Journal
“Book Signing and Discussion: New Publications on Jewish Visual Culture” brings the printed page into conversation with the wider concerns of the Practicing…
Artists’ Roundtable: Sharing Creative Processes and Jewish Inspirations brings attention to the intimate work behind Jewish visual culture. Rather than…
The conference’s opening night established the spirit of Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture in Madison, Wisconsin. Rather than treating Jewish…
To be a practicing Jew in contemporary art is to engage with a living tradition through creative work, community, memory, and ethical attention. The phrase…
Dance offers a distinctive way to study Jewish life because it places memory, ritual, and identity into motion. A gesture can carry a regional history, a…
A gallery tour can turn a conference theme into a physical experience. Instead of encountering Jewish identity as an abstract idea, visitors meet it through…
A strong conference program does more than place speakers into time slots. It creates a pathway through ideas, gives participants different ways to engage, and…
Jewish artistic traditions have always carried more than one meaning. A ritual object can preserve memory, a dance can express communal belonging, and an image…
Israeli art has become a significant force in the way Jewish identity is imagined, debated, and represented around the world. Its influence reaches beyond…
Photography offers a powerful way to examine how Jewish life is practiced, remembered, and reshaped. A family portrait, synagogue photograph, wedding album, or…