Journal

A Workshop on Hebrew Calligraphy: From Ancient Scripts to Modern Art brings writing into the wider conversation about Jewish visual culture. In a conference…

Jewish papercutting is a visual tradition shaped by faith, community, memory, and remarkable technical skill. For centuries, artists have transformed fragile…

Food carries stories that may be difficult to preserve in words. A recipe can recall a grandmother, a holiday, a migration, or a neighborhood long after the…

The conference’s film screening, Documentaries on Jewish Life and Art, placed moving images within a broader conversation about Jewish visual culture. During…

Jewish dance carries history through the body. A step, circle, gesture, or pause can recall a village left behind, a border crossed, a holiday celebrated in a…

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…