ANNOUNCEMENTS

Events

Announcements

The Shem Tov Bible: A Masterpiece from the Golden age of Spain, can be seen at Sotheby’s through September 10.

Publications/Videos

Be Fruitful! The Etrog in Jewish Art, Culture, and History. Edited by Warren Klein, Sharon Liberman Mintz and Joshua Teplitsky.

“Buildings, Places and Spaces,” a series of illustrated recorded talks about synagogues by architectural historian Samuel D. Gruber. Click here.

The Center for Jewish Art issued a report on their latest expedition to Vilnius, Lithuania to research Holocaust memorial monuments. https://cja.huji.ac.il/hmm/pics/reports/Holocaust_Memorial_Monuments_in_Vilnius_Report_2022.pdf

The expedition is part of the project to create a database on Holocaust Memorial Monuments (https://cja.huji.ac.il/hmm/browser.php?mode=main).

Also from The Center for Jewish Art, a new publication A Legacy Revealed:
The Izmir Collection of Ceremonial Synagogue Textiles by Bracha Yaniv and Tamar Shadmi.

To celebrate Israel’s 75th birthday, David Matlow of Toronto, Canada selected 75 artifacts from his personal collection of Zionist and Herzl memorabilia and shared them in a new book, 75 Treasures: Celebrating Israel at Seventy-Five. Available for free download at https://herzlcollection.com/75-treasures

Shimon Iaikerson stars in several new videos about Hebrew Manuscripts, a project of Beit Avi Chai. Episode 1 (Handwritten Medieval Jewish Books): https://youtu.be/esyY9c3ou9k, Episode 2 (Rolled Books):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hz0FiO9_9M, Episode 3 (Handwritten Medieval Jewish Books): https://youtu.be/V9wLFpCDb8A

Sam Gruber gave a talk about the Arthur Szyk designed ark at Forest Hills Jewish Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZZHo6KG20Q

Sam Gruber also gave a talk at the opening of the JTS Library’s current exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd36JsV9rbQ

Exhibitions

Artists on Antisemitism at 81 Leonard Gallery, 81 Leonard Street, through August 30.

All About Herzl opening at the Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum, Temple Emanu-El, September 17.

The Museum at Eldridge Street has an exhibition of Tobi Kahn’s work up through November 10. Also a new installation of a mosaic floor by Mark Podwal can be seen.