By Vivian Lazar
When I was growing up, I lived in a homogenous Jewish neighborhood where Jewish education and high achievement were universally valued. It wasn’t until I left Jewish day school and went to college that I discovered the benefits and the disadvantages of living in such a sheltered environment. Today, when homogeneity is thankfully less prevalent and diversity more celebrated, we have to work harder to engage young people and … [Read more...] about “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”:
Music as a Vehicle for Teen Engagement
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“I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”:
The Timely Power of Art
By Rebecca Guber If you wandered through Boston Common last April, you would have likely stumbled onto “Pathways to Freedom,” a large-scale public art installation. Artist Julia Vogl placed 1,800 colorful vinyl circles around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and each circle in the artwork represented one individual’s answers to four questions reflecting on freedom. The research for this project was funded by Asylum Arts and it was … [Read more...] about The Timely Power of Art
‘Under the Black Hat’ Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim
By Phreddy Wischusen Yitzchok Moully was in the middle of what had been a normal day at work when, he said, he “received an email ... a heavy email” - one that provokes reaction, that makes your stomach drop and clouds your head. “I said to myself, I can’t just hit delete. I need to print out the email. And burn it.” For many, that would end with a momentary flare on a backyard barbecue. But Moully is an artist. And a Chabad-Lubavitch … [Read more...] about ‘Under the Black Hat’ Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim
The Word Grant: Call for Applications
The Word Grant, a project of American Jewish University’s Institute for Jewish Creativity, supports artists creating projects that explore Jewish ideas, themes, tradition, history, and identity. 2016 marked the inaugural cycle of the Word Grant for artists and creative practitioners: a multidisciplinary initiative birthed out of the Bruce Geller Memorial Prize for Screen Writing Arts, instituted in 2006. In its first year, Word aspired to … [Read more...] about The Word Grant: Call for Applications
$10m. gift from Taube Philanthropies brings Arthur Szyk Collection to the Magnes
The extensive body of work of artist and illustrator Arthur Szyk will be available in a public institution for the first time, thanks to a $10.1 million gift from Taube Philanthropies to The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley. This gift provides students, scholars, and the public access to the most significant collection of works by Szyk, a Polish Jewish artist and political caricaturist who … [Read more...] about $10m. gift from Taube Philanthropies brings Arthur Szyk Collection to the Magnes
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