THE JEWISH JOURNEY: Frederic Brenner’s Photographic Odyssey – A Portrait of Jewish Diversity More than 140 black-and-white photographs by contemporary French photographer Frederic Brenner highlight his 25-year photographic odyssey through some 45 countries. BORDERS and BOUNDARIES: MAPS of the HOLY LAND, 15TH-19TH CENTURIES Maps of the Holy land as spiritual landscapes, beacons to itinerant voyagers, blueprints for vicarious pilgrimages, didactic tools, and as embodiments of the yearnings and historical memories of a Judeo-Christian sensibility. SCHWEBEL PAINTINGS of KING DAVID Works by American-Israeli artist Schwebel move back and forth between past and present; some appear timeless in background and dress, while many others are in modern settings. Includes audio webcast interview with the artist. AVNER MORIAH: GATHERING at MOUNT SINAI / WOMEN'S ZODIAC Two stunning multi-paneled murals by Israeli artist Avner Moriah inspired by Biblical themes and incorporating elements from midrashic literature. The murals are displayed at the Jewish Theological Seminary (NY).   FREDERIC BRENNER: EXILE AT HOME Brenner's photograph essay focuses on families photographed in their native countries and later in Israel following their immigration. The work evokes questions regarding definitions of "exile" and "home." Includes audio webcast interview with the photographer. DOCUMENTORS of the DREAM: PIONEER JEWISH PHOTOGRAPHERS in the LAND of ISRAEL 1890-1933 Chart the origins and development of local photography seen through the eyes of Jewish photographers, Documentors is the work of photographer and photo historian Vivienne Silver-Brody. Includes audio webcast interview with photographer. MORITZ OPPENHEIM: JEWISH IDENTITY in 19TH-CENTURY ART German Jewish artist Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800-1882), considered by many art historians the greatest Jewish genre painter of his time, was known as the "Painter of the Rothschilds and the Rothschild of Painters." SAMUEL BAK: HOLOCAUST PAINTINGS Bak's paintings in the Landscapes of Jewish Experience present relics of ruin and vestiges of order, a wasteland of Jewish tradition struggling out of its disarray. The feature includes webcast interview, commentary, and a flash slideshow. AKIVA KENNETH SEGAN: UNDER THE WINGS OF GOD In his Holocaust art series Under the Wings of God and Shoah Dreams, artist Akiva Kenneth Segan portrays some one hundred Holocaust victims, many of whom had been imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto. The drawings depict the victims with wings, an ironic metaphor for freedom, shelter and redemption. OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST For the candle and the spices: A Yemenite (16th cent.) poem for the Havdalah ceremony Sa’adiah Communism and the Had Gadya story: A sequence of watercolors by Russian Jewish artist El Lissitzky Haia Friedberg Hebrew letters in Jewish art: An introduction Ida Huberman The crown motif in Jewish art: The deeper and broader symbolism Ida Huberman   Early 20th century menorah designs, Bezalel Institute of Art Hanukkah lamps, 18th-20th centuries The Angel of Death in Jewish Micrography Reuven Rubin's "Goldfish Vendor" Judas' red hair and the Jews: Antipathy to red hair