Journal

The tallit is a sacred garment, a work of visual culture, and a personal statement of Jewish identity. Its familiar form—woven fabric, ritual fringes, and…

At the Practicing Jews conference in Madison, Wisconsin, Jewish identity was approached as a living artistic practice rather than a fixed category. Across a…

The week-long Practicing Jews conference in Madison, Wisconsin, created a space where scholarship, artistic practice, and communal experience could meet…

“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” brought academics, artists, students, and community members together in Madison, Wisconsin, for a week of…

The study of Jewish art is entering a broader and more dynamic period. Scholars are looking beyond established categories of religious objects, European…

The week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, created a setting for examining how people express belonging…

A conference is remembered through ideas, voices, and encounters, but its physical setting shapes every exchange. The rooms, corridors, galleries, and…

The panel on art and activism examined how creative work can become a form of communal participation, historical memory, and public dialogue. As part of…

A Jewish wedding is a lived work of art. Its objects, gestures, sounds, clothing, and spaces create a visual language that carries memory, faith, family…

Jewish holidays and traditions are expressed through far more than formal ritual. They influence how communities gather, remember, create, question, and pass…