Journal
Jewish art collectives bring artists, scholars, and communities into a shared process of inquiry. Their work may include painting, installation, photography,…
“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” grew from a conviction that Jewish life cannot be understood through religious texts and institutions alone. Its…
“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” brings together people who might otherwise encounter Jewish life through separate academic, artistic, or…
The Role of Humor in Jewish Visual Art and Performance is closely tied to the ways artists interpret memory, belonging, faith, gender, and everyday life. In…
A conference about Jewish art, identity, and culture must make room for many ways of seeing, hearing, moving, communicating, and participating. Accessibility…
Art can preserve memory, challenge inherited narratives, and create space for communities to see themselves more fully. Jewish and African American artists…
The keynote address at Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture offered a focused reflection on how creative work shapes communal life. Across a week of…
Jewish dance in the American Midwest has never been a single style. It has developed through immigration, religious practice, social clubs, summer camps,…
A day at “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” moves between attentive listening, informal conversation, and close encounters with creative work. Held…
The week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, brought together academics, artists, and community members around…