Journal
The gallery installation at “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” offered more than a display of finished works. It created a visual setting for a…
The conference “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” brought academics, artists, and community members together in Madison, Wisconsin, for a week of…
Jewish books have long served as vessels for memory, law, prayer, storytelling, and artistic invention. Their pages preserve words, yet they also reveal the…
A synagogue is often understood as a place for prayer, study, and communal gathering. Yet its architecture, rituals, artwork, and social rhythms also make it a…
At the Practicing Jews conference in Madison, Wisconsin, Jewish art collecting and patronage could be understood as living cultural practices rather than quiet…
Jewish art has long engaged with the natural world through ritual objects, biblical imagery, seasonal festivals, and ideas about stewardship. Landscapes,…
The Conference’s Workshop on Jewish Mask Making for Purim brought the themes of “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” into a tactile setting. Rather…
“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” brought together academics, artists, and community members in Madison, Wisconsin, for a week of conversations,…
A Jewish wedding invitation is more than a formal announcement. It is a small, carefully designed statement about family, faith, place, heritage, and the kind…
“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” examined Jewish life through the ways people create, interpret, and inhabit culture. Held over a week in Madison,…