Journal
Jewish comics and graphic novels have become an important part of contemporary visual culture. Their panels, captions, speech balloons, and recurring…
The young artists program at “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” placed emerging creative voices within a wider conversation about Jewish life and…
Israeli folk dance has developed from communal celebration into a significant source of movement, memory, and cultural debate. Its circle formations, partnered…
The conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture creates room for conversations that move between scholarship, creative work, and lived experience.…
Jewish sculpture brings together material skill, historical memory, and questions of belonging. A carved wooden figure, a forged ritual object, or a…
A mezuzah is often encountered as a small object attached to a Jewish doorway, yet its visible case can carry an expansive artistic vocabulary. Shape, color,…
Poetry reading gave “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” an intimate counterpoint to its lectures, exhibitions, and keynote presentations. During the…
“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” brings academics, artists, and community members together in Madison, Wisconsin, for a week of conversation,…
During the week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, the program moved beyond lecture halls and galleries. A…
Jewish printmaking brings together material skill, cultural memory, and the ongoing work of defining identity through images. From woodcuts and lithographs to…