 "Exciting and extraordinarily creative ideas oozed from the four artists of Kol HaOt as they demonstrated how art could and should be used to transmit the values which are most basic to Judaism. Their original and fresh approach to what is essential in Jewish education and their notions of how to achieve their goals energized everyone in attendance. It was a privilege to be included!" Harriet Elazar  "The evening program presented by the four partners involved in the Kol HaOt enterprise was a delight. The program, guided by Matt, David, Yair and Elyssa, unfolded into an ever-deepening experience of Jewish learning, meeting and conversation with those in the room, and deep respect on my part for the important Jewish cultural work that Kol HaOt is doing." - Deborah Housen-Couriel Reactions from Educational Experiences:
Our group had a memorable and awesome experience creatively expressing the significance of our journey through Israel at your studio in Jerusalem.It was a fitting way to conclude our pilgrimage to Eretz Yisrael by using “otot" [signs] to depict the many "moftim" [wonders] we experienced in traveling this land of many contrasts.
Thank you for providing us with this amazing opportunity! - Rabbi Bradd Boxman, Kol Tikvah, Florida Organizations and congregations that have participated in Kol HaOt Educational Experiences include: New York Federation • Park Avenue Synagogue • Wexner Foundation • Keshet, The Center for Educational Tourism in Israel • Otzma • Temple Judea of Tarzana • Da'at Educational Expeditions • Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Jewish Service Corp • PresenTense • Hazak, Conservative Movement • Jewish Theological Seminary Rabbinical Students • Joint Distribution Committee Staff • Nativ • Congregation Kol Tikvah, Florida • Jewish Community High School of the Bay, San Francisco • Temple Emanuel, Dallas | Reactions from the first Kol HaOt Showcase Evening:"Kol HaOt offers families and gatherings of all ages a way into Judaism and Israel through the arts that awakens wonder and amazement. By inviting participants to look, listen , touch, and feel deeply, Kol HaOt enables participants to encounter personally and spiritually the meanings of our texts and traditions. As its name suggests, Kol HaOt makes available the voices of the letters, and so opens our texts for those who think they already know them and for those for whom they have been closed." - Sarah Kass
 "Kol HaOt is charting a new path to the hearts and minds of Jewish learners, inspiring them with the beauty and complexity of Jewish ideas and showing them how to unlock their own creativity. The recent seminar was a powerful inspiration, and I'm equally convinced about Kol HaOt's ability to grow the reach of its educational programs to a large international audience as I am about the paradigm shift that visual/tactile learning will bring to classrooms and camps." - Aharon Horwitz, PresenTense  Thank you very much for leading the "Jonah: The "art" of Prophecy" session again this year at our Yom Kippur Seminar. I get wonderful feedback from the participants who enjoyed the session very much. Among the most intriguing comments that I received was from two girls- one is an engineer and said that this was the first time that she was able to be creative in an artistic way and the other is an artist who said that she also felt that it allowed her to open up to new things that she can express. - Erika Dahan, Otzma
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