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…ting clothing and Judaic pieces. She constructs garments and objects of hand-dyed, airbrushed, silk-screened, and embellished fabrics to address her perspective on Judaic themes. Objects, wire, machine embroidery, photo-transfer and other complex cloth techniques conceptually allude to ideas, messages and symbols. Klein’s touring exhibition, “All That Remains: A Holocaust Exhibition in Fiber”, is a fiber arts exhibit on the theme of the Holocaust…
…terial of cement itself, thus interrogating the limits of representation and dissolving the boundaries of the photograph into the painted canvas By challenging the very concept of depiction, the paintings reconsider the stories encapsulated in domestic structures, blurring the boundaries between material and meaning, photography and painting, truth and fiction. Born in Oxford, England, Safran-Hon grew up in Haifa, Israel. She received her B.A. in…
…recall, after two years of drought and famine had spread over the entire middle east, Jacob, in Canaan, sends his sons down to Egypt to buy corn. Arriving at the offices of the Corn Distribution Administration, the brothers meet and bow down to the High Commissioner, Joseph. They don’t recognize him, he has changed so dramatically from the 17 year old they last saw when they sold him to the traders after almost killing them, but he does recognize…
…what more abstract fashion: Once the Besht prayed before the ark. In the middle of the prayer he stopped and went to the street before the synagogue where he saw a gentile selling wood. He bought a wagon load of wood from him, and the gentile followed after the Besht and carried the wood to the beth-hamidrash. The Besht told them to pay him for the wood and to give him brandy for carrying the wood to the beth-hamidrash. The gentile said: “Blessed…
…r, so that I could be with my dad, and so my son could get to know his grand- father better, and so my dad could be as proud of Tsvi as I am. As three generations traveling together, we heard many kind or curious remarks, from everyone from passport control to store clerks. We rented a car and followed our own schedule, visiting archeological, historical, natural, religious and cultural sites. Although our trip was personal, among my pleasant rabb…
…26 Feb Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) February 26, 2022 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
…12 Feb Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) February 12, 2022 6:10 pm – 6:40 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
…29 Jan Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) January 29, 2022 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
…05 Feb Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) February 5, 2022 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
…22 Jan Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) January 22, 2022 5:50 pm – 6:25 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…