Journal

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…

The conference’s networking breakfast offered a relaxed setting for the conversations that often shape an academic and cultural gathering. At Practicing Jews:…

The intersection of Jewish mysticism and abstract art opens a rich conversation about what cannot be fully represented. Across Kabbalah, Hasidic thought, and…

The Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture conference in Madison, Wisconsin, offered a week-long program connecting scholarship, creative practice, and…

A week-long conference about Jewish art, identity, and culture depends on meaningful participation from people with different communication needs. For Deaf and…

Food carries stories that can be tasted, repeated, adapted, and passed between generations. Within Jewish life, a recipe may preserve a regional history, mark…