Journal
“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” brings academics, artists, and community members together for a week of talks, keynote presentations, dance,…
The week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, created a meeting place for academics, artists and community…
Jewish ceremonial textiles carry memory in a form that is intimate, portable and often overlooked. A Torah mantle, challah cover, prayer shawl or synagogue…
The family day at “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” extended the conference beyond lecture rooms and keynote presentations. Held in Madison,…
A puppet can cross a border in seconds. It can become a displaced child, an ancestor, a traveller with a suitcase, or a whole community searching for home. In…
At the Madison conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture, the workshop on papercutting for Shavuot offered a hands-on way to think about Jewish…
Jewish portraiture in the age of digital photography sits between family memory, public identity and artistic interpretation. A photograph may record a face,…
For one week in Madison, Wisconsin, a conference about Jewish visual culture extends beyond lecture rooms and keynote stages. Alongside the talks, panels and…
The conference session on Jewish street art and graffiti brought a distinctly public dimension to Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture. Across a week of…
A kiddush cup is a small vessel with a substantial role. Used to bless wine or grape juice at Shabbat and festival meals, it joins speech, touch, taste and…