Journal

The evening soirée at “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” offered a social counterpart to the conference’s lectures, keynote presentations, gallery…

During the week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, a hands-on workshop on Jewish papercutting offered…

A ketubah is a Jewish marriage contract, traditionally outlining mutual responsibilities, financial protections, and the terms of a marriage. Yet across…

“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” approaches Jewish life as varied, evolving, and shaped by many forms of participation. The week-long conference…

Jewish folk art has long carried memory across generations. Ritual objects, embroidered textiles, paper cuttings, painted signs, jewelry, and illustrated…

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

A week-long conference depends on far more than speakers, schedules, and carefully prepared rooms. At “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” in Madison,…

Jewish art has long carried questions of belonging, memory, responsibility, and difference. Across painting, photography, performance, dance, and installation,…

At “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture,” dance offered a physical way to examine how Jewish identity is created, remembered, and expressed. Music gave…

At the “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, creative work became a way to examine lived experience. Artists,…