The first woman to be ordained as a Reconstructionist rabbi, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso grew up in Philadelphia. She has served as rabbi of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis since 1977. A lecturer, educator, editor, and community activist, Sasso is an award-winning author of books for children and adults.
This piece from Samaria shows lotus shoots sprouting from the base of each palmette, with alternating open and closed blossoms. The repetition of the images is characteristic of the art of this period…
Jacob Ries (1660–1751) of Prague first worked as a badchan (jester) for weddings. In 1710, he became court jester in Vienna under Charles VI. The artist of this portrait of Ries is not known. It…
The God of Israel is not rich.
I saw the Sistine Chapel,
Notre-Dame, the Cathedral of Cologne—
You can feast your eyes on them, you can enjoy.
The God of Israel is stingy.
He won’t fill his museum…