This article from Jewish Art Salon is interesting and has images of some of the pieces. The exhibit on view at the Yeshiva University Museum here at the Center for Jewish History is not to be missed.
Threatened Beauty by Andi Arnovitz at the Y.U. Museum: http://wp.me/p5n3hG-XV
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Threatened Beauty
In this exhibition of 33 jewel-like, richly textured collage and watercolor…
The Issue is Silence: An Address by Rabbi Joachim Prinz, President of the American Jewish Congress, at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
From American Jewish Congress records
Courtesy of American Jewish Historical Society
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new exhibit on display in…
The First Female Ordained Rabbi: Regina Jonas
By Jackie Brettschneider, Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
As early as high school, Regina Jonas talked about becoming a rabbi. At the time not one woman was ordained to the position. Jonas’s pursuit came with many hardships and obstacles because she was a woman. Jonas, however, pursued ordination whole-heartedly because of her dedication to Jewish…
HEAT-SET Tissue Making.
Today we had a mini-workshop in the lab with our colleagues from the Center for Jewish History. We are using the method described by the conservators at NARA during their Book and Paper Group presentation at the AIC Annual Meeting. We are making a variety of tissues including lots of very thin tissues for…