Journal
During “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture,” Madison’s synagogues took on a role that reached beyond regular worship. For one week, familiar communal…
A kiddush cup is a ritual object used to bless wine or grape juice on Shabbat and Jewish festivals. It may be modest or ornate, inherited or newly made, but…
A conference can be more than a sequence of lectures. When artists, academics and community members spend a week exchanging ideas, showing work and testing…
The session on Jewish art and the aging community formed part of Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture, a week-long conference in Madison, Wisconsin. The…
A chuppah can be both a sacred structure and a work of visual culture. Its four open sides traditionally suggest hospitality, while its roof marks a shared…
The workshop on Jewish music and composition formed part of Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture, a week-long conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Bringing…
The week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, treats Jewish visual culture as a living conversation rather than…
The panel on Jewish art and the politics of representation formed part of Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture, a week-long conference in Madison,…
A challah cover is a small textile with a substantial role. Placed over the braided bread before the blessing, it marks the transition from ordinary time to…
The conference’s session on Jewish art and the law of ritual purity examined how religious law shapes the ways Jewish bodies, spaces and objects are…