with Connie Wolf
What Makes Art Jewish?
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| John Milton, The Creation of Eve |
In this column, various Bay Area experts will respond to your questions about family life and relationships between people of different faiths, and other Jewish-related subjects. If you have a question for our experts, please email us at bridges@sfjcf.org.
Rather than asking what makes art Jewish, I prefer to think about what is Jewish art. Is it Jewish art because it’s made by someone who’s Jewish, or because the subject matter is Jewish?
Jewish art is designed to celebrate and honor Jewish tradition. It may take the form of ritual objects that we remember and honor in our lives. Whether or not a Jewish artist made it, we love and cherish Judaica because of its beauty and meaning. And sometimes it can engage you in looking at Jewish tradition from a different perspective... [continued]
Films and Art...For a Jewish July
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| Castro Theatre, San Francisco |
With the new Contemporary Jewish Museum open and showing three vibrant exhibits, and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF) gearing up for its annual blitz of fabulous films, July is the month to explore Jewish culture.
The Jewish Film Festival has been called the “other” Jewish holiday – and for good reason. Each July, in four venues around the Bay Area, people gather for an annual ritual – to celebrate Jewish films. In its 28th year, the SFJFF is the original (and the largest) festival showcasing films about Jewish subject matter anywhere. Festival producers search the world for outstanding, unusual, and sometimes controversial, movies that inform, entertain and inspire... [continued]
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