Mickie Caspi is an Israeli American artist and calligrapher specializing in Judaica. The owner of Caspi Cards & Art, she incorporates traditional Jewish motifs, Persian and Arabic illumination, and contemporary styles into her original ketubot (marriage contracts), greeting cards, calendars, and art prints. Caspi lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
When Max Liebermann first exhibited this painting, it caused not only a sensation but a scandal. Some critics objected to a Jew daring to depict Jesus, and they were offended by Liebermann’s realistic…
Dialoghi di m. Magino Gabrielli Hebreo, sopra l’utile sue inventioni circa la seta (Dialogues of Magino Gabrielli, Hebrew, On the Utility of His Inventions in Silk Production), printed in Rome, is a…
Solomon Nunes Carvalho painted this portrait of Wakara (ca. 1808–1855) of the Timpanogos tribe (later chief of the Utah Indians) after returning from a trip to the territories of Kansas, Colorado, and…