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Designer Yoav Gati makes doodles out of discarded gloves. Courtesy of Yoav Gati/via JTA
June 3, 2020, 3:23 pm
How Tel Aviv Creatives Made Art Out of the Covid-19 Crisis
Designers, photographers, artists and storytellers have turned a crisis into an opportunity to delight and distract a socially distanced public.
By Karen Chernick
Fry’s “history and identity” might have sensitized him “to the plight of others who were imperiled,” Orringer says. Brigitte Lacombe
December 4, 2019, 12:02 pm
Clandestine work, hidden life
Historical novel imagines the complex life of Varian Fry, who risked everything to rescue prominent Jewish artists
By Sandee Brawarsky
Teens’ artwork, hung on a chain-link fence, rings Tree of Life synagogue. Photos by Beth Kissileff
September 18, 2019, 12:54 pm
Beating back grief with the language of art
An exhibition outside Tree of Life raises questions about how we remember
By Beth Kissileff
“Madame Butterfly,” Helen Frankenthaler, color woodcut, 2000. ©2019 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
September 9, 2019, 11:40 am
Exhibition celebrates Helen Frankenthaler’s print innovations
By NJJN Staff
Gorfinkel’s haggadah tells the story of Passover in graphic form. Pictured here, a portion of the cover. (Courtesy of Koren Publishers)
April 3, 2019, 11:50 am
Exodus story now a graphic novel
By Steve Lipman
Ori Ansbacher. courtesy Ansbacher family
February 20, 2019, 11:15 am
Mourning for ‘gentle soul’ is breaking the mold
In wake of Ori Ansbacher’s brutal murder at the hands of a terrorist, more poetry than politics
By Nathan Jeffay
Gili Getz performing his one-man play “The Forbidden Conversation.” Photo by Basil Rodericks
February 11, 2019, 11:50 am
Playwright invites Jewish Americans to engage in ‘forbidden conversation’
Kol Emet will host one-man show to ‘open up’ talk about Israel
By Michele Alperin
A display depicting the Jewish emphasis on learning was designed by artist Amee Pollack; it is on display at the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick. Photo courtesy Amee Pollack
February 4, 2019, 10:59 am
Public art project opens ‘Windows of Understanding’
In Highland Park and New Brunswick, multi-faceted program fights hate
By Debra Rubin
Designer Lev Gal Wertman stands beside the window depicting the creation of the sun, moon, and stars at Gottesman RTW Academy. Photos by Johanna Ginsberg
December 5, 2018, 11:50 am
Stained-glass ‘Creation’ series beautifies, benefits Gottesman RTW Academy
Local designer includes ‘secrets’ for the students in windows
By Johanna R Ginsberg
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