Limmud NY 2012

The Jewish Art Salon at Art Kibbutz's Pre- Chanukah Parlor Party.

Several JAS members participated in the pre-Chanukah party in Riverdale at Columbia University professor Jonathan Schorsch and his wife Gail's home on December 4th. We launched the pre-Chanukah art sale, listened to experimental jazz poetry performance of Talmudic jazz poet Jake Marmer, tasted wine from Sky View Wine and tons of Mexican donated by Carlos and Gabby's. A fun silent auction was led by Marc Epstein, art history and religion professor at Vassar College - several pieces sold on the spot.

"Embodied Light" by Richard McBee

The Jewish Art Salon's exhibit is mentioned in the next to last paragraph.

EMBODIED LIGHT: 9-11 IN 2011: AN INSTALLATION BY TOBI KAHN

 Tragedies do not function to teach us well-ordered lessons.  Rather they demand that we turn inward so that we may absorb their impact and, over time, somehow deal with the horror of a violently wounded world.

That is what Tobi Kahn's installation "Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011" accomplishes.  He has created a meditative space, inviting us to spend some quiet time in the gallery, absorbing the spare wall texts by noted author Nessa Rapoport and contemplate his intriguing installation.  In return we will return to the towers, their tragic end, and gain a complex perspective on what is a defining event of our time.

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JAS Exhibit "9-11"

The Educational Alliance in New York will feature the Jewish Art Salon's 9-11 Window Installation at the Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, in concert with Tobi Kahn’s exhibit Embodied Light, 9-11 in 2011.


Exhibit dates:  September 14 – November 23, 2011
Hours: Best viewed in daylight.
Location: Ernest Rubenstein Gallery Windows
Jefferson Street near East Broadway, New York, NY 10002. F- train to East Broadway; MTA buses: M9, M15, M22

Jewish Art Salon members have created “memory blocks”, with drawings, paintings or inscriptions that evoke their memory of the day.

On September 13th, 6pm these blocks will be brought to the gallery, where Tobi Kahn is exhibiting "Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011". Artists and writers will share their block and/or their memories of 9-11 and Kahn will discuss his exhibit. After the 
session, at 8pm, the blocks will be gathered and the next day they will be installed as "towers" in the windows.                                                                                              

Kahn’s exhibit will feature 220 memory blocks, handed out by him to various New Yorkers and returned to him with markings that commemorate the day. These blocks will be continually rearranged over the length of the exhibition. The Jewish Art Salon's blocks will be displayed as a separate exhibit.

JAS Session September 13, 2011

The Jewish Art Salon and the Educational Alliance in New York will host a session in conjunction with Tobi Kahn’s exhibit Embodied Light, 9-11 in 2011 at the Ernest Rubinstein Gallery. Salon members and the general public are welcome to attend that night to view Kahn's exhibit, to share their 9-11 memories and bring their “memory block” to be displayed in a window installation. (more info on that below).

Date: Tuesday September 13th, 6-8 pm. Tobi will discuss his exhibit; followed by those who wish to share their block and/or their memories of 9-11. Kosher wine and seltzer will be served.

Location: Ernest Rubenstein Gallery,
197 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002.
Between Jefferson and Clinton Streets.
F train to East Broadway; MTA buses: M9, M15, M22

RSVP here

Jewish Art Salon members will contribute their own art / writing for an installation of memory blocks in the gallery windows on the Jefferson Street side, in concert with Kahn's exhibit. To be exhibited from September 14 – November 23, 2011. To participate in the exhibit, click here.