Israeli artist Moshe Gershuni was a pioneer of Israeli conceptual and performance art in the late 1960s. Among his many works exploring social and political issues is Red Sealing/Theatre, an installation of texts in Hebrew on the theme of “Who Is a Zionist?” at the Venice Biennale (1980). His prizes and honors include the Sandburg Prize, Israel Museum (1982), the Israel Minister of Culture Award for Painting and Sculpture (1988), and the Israel Prize (2003). His work is found at the Israel Museum; the Jewish Museum, the Getty Museum, and the British Museum.
This sumptuous velvet and gilt-metal-thread embroidered Torah ark curtain most likely began its life as the wedding gown of a well-to-do Jewish woman of the Ottoman Empire. It was unstitched and…
The morning of the third day, Tsiporah tried to distract Noémi.
“Have you read this article?” she asked, handing her Maariv.
Noémi finished her nth cigarette, then placed the butt on the already…