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In 1919, when Kramer painted The Day of Atonement, modernist art depicting Jewish rituals was considered new and radical, especially in tradition-bound England. When the Jewish community of Leeds…
Lucienne Bloch’s thousand-square-foot mural covers the entire rear wall of Temple Emanuel, the building of which was designed by Erich Mendelssohn. Painted on lightweight wood panels in a palette…
Cornell Capa took this picture of boys learning Torah or the Hebrew alphabet at a time when Hasidic survivors of the Holocaust were just beginning to rebuild their communities. Brooklyn, New York was…
This painting has both figurative and abstract elements. The shapes representing the angel are a dynamic swirl of mystical symbols. Ben-Zion often turned to the Bible for inspiration for his work. At…
Pages from Mark Podwal’s A Book of Hebrew Letters, an exploration of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet through drawings and words representing each letter.
Each corner of Mickie Caspi’s Seasons Ketubah represents one of the four seasons. The traditional text is framed by a mosaic of heart-shaped flowers and encircled by a quote from the Song of Songs.
Cabbalistic Sphere, a sculpture made from polished aluminum, is one of Kaish’s many works inspired by ancient Jewish texts. Some of her works with spiritual and metaphysical themes are abstract…
View of “The Liberation of G-d,” part of an installation titled Trilogy and Epilogue, in which Helène Aylon highlights misogynist passages in the Hebrew Bible and other canonical Jewish religious…
