Journal

In the autumn of 2024, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus filled with scholars, dancers, and curious community members for "Practicing Jews: Art,…

Tucked into a week-long program hosted in Madison, Wisconsin, the workshop on weaving tzitzit with contemporary patterns became one of the most tactile…

Across the leafy courtyards of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, scholars, artists, and rabbis gathered for a panel that placed humour at the centre of…

The "Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture" conference in Madison gathered a remarkable cross-section of thinkers who placed angels at the centre of…

The demonstration of ancient techniques for making tefillin offered a tactile way to examine Jewish identity, religious practice, and visual culture. Held…

For attendees of the Practicing Jews conference in Madison, Wisconsin, the walking tour of Jewish public art offers a chance to step outside the lecture halls…

In the warm hum of a late spring week in Wisconsin, scholars, artists, and community members gathered at the Practicing Jews conference to examine how visual…

The "Practicing Jews" conference in Madison, Wisconsin offered an unusual window into the largely undocumented story of Jewish silk screen printing. Across a…

A lullaby can appear modest: a quiet melody, a repeated phrase and a child settling into sleep. Yet Jewish lullabies carry layered histories of migration,…

Around the turn of the twentieth century, a wave of decorative experimentation swept through European cities, carrying with it sinuous ironwork, peacock…