Slingers and Slingstones

The Treasure

Yakhne-Brayne [Reading slowly and with difficulty so that the words run together in a monotone.]:“And God caused the Temple to be destroyed and said, ‘I will remember your sins and you will devour…

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Portrait painting of woman in dress sitting with her hands in lap.

Portrait of Abigaill Franks (1696–1756).

Born in London, as a young girl Abigaill Levy immigrated with her parents to New York City. In 1712, she married Jacob Franks, with whom she would have nine children. Despite his Ashkenazic family…

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Steel sculpture on steel frame outside of building. Top of sculpture is the head of a sheep with horns and bottom of sculpture is stylized head and arms of a human figure.

Sacrifice of Isaac

Sheep and rams frequently appear in the sculptures of Kadishman, a legacy of time spent as a shepherd in his youth. Sacrifice of Isaac is a reimagining of the biblical story of the Akedah, in which…

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