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What makes Jewish papercutting Jewish?
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The art of Jewish papercutting has been a popular folk art for many centuries, expressing Jewish hopes, values, and religious longings. Here's a brief look at Jewish papercut art and papercutting around the world.The Art of Jewish Papercutting: Sisterhood Opening Meeting
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Women from all the Nashville synagogues are welcome to join the West End Synagogue's opening Sisterhood meeting. Kim Phillips of Hebrica Judaic Art will discuss the history of Jewish papercutting, its forms and uses, placing it in context with other papercut art from around the world.A shelter of peace.
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Peace: a central theme in Jewish life, precious and elusive. We say "Shalom!" in greeting and, in Israel at least, "Shalom shalom!" ~ double peace ~ in parting. I created this piece, Sukkat Shalom, at a scary time for Jews in Israel. At this moment, rockets are raining down on them, forcing them to run for shelters. Read more...
The creativity of Israel.
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On a hot, hot summer day in Jerusalem, I stopped into a Judaica shop on King George Street to get out of the sun. I didn't know that brief respite would lead to a career. Read more...The trees of life.
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One of my favorite bits of Torah is where it talks about how to treat trees during a war: "When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt not cut them down." Read more...