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Mur des Lamentations (The Wailing Wall), 1880, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Israel Museum

Sorry Chris Pratt, but Indiana Jones probably won’t be recast

If Indiana Jones producer Frank Marshall has his way, no one but Harrison Ford will ever pick up Indy’s whip and fedora.

Acrylic sketch

Jew at Prayer, Marc Chagall. 1913.

Feast Day (Rabbi with Lemon) by Marc Chagall. 1914, oil on canvas. 

Currently making a presentation about this artist, whose work I’ve seen in the Tretyakov Gallery. 

From Life? or Theater? by Charlotte Salomon

Title: Mizrah Artist: Wolf Kurzman, American, b. Ukraine, 1865-1945                           Origin: Ukraine Date: 1903 Medium: Ink and watercolor on cut-out paper Size: 17 3/8 × 14 in. (44.1 × 35.6 cm) Description: “The creator of this masterful papercut was a watchmaker in Podolia (present-day Ukraine), who came to the United States in the 1920s with his five children. Three years after he had cut it, he added the name of his mother Pessya, and the day of her death in 1906. The work mizrah appears in a medallion on the double-headed eagle. Snakes twine around the columns Jachin and Boaz, a common motif in Eastern European Jewish papercuts. Flanking the pillars are two griffins whose origins derive from the guardian cherubim described in detail in Exodus. They were half lion, half eagle, and had human faces.“ Source: Jewish Museum

It’s Sukkot time by Oliver Hammond Via Flickr: Time for a break from the parade of destruction. If you’re Jewish, Sukkot means that you’re supposed to take your meals and play host to visitors inside a small outdoors hut. In Minnesota in late Sept/Oct, that can be a bitch. Coindidentally, this year Ramadan overlaps with the Yamim Noraim, which Sukkot is part of. During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating or drinking or generally doing anything enjoyable between sunrise and sunset. Fortunately, Autumn daylight in Minnesota is fairly short-lived.

Irving Penn.

The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986. Selenium-toned gelatin silver print, printed 1992. 49.9 × 49.5 cm. One from an edition of 9.

The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986. Gelatin silver print. signed, titled, dated, annotation ‘Print made September 1986’. (43.2 x 43.5cm.) Christie’s.

The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986. Selenium-toned gelatin silver print, printed 1992. 50.8 x 48.9 cm. One from an edition of 16. Hamiltons Gallery, London, Phillips.

The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986. Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1992. 47.8 x 47.8 cm. One from an edition of 15. Hamiltons Gallery, London, Phillips.

Details of Judith Mosaics by Romanian Jewish artist, Lilian Broca. (Judith Meeting Bethulia Elders / Judith Praying in the Desert)