Belonging and Believing in Jewish Art Today

In a moment of turbulence, it is helpful to remember the ways in which religious communities look both backward and forward--recalling the past and imagining the future--in order to make sense of the present. The works selected by Dr. Rosen's class, "Jewish Art from the Bible to Today," show the diversity of Jewish artists at work across the world, each unpuzzling contemporary Jewish identity in their own ways. We thank the artists who graciously gave their time to students for interviews and permissions to reproduce their work here. All artists are members of the Jewish Art Salon, the largest international organization for contemporary Jewish visual art. The Luce Center is currently working with members of the Jewish Art Salon on plans for a future exhibition at our Dadian Gallery on the theme of Genesis.