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Dimensions of Spirituality

Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot

2017

An Exchange Exhibition between the Jewish Art Salon

and Jewish Artists Initiative of Southern California

Hosted by UJA Federation, New York

130 E. 59th Street, New York, NY 10022

September 5 – November 30, 2017

Catalog of 24 Curated Artworks

from the Membership of JAI

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RUTH WEISBERG • PRESIDENT • JEWISH ARTISTS INITIATIVE

DAYS OF AWE AND JOY

The juried exhibition “Dimensions of Spirituality – Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and

Sukkot” is drawn from the artists’ membership of the Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) of

Southern California, as part of an exchange with the Jewish Art Salon (JAS). The theme

was chosen by JAI and JAS because of the simultaneous timing of the High Holidays

with the exchange exhibitions in the fall of 2016 and 2017 and, more importantly,

because of the resonance with the artists’ focus on Jewish history, spirituality, and their

interest in promoting dialogue about Jewish identity and related issues among members

of the art community.

The High Holy Days are a communal celebration of events in the history of the Jewish

people. Since at least the 3rd century BCE, during the first ten days of the Hebrew

month of Tishrei, which occurs sometime in the month of September or early October,

Rosh Hashanah begins the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement,

concludes the ten Days of Awe. This is a time for introspection, repentance, prayer,

and good deeds or charity. The custom is to seek reconciliation with people you may

have wronged during the previous year. The solemn Days of Awe anticipate and pave

the way for Sukkot, which commences on the 15th day of Tishrei. This weeklong Feast

of the Tabernacles, one of the three pilgrimage festivals held since the existence of the

Jerusalem Temple, marks the end of the harvest as well as commemorating the Exodus

and the Jewish people’s dependence on the will of God. Back to back in the same

month, the observances of Sukkot mirror the main themes of the Days of Awe and are

the culmination of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Each of the 24 selected artists reference the overarching theme of the exhibit,

presenting their imagery in a style characteristic of their oeuvre that illustrates the

variety and expressive potential of ideas from realism to abstraction. Working in

painting (oil, acrylic, encaustic), drawing (graphite, pastel, collage, ink), the graphic

arts (etching, monotype, coffeegraph, stencil, chine collé), photography (color, archival

pigment, digital), textile, and mixed media, the artists have probed the spiritual depths

of these thought-provoking and joyous days to reveal the abundant connections

between these holidays.

Donna Stein

EXHIBITION CURATOR

JAI/JAS: Dimensions of Spirituality – Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, 2017

Renée AmitaiSacred Memory, 2010, etching and monotype, 12" x 16"

Bill AronApple and Honey, 2010, color photography, 26" x 22"


Pat BergerA Tree of Hope, 2009, charcoal on canvas, 24" x 20"

Ellen CantorMom and the Holiday Meatballs, 2010, archival pigment print, 11" x 8-1/2"


Rhea CarmiYom Kippur War, 1981, mixed media on panel, 20" x 28"

Judy DekelThere is a Season, 2013, monoprint/chine colle/stencil, 22" x 30"


Karen Frimkess WolffApologies, 2010, graphite pencil, gesso on MDF board, 12" x 12"

Shelley GazinOrthodox Teen in Garb in a Valley Sukkah [Selection from Becoming Persian, Iranian Jews in the West]

Photograph Printed on FujiFlex, Mounted on Aluminum, 24" x 20", Artist Proof / 2017


Zhenya GershmanDays of Awe: Self, 2017, pastel on paper and mix media, 24" x 16"

Susan GesundheitJerusalem Skyline, 2015, monoprint, 10" x 24" image printed on 22" x 30" paper


Roger GordonTeshuvah, oil on canvas mounted to board, 30" x 20"

Betty GreenNightflyers, 2016, acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 24" x 24"


Gilah Yelin HirschKol Eesha, 1999, oil on canvas, 32" x 28"

Sarah HorwitzDay One (Yom Echod), 1998/2017, archival inks printed on 100% cotton rag archival watercolor paper, 31" x 22"


Sandra LauterbachLabyrinth, 2015, textiles, 18" x 36"

Marisa MandlerA Study in Letting Go, 2017, mixed media, 12-1/2" x 9.5"


Rachelle MarkHoliday Family Meal, 2017, encaustic and collage on wood, 14" x 36"

Avi RothAscending XIII Kingdoms, 2015, coffeegraph, 36" x 24"


Marleene RubinsteinYom Kippur, 2017, mixed media, 22" x 4" x 4" (wall mounted with lucite brackets)

Lori ShocketAl Chet, 2017, mixed media, 24" x 24"


Ruth WeisbergLooking Back in Time, 2011, oil and pastel on gessoed paper, 26-1/4" x 24-3/4"

Cathy WeissCracks in Creation, 2017, woodcut print, paint on canvas, 36" x 24"


Mara ZasloveA Time for Renewal, 2017, archival photographic print, 20" x 16"

Jana ZimmerNobody Knew When his Time will come, 2015, digital collage, silk tissue on wood panel, 12" x 12"


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