The "Art" of Zionist Thought & Israeli Identity: Four Engaging Sessions Exploring Resilience, Inspiration & Identity through Israeli Material Culture

by Rabbi Matt Berkowitz

Zoom sessions lasting 45-60 minutes, with an optional 15-minute Q & A

10:00 am PT | 12:00 pm CT | 1:00 pm ET | 8:00 pm Israel

Please register here to obtain the zoom link to the sessions.

1. Sunday December 29, 2024: Running From Darkness Into Light  – Samuel Hirschenberg, The Wandering Jew (Old Jew & Representations of the Diaspora – the kedem that we ran from); Boris Schatz, Mattathias the Maccabee & Ephraim Moses Lilien (Early representations of the ‘New Jew’, back into ancient, pagan past to create a modern ‘Golem’)

2. Monday January 6, 2025: Understanding the “New Jew” --- Reuven Rubin, First Fruits (Orientalism and the New Jew) & Yitzhak Danziger, Nimrod (A Tale of Rebirth, Renaissance and Revenge)

3.  Sunday January 12, 2025:  Of Trauma & Tikvah – exploring contemporary Israeli Art Post-October 7; Zoya Cherkassky and others

4.  Sunday January 19, 2025:  Classic Text, New Horizons -- Adi Nes, Photography – especially Biblical Stories Series (Modern Israeli Photographer Wrestles with the Texture of Israel)