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Jewish Art Journeys


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...

Jennifer Stern
Aug 27, 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...

Jennifer Stern
Aug 6, 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...

Jennifer Stern
Jul 29, 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)...

Jennifer Stern
Jul 19, 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...

Jennifer Stern
Jun 29, 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...

Jennifer Stern
Jun 12, 20234 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...

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...

Jennifer Stern
May 16, 20233 min read
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