Tag: Jewish art

Lech Lecha – Get Going!

With Syria constantly in the news, I came across a beautiful website describing the traditional liturgical chanting of the Jewish congregation of Aleppo. The site was set up by the Syrian Jewish community in New York, and it links to recordings and explanations (in Hebrew) of their unique and nuanced chanting style. The site itself […]

A New Year! Parashat Bereishit – Genesis

My naive art, oil painting of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (complete with stripey lawn) appears as the first illustration of the Torah in the Child’s Bible published by Ariella Books.

Part 4 of The Children’s Bible

I’ve just finished the illustrations for Part 4 of the Bible for Children; Bamidbar (lit. In the Desert, or The Book of Numbers). It is published in German, by Ariella Books, under the title “Erzahl es Deinen Kindern,” (Relate it to your children), and the text is adapted by Bruno Landthaler and Hanna Liss. This […]

Parshat Chayei Sara

This week’s parsha is Chayei Sara. In the picture, Eliezer, Avraham’s servant, already knows that Rivka meets the criterion of kindness to be chosen to marry Yaakov, but hasn’t told her yet. He has a cheeky and knowing look about him while Rivka happily waters the camels. Quality print on canvas of this painting: $60: […]

This week’s Parsha – Vayera

This is my artwork for Parshat Vayera, concerning the difficult story of “Akedat Yitzhak” – the Binding of Isaac. I used a lot of red, which intensifies the drama of the situation, but, as this is primarily a work of Jewish art for a younger audience, I limited the tension and emphasized the good and […]

Happy Succot !

As the Succah we build parallels the Mishkan, or Sanctuary, which accompanied the people of Israel during their journey in the wilderness, (and which is also an allegory for the inner essence of each individual), here is my illustration of Moshe, setting up the vessels in the Mishkan. My illustrations of the Parshot HaShavua, (weekly […]