The Derfner Museum of Judaica's 'Envisioning the Sacred' exhibit encompasses paintings, printings, drawings and linoleum cuts ...

Jewish-born artists flourished in the United States throughout the 20th century. A survey of their work reveals a rich and diverse range of styles and attitudes toward Jewish themes, from unconscious ...

“Art is national. We can have great art if we are rooted in the soil,” Menachem Ussishkin stated in a 1926 response to the growing number of modern-art exhibitions in Jerusalem. His words echoed the ...

Local artist Carol Neiger sees Judaism as “such a rich religion full of history, liturgy, and tradition–and when I sit in temple, I think about how I would express what I experience in art.” She and ...

(JTA) — Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew texts adorn countless Jewish homes, offices and synagogues, died on July 9 in Elkins Park, ...

At Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, there are seemingly unlimited avenues to become involved, no matter what your interests are. Thanks to one member, the institution is seeing a revival of ...

The Jewish festival of Passover recalls the biblical story of the Israelites enslaved by Egypt and their miraculous escape. During a ritual feast known as a Seder, families celebrate this ancient ...

The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly - Synagogue and ancient temple - A house of the people instead of a house of God - Worship by prayer and not sacrifice - Instruction and debate ...

What is it that keeps Jewish identity from petrifying, from becoming a relic of a time long past? The question of Jewish resilience has perplexed both Jewish and non-Jewish thinkers for centuries.