The work of Israeli artist David Wakstein has appeared in exhibitions in Israel and New York, including solo exhibitions at the Israel Museum (1991) and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2003). Wakstein is a founder of the art workshop in Yavne and has been active in community art and art education in disadvantaged communities.
Certainly, the collective will of diaspora Jews is assured neither of success nor of perennial life. It is situated in history, subject to the erosion and constraints of history, equally conditioned…
These silver, crown-shaped Torah finials engraved with an okra floral motif are from the Paradesi Synagogue in Kerala, India. A Hebrew inscription (divided into four parts) reads: “The honorable R…
Following his retirement, Hijman Binger created a daily prayer book, drawing its texts from well-known sources and illustrating the manuscript with the help of his children. Completed in 1820, the…