Creative strategies of a problem-solving and story-telling people
Category: Visual Midrash
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According to Dia Visual Midrash is the creative interpretation of Jewish texts through visual art and imagery. Visual Midrash is an approach that brings the ancient tradition of Midrash—rabbinic commentary and imaginative expansion on biblical texts—into the realm of visual arts. Instead of using only words to explore, question, and reinterpret sacred stories, Visual Midrash…
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Currently, our cell phones effectively operate as “brain extenders,” hooking us into vast networks that aid our memory and enhance our knowledge. Soon, though, the computing functions of a cellphone will likely become an internal brain “add-on” Schiff, Danny. Judaism in a Digital Age: An Ancient Tradition Confronts a Transformative Era (p. 193). Springer International…
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A New Paradigm Visual Art and Jewish Life: “Making art, like Jewish practice, is premised on the belief that a careful attention to process itself is necessary to imagine and ultimately reach an unknown, but desired, outcome. Artmaking and Jewish life both demand surrender and determination; precision and wild abandon; patience and urgency; solitude and…
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Here is a search engine for Jewish Museums that are part of the Council of Jewish Museums: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=66b26ff4823ac4c7e Try searching for “visual” Here is a link for Jewish Museums outside of the United States: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=429780caf13cb4227 Try searching for “Torah”
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https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/16612-he-cast-a-look-and-went-mad At JTS Museum Notes: Artist/Maker:Maurycy MinkowskiBio:Polish, 1881-1930 Title:”He Cast a Look and Went Mad”. Date:1910Medium:Oil on canvas One of the few paintings in Western art to illustrate a Talmudic narrative, “He Cast a Look and Went Mad” deals with the confrontation between tradition and modernity. The work reflects the influence of the Jewish Enlightenment,…
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