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This portrait of Dorothy Richman, a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York, appeared in Leibovitz’s 1999 book, Women. Richman was one of the first female rabbinical…
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Tikkun Ha-Olam, Finding Home Series #46
In this painting by the Bombay-born Jewish artist Siona Benjamin, the arms of the blue-skinned Hindu goddess Kali are transformed into the arms of a menorah.