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Interview

Illu­mi­na­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Mark Podwal

Ada Brun­stein
January 25, 2021
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Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Amer­i­can Art: A Gold­en Age Since the 1970’s
Matthew Baigell
Essay

Arise! Arise! The Val­ues We Live By

Ear­li­er this week, Debra Band dis­cussed how she visu­al­ly express­es Bib­li­cal sto­ries and shared the back sto­ry behind Arise! Arise! She had been blog­ging here all week…
Debra Band
December 7, 2012
Essay

Between the Lines and Under the Paint: Visu­al Midrash in Arise! Arise!

Ear­li­er this week, Debra Band shared the back sto­ry behind Arise! Arise! She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.These tales of…
Debra Band
December 5, 2012
Essay

Arise! Arise! The Back Story

Debra Band​’s most recent book, Arise! Arise! Deb­o­rah, Ruth and Han­nah, is now avail­able. Her work in Hebrew illu­mi­nat­ed man­u­scripts draws upon her love of both the…
Debra Band
December 3, 2012
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Have an Extra $40 Mil­lion on your Hands?

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWell, fear not! We found a way for you to spend it. Sotheby’s is auc­tion­ing off what schol­ars in the field have described as ​“the…
JBC Staff
February 12, 2009

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