Journal
How a Holocaust survivor’s sketchbook informed conference discussions is a question about memory, evidence, and artistic voice. At the Madison gathering…
The conference’s late-night poetry and art open mic extended “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” beyond formal talks and keynote presentations. Held…
Jewish textile traditions carry stories through cloth, thread, pattern, and touch. From embroidered household textiles to woven ritual objects, these works…
A blank wall can hold a surprising amount of conversation. During the week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin,…
A Yiddish theatre poster can look like a straightforward piece of advertising: a bold title, a performer’s name, a venue and a date. Yet these printed sheets…
The conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture brought academics, artists, and community members together in Madison, Wisconsin, for a week of…
At a week-long conference in Madison, Wisconsin, participants approached the Haggadah as more than a book read during the Passover seder. They treated it as a…
A conference poster has a difficult job. It must announce an event, suggest its mood and communicate something about its subject before anyone reads the…
At the Madison conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture, Hebrew letters offered a meeting point between language, belief, history, and visual…
Food crafts carry memory in a form people can touch, taste and remake. A braided challah, a folded pastry, a string of decorative beads or a stitched…