Wenzel Seidan, a Czech medalist and engraver, studied at the fine art academies of Prague and Vienna, ultimately settling in the Austrian capital after also working in Italy and France.
In 2001, Nathanson decided she wanted to explore points of connection between abstract art and Jewish ideas. She and Arnold Eisen (then a professor at Stanford University; later chancellor of the…
Kneeling figure praying, Hazor, first half of eighth century BCE. Raised hands are a gesture of prayer. This is on a seal impression stamped on the rim of a krater.
The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This printed ketubah created by…