It is perhaps impossible to define Jewish art, but addressing that difficulty is important as a context in which to consider Jewish American painters in the 20th century. Defining “Jewish” is ...

“Art is national. We can have great art if we are rooted in the soil,” Menachem Ussishkin stated in a 1926 response to the growing number of modern-art exhibitions in Jerusalem. His words echoed the ...

The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, a Jewish prayer book that has survived through centuries, will be offered by Sotheby’s in 2026.

Further discoveries have been made at Beth Alpha, where th Hebrw University expedition is conducting excavations. A new section of mosaics, depicting Bible scenes were found, in the ancient synagogue ...

The permanent collection at The Sherwin Milller Museum of Jewish Art includes iron and bronze works from early Jewish history (think 3200 BCE), work by Israeli artists like Reuven Rubin and objects ...

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The Jewish festival of Passover recalls the biblical story of the Israelites enslaved by Egypt and their miraculous escape. During a ritual feast known as a Seder, families celebrate this ancient ...

She is serene and dignified, perhaps even a little bored. Her eyes are slate blue and her lips bee-stung. She wears the marriage finery of early 20th-century Orthodox Judaism: a fur-trimmed cape, ...

“Artists who never really formally said, ‘I’m Jewish’ are all of a sudden seeing how important it is to them,” a curator said. Anyone stepping inside 81 Leonard Gallery — an artist-run space named ...

The Jewish art scene in Los Angeles is a small but vibrant community that spans generations, styles, and the full length and breadth of the city itself. Now, for the first time, three of L.A.’s ...

Hebrew College recently launched its centennial programming with the opening of “Seeing Torah: A Visual Midrash,” an art exhibit representing the spiritual, political and feminist lessons of the Torah ...

Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew texts adorn countless Jewish homes, offices and synagogues, died on July 9 in Elkins Park. He was 90.