features $175,000 Hassidic Art
A new fine art gallery in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn will display work by Hassidic artists. Although the Betzalel Gallery will focus on...
Noah Meets Katrina in “Watershed”
How difficult is it to imagine a truly devastating catastrophe? Will calamity come from an instantaneous, even violent change in the landscape, or a slow transformation...
Florida Family Receives Nearly 500 Year Old Painting Stolen During World War II
A painting nearly 500 year old painting will be turned over to family representatives of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe by U.S. authorities today in Florida. The...
Israel Enters Renowned Painter’s ‘World’
Spiritual concepts, emotions or experiences may spark an artist's creative imagination. Kehinde Wiley is inspired by all three. The Jewish Museum in New York City is...
14th Century Jewish Masterpiece Comes to The Met in New York
Manchester University's Steve Mooney will be arriving soon in New York City with one of the world's rarest pieces of medieval Jewish literature and art...
