REVIEW: Herb & Dorothy
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="113" caption="Herb & Dorothy"][/caption] A cute elderly couple coming from very minimal means + a love for art = one of the world's greatest collections of modern minimalist art. ...
The Symbolism of a Diamond Dreidel
Last Monday, Mervis Diamond Importers unveiled the world first ever Diamond Dreidel. When I saw this piece of Judaica, I first thought about what a Dreidel meant to me, followed by the thought of how much more meaningful a Diamond Dreidel could be. The Hebrew letters on the Dreidel represent the different parts of life we will all inevitably encounter. The “Nun” and “Shin” ...
My End-of-Summer visit to Valmadonna at Sotheby's by Menachem Butler
[Note: I highly recommend watching the Sotheby's video about the exhibit ~DW] Several months ago I mentioned at the Michtavim blog about the Valmadonna Trust Library, its custodian, Mr Jack Lunzer of London, and the entire collection that was on display at the Sotheby's NY for a single week in February. The collection is currently available for sale en bloc and let me know if you or a consortium of friends are interested ...
Ambiguity in Art vs Ambiguity in Torah
A discussion of ambiguity in Torah and in Art- and whether or not it works completely. ...
Art Show at the Museum of the Underground Prisoners
Just when you think you’ve seen all that Jerusalem has to offer, along comes a surprise in the most unusual of spaces. For weeks, the Jerusalem municipality has been running full-page ads promoting Art Jerusalem 08, an exhibition with hundreds of mostly new and unknown artists. The setting was the Underground Prisoner's Museum, just off Kikar Safra (City Hall Plaza) in the Russian Compound neighborhood. The fair was fabulous, ranging from under appreciated impressionists like ...
Art of the Week – Candlelighting
Mother and Daughter "They light the candles and focus together One guides one learns Two burn" ...
Happy Birthday Marc Chagall
Moshe Shegal (latter changed to Chagall)l was a Russian-Belarusian-French painter of Jewish origin, who was born in Belarus on July 7th 1887. Chagall took inspiration from Belarusian folk-life, and portrayed many Biblical themes that reflected his Jewish heritage. In honor of his memory and his contributions to both the Jewish and artistic world Jewneric has chosen to post several of his selected works. ...
Waltz with Bashir: A non-review
A challenge is to talk about a movie without divulging any information about said movie. That is the problem with "Waltz with Bashir", an animated movie I saw last night about the first Lebanon War. I cannot morally speak about the movie. Any words I would say would ruin it for you. I just can say that it blew me away. It touched upon every single emotion that my being knows how to emote. I walked out of ...
Mapping the Holy Land
With the Spertus Museum's recent "censorship" of its exhibit of Holy Land maps, it is especially nice to see that famous (and autistic) artist Stephen Wiltshire has drawn Jerusalem. One blog says Wiltshire also wants to draw Tel Aviv, and quotes: "Jerusalem was the hardest city I've ever encountered to draw. There are many tiny details that are without architectural order or reason." ...
The Blessing of a Broken Heart Hits the Stage
Award Winning Book by Terror Victim’s Mother Comes to NY and DC Stage Seven years ago, Koby Mandell, the 13 year old son of Sherri and Rabbi Seth Mandell, was stoned to death in a cave in Israel by terrorists. The news made headlines around the world, not only for its brutality, ...
