Journal
A Jewish home can function as a gallery, archive, and place of worship at the same time. Its objects carry family stories, religious meaning, regional…
At “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture,” film offered a vivid way to explore how Jewish life is imagined, remembered, questioned, and performed. The…
The body is both a personal canvas and a public statement. Tattoos, piercings, clothing, gesture, and movement can communicate ancestry, belief, gender,…
The “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, created space for conversations that crossed academic, artistic, and…
Biblical stories continue to shape Jewish visual culture, even when contemporary artists move far beyond traditional religious illustration. The narratives of…
At “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture,” Jewish life was approached as something people do, make, interpret, and share. The week-long conference in…
Exile is more than a historical condition in Jewish art. It can describe forced migration, separation from a homeland, cultural dislocation, or the feeling of…
A yahrzeit candle is a small vessel for a profound act: remembering someone who has died while marking the continuing presence of their memory. Traditionally…
The Conference’s Panel on Jewish Art and Disability Justice brings a vital perspective to the week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture”…
Jewish folk art from Eastern Europe carries the memory of communities shaped by migration, religious practice, craft traditions, and changing political…