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Dec 12, 2012, 5:45 PM

Modern sounds of Hanukka find a home on YouTube

These days, if you want to hear who is spreading the Hanukkah message to the masses, first light your menorah, and then click on YouTube. The Hanukka season seems to be a popular time for a flurry of Jewish holiday YouTube...

Nov 8, 2012, 5:11 AM

Papercuts pay homage to synagogues torched in WWII

A Jerusalem artist's exquisite creations conjure a world that went up in smoke

May 23, 2012, 1:57 PM

Stitching the Torah’s precepts together

For artist Andi Arnovitz, sewing always had been an integral part of her upbringing. So it was natural for her to take essential principles of the Torah, such as the commandment to be charitable, and create vibrant artistic garments...

Apr 2, 2012, 4:35 PM

Dvar Omanut: All who are hungry, come and eat – When art imitates life

It’s one of Judaism’s best-known slogans, with its perennial cry for social justice and redemption: the haggadah’s HaLachma Anya passage – “This is the bread of affliction our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. All who are hungry...

Mar 5, 2012, 2:20 PM

Dvar Omanut: Redrawing a Tale of Two Diasporas

Throughout Sidi’s Scroll of Esther, there is plenty of visual comic relief to soften the narrative of near-disaster for the Jews

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About Me

Dvar Omanut – Musings on Jewish Art – by Fern Allen is a regular feature of the Kol HaOt organization (www.kolhaot.com) focusing on the deeper meaning of Jewish art. Fern is the Communications Director of the Jerusalem-based venture, which conducts interactive, educational programs for tourists that combine the magic of the visual, performing & culinary arts with Jewish texts, ideas and values.