Mark Podwal is a Brooklyn-born artist, illustrator, author, and physician whose themes reflect Jewish history and traditions. Podwal’s works have appeared on the op-ed pages of the New York Times. He has received two Sidney Taylor Awards from the Association of Jewish Libraries and an Aesop Prize from the American Folklore Society.
A ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This ornate ketubah from Oran, Algeria…
The enlightened will awaken, and he who understands will rise up to waken his soul, which will speak to his body; and his body will speak with his evil inclination.
And thus, the soul will…
Jacob Epstein, “Morris Rosenfeld,” from Hutchins Hapgood’s The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York. Epstein was best-known for his sculptures, but he also created the…