Are you interested in the arts? Do you enjoy lively conversation that explores the creative process? Are you inspired to discover new relationships and connections between the arts and Judaic teachings and culture? The shul’s Judaism and Art group is widening its scope to include practitioners of all the visual and performing arts as well as those who enjoy and appreciate the arts. The group has a new name — Judaism and the Arts — [...]
This month’s Oculus column features two acrylics on paper, each 9.5 x 13.75, by Hedy Campeas, a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. As the artist explained, “Last autumn, Graham and I drove through a mighty nor’easter for his doctor appointment. Due to the pandemic, I waited alone in the car, and watched in awe as gale winds washed twisted streams of water over the windshield. Figures of people fragmented as [...]
This month’s Oculus feature is titled “End of Winter on Mud Creek, Cutchogue, a black and white photograph by Dan Torchio, a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. In this shot, “local inhabitants are looking toward the upcoming spring equinox and a clearing of the frost fog,” the photographer told The Shofar. He captured the scene late on a February afternoon, at around 5:30. The specifics: Sony A7 mirrorless, FE lens 2.8/70mm 3200/second [...]
“Path to Freedom,” a 20x16-inch mixed media collage and acrylic concept by Saul Rosenstreich, coordinator of the shul’s Judaism and Art group, “takes elements from three photographs and rearranges portions of them to generate a new meaning,” the artist says. The figures of the family are from the 2012 Holocaust memorial in San Juan, PR, by Michael Berkowitz and Bonnie Srolovitz. The birds are from wall decorations in a nearby art museum in San Juan. [...]
This month’s Oculus feature is a 15x14-inch conceptual abstract, constructed on six wooden cradle panels painted with oil stick. The work is by Judith K. Weiner, one of the founding members of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. The panels are multiple concepts of space exploring the spaces between and within the spaces — how they interact, how they influence each other. “Here, in the push and pull of competing forces, is where I find the light [...]
This month’s Oculus feature, titled “A Virtual Service,” is an imaginative and playful mixed-media work by Saul Rosenstreich, coordinator of the shul’s Judaism and Art group. To fully appreciate the artist’s vision, you can visit the source, which takes place every Friday evening at 7:30 p.m., on Zoom. “In the warm light of our living room, sitting beside my wife in front of a laptop for Shabbat services on Zoom, I have often been struck [...]
This month’s Oculus column features a painting by Hedvah Campeas-Cohen, a member of the shul’s Judaism and Art group, titled “God’s Light,” a 16x20 acrylic on canvas. The artist told The Shofar, “One of the unexpected benefits of living on the North Fork is walking our dog, Sundance, at night. I have become aware of the warmth or chill of the wind, the rustle of leaves, the buzzing of insects, the sudden movement of animals, [...]
This month’s Oculus artist is Ann Hurwitz, one of two writers recently invited to join the shul’s Judaism and Art group that now includes “spoken word” submissions. “My poems are often about works of art that have moved me,” Ann Hurwitz said. “This poem is the woman’s story. She is the speaker. The key fact is that she is childless.” Reyzelech It starts at the doorsill and stretches back to the trees [...]
This month’s Oculus column features a postcard that photographer Ellen Jaffe sent to “a little girl very important to me, living in the city two years ago while I lived in Greenport. To share my world out here with Ella, I sent her a postcard every day that year.” The daily postcard could picture a chicken on a local farm, or the carousel in Greenport, or maybe an egret at a pond. Ellen happened upon [...]
This month’s Oculus column features a painting by Saul Rosenstreich, coordinator of the Judaism & Art group. The work, titled “The First Commandments,” an oil and collage on canvas, 12 x 12, was completed in 2020, after meticulous research. According to Biblical history, Moses descended Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments, but smashed them in anger when he saw his people worshipping a golden calf. God commanded Moses to replace the tablets. But what had [...]
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