Jewish Art

Georgina Reskala, Horas Transparentes, 2022.
Artists Manifest Connection at The Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM), whose ultramodern blue steel superstructure— fused with a 19th century power plant— has become an iconic part of San Francisco’s skyline,…

Nicole Eisenman, Seder, 2010, oil on canvas, © Nicole Eisenman, Courtesy Jewish Museum
Art Tells the Story of Passover

It’s the first night of Passover! Tonight, Jews all around the world will sit down together and recount the story of their ancestor’s exodus from Egypt and the…

Synagogue Interior, Venice
The Renaissance Synagogues of Venice
A conversation with Dr. David Landau, Dr. Marcella Ansaldi, Director of the Jewish Museum of Venice, and Dr. Steven Zucker while walking through the German Synagogue (founded 1528), the Italian…
Jewish ceremonial wedding ring, from the Colmar Treasure, ca. 1300– before 1348.
Hidden for 500 Years, the Colmar Treasure Recalls the Persecution of Medieval Jewish People
The treasure is believed to have belonged to a family caught up in 14th-century violence that destroyed the thriving Jewish community of Colmar in Alsace. That anything at all survives is a miracle.