Education
Traveling Holocaust ‘center’ uses art to tell story of the Shoah
Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Chabad of the Tri-Valley in Pleasanton is used to getting calls from local public schools. Since there’s no local center for…
Art
CJM announces first resident artists, Jose Arias and Leah King
Two Bay Area artists have been selected as the first recipients of a residency at the Contemporary Jewish Museum that offers private studio space and…
Art
Taking her ‘Chance’ with a heart that says thank you
To San Francisco artist Sarah Delson, luck is not always a lady. Sometimes it is a harridan bearing down hard on your formerly happy life. In her early…
Art
Rare chance to ‘tour’ two art exhibits in Haifa, SF’s sister city
San Francisco and Haifa make for obvious sister cities for a number of reasons — and their mutual affinity for art is one of them. They’ve officially been…
Seniors
East Bay artist celebrates her ‘Charmed Life’
Don’t call her a survivor. She doesn’t like the term. Yet it certainly applies. Many times over. She says instead that she was “lucky.” That she’s lived…
Art
No time to study Kabbalah? Try the coloring book
The complex teachings of Kabbalah can take years to learn, much less master. Why not start by coloring them in? Tzfat-based artist David Friedman has…
Art
Historical light show illuminates Emanu-El for Hanukkah week
Every evening throughout the month of December, people strolling or driving past Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco will notice an ever-changing…
Art
CJM offering studio space to struggling Bay Area artists
The Contemporary Jewish Museum has launched a new artist residency program to support Bay Area-based artists experiencing financial hardship or other…
Culture
East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not
LABA East Bay, an incubator and study program for Jewish artists run by the JCC East Bay, is in search of its second cohort of Bay Area artists. LABA…