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Jewish Art Journeys
Jennifer Stern
Aug 27, 20234 min read
Glimpses of Art at Lublin's Peretz School in the 1930s, by Jennifer Stern
Rivke Berger (1911-1942). We're Breaking the Wall. (Image courtesy of The "Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre" Center, Lublin, Poland) During the...
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Jennifer Stern
Aug 6, 20234 min read
A Czech Jewish World Reclaimed: The Art of Karolina Kašeová, by Jennifer Stern
Karolina Kašeová, Rosh Hashone "card." Image courtesy of Karolina Kašeová. I recently had the privilege of writing about Yiddish and...
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Jennifer Stern
Jul 29, 20234 min read
The Spiritual Modernism of Jennings Tofel, by Jenny McComas
Jennings Tofel (American, born Poland, 1891–1959) The Red Hand, 1954 Oil on canvas 40 x 33 in. (101.6 x 83.8 cm) Gift of Arthur & Anne...
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Jennifer Stern
Jul 19, 20234 min read
Esther Carp: Radiance Rediscovered, by Jennifer Stern
Esther Carp exhibition at mahJ (copyright mahJ/Thibaut Chapotot) Esther Carp (b. 1897, Skierniewice, Poland; d. 1970, Créteil, France)...
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Jennifer Stern
Jun 29, 20234 min read
A Historic Exhibition of Jewish Artists in Vilnius, Lithuania, by Jennifer Stern
Foreground: Emmanuel Mané-Katz (1894-1962). Reading, 1931. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme (mahJ), Paris. Background: Emmanuel...
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Jennifer Stern
Jun 12, 20234 min read
Concealed Identity, by Jenny McComas
Northern Italy or Southern Germany (?) Wedding Ring in the Form of a Synagogue, ca. 1700 Silver, 1 ¾ x 1 x 9/16 in. Gift of Frederick...
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Jennifer Stern
May 16, 20233 min read
Welcome to Jewish Art Journeys, by Jenny McComas
Northern Italy or Southern Germany (?) Wedding Ring in the Form of a Synagogue, ca. 1700 Silver, 1 ¾ x 1 x 9/16 in. Gift of Frederick...
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Jennifer Stern
May 16, 20233 min read
Welcome to Jewish Art Journeys, by Jennifer Stern
Joseph Budko (Płońsk, 1888-Jerusalem, 1940). Daughter of Israel. Illustration of a poem by H.N. Bialik. Woodcut. Before 1923. Musée d'art...
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