Jewish Art Salon

05/27/2026

So proud of our Board Member / super talented artist in !
"Goldie Gross is a Brooklyn-based artist and researcher painting her way through 100 Jewish Noses, an ongoing portrait series of one hundred Jewish noses.
Sourcing subjects from flyers, online “calls for noses,” and her own community, she paints a wide range of noses, each one treated as a distinct subject rather than a stereotype.

By the end of the series, which is projected to take another 8+ years, Gross hopes to get to the bottom of the eternal question: is there such a thing as a Jewish nose?"

Full article here: https://bit.ly/3RpV5fl

05/25/2026

THE HELLER MUSEUM, THE JEWISH ART SALON and The JERUSALEM BIENNALE PROUDLY PRESENT A PREVIEW OF TWO J.A.S. EVENTS at The Jerusalem Biennale הביאנלה של ירושלים, Fall 2026:

1) DISCUSSION WITH RENOWNED ART HISTORIAN MATTHEW BAIGELL ABOUT HIS LATEST PUBLICATION "HERITAGE: JEWISH ARTISTS IN AMERICA SINCE 1900".

FEATURING BAIGELL IN CONVERSATION WITH ARTISTS SIONA BENJAMIN, TOBI KAHN, LENORE MIZRACHI , ARCHIE RAND, JOEL SILVERSTEIN, YONA VERWER, AND DAVID WANDER.

2) PRESENTATION BY RICHARD MCBEE OF HIS EXHIBITION "WHERE IS THE LAMB?"

REGISTER:
https://huc.edu/event/heritage-jewish-artists-in-america-since-1900-book-launch-and-preview-of-richard-mcbees-jerusalem-biennale-exhibition-akeida-alone-where-is-the-lamb/

More info:
https://jewishartsalon.org/.../jerusalem-biennale-previews/

05/18/2026

"Akeidah Alone: Where is the Lamb?" Opening June 2, 6pm

The Heller Museum and the Jewish Art Salon are excited to present a timely exhibition.
Six large recent paintings on the Akeida by Richard McBee will represent the Jewish Art Salon’s entry into the Jerusalem Biennale, now rescheduled for Fall 2026.

Join us for the exhibition opening at the Heller Museum in NYC, where prints of the originals will be exhibited.

🖊️. REGISTER: See link in bio ⬆️

Heller Museum, 1 West 4th Street (& Broadway)
New York, NY 10010
June 3 – 25, 2026, Monday-Thursday, 9-6



About the exhibition:
Responding to the 2026 Jerusalem Biennale’s theme, “De Profundis” (Psalm 130), artist Richard McBee has created a series of six monumental paintings that are inspired by the Binding of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible: “And God tested Abraham…” (Genesis 22:1-19) commanding him to slaughter his beloved son and eradicate all future generations."

Presented at the Heller Museum as large scale prints of the six oil paintings, the series opens in mid-narrative, answering Isaac’s unnerving question: “Where is the lamb?”

In McBee’s series, there is no replacement ram, only the lingering threat of annihilation..”
He explains, “One thing I have concluded is that, after the Holocaust, we Jews are all ‘Isaac.’ We have faced total annihilation as victims and survivors, most recently on October 7, 2023. We are all Isaac as the modern world turned its back on Israel. Some of us manage to walk away from the terror, we…at least some of us, can survive the depths. Nonetheless, we find ourselves, after such cruelty, again, alone.”

05/13/2026

By : What traces did the reality of war on the home front and at the front leave on the local artistic field?
The beginnings of Elkana Levy’s realistic and figurative oil paintings were in a sketchbook that he carried with him throughout countless reserve tours: from the beginning of the fighting, when he was sent to the northern border, to their development into large-scale oil paintings created in his Jerusalem studio during the lulls between tours. The slow work in oil was a mental respite for him from the constant tension and pressing time on the battlefield.
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is participating in “These Are My Life’s Rests,” a new exhibition currently on display at the Beit Avi Chai Gallery in Jerusalem.
Five prominent Jerusalem artists present works created during two years of multi-sectoral war: from the massacre and surprise attack on Israel on Simchat Torah Day 1974 – to the release of the hostages and the ceasefire on Simchat Torah Eve 1976.

05/07/2026

By “We are so excited to announce our next Art Open Call:
Identity – From Memory to Becoming

A pop-up exhibition highlighting Jewish and Israeli creatives.

This theme explores identity as something shaped by memory and constantly evolving. Memory connects us to our personal and collective past, while becoming reflects who we are still in the process of unfolding into.

We invite artists to reflect on the space between heritage and transformation - what we carry, and what we are still becoming.

**NYC - Upper West Side (exact location to be revealed)

**June 2 – June 7

**Deadline to submit: Sunday, May 10th at 11:59 PM. Don’t wait to submit.”

For more information + submission form → link in bio of

05/06/2026

Mär Martinez, a Syrian American artist and Fulbright scholar, presents new work developed during her 2025–26 Fulbright research in Istanbul.

Her project investigates traditional Turkish and Middle Eastern textile techniques while reflecting on themes of urbanization, surveillance, and cultural memory.

At the Art and History Museum in Maitland, Florida

05/05/2026

By : Lag BaOmer (2008)

Lag BaOmer: Beginning on the second night of Passover, Jews observe the ritual of Sefirat HaOmer (Counting the Omer) based on the Torah’s commandment to mark the time between the barley and wheat harvests.

In post-Temple times, Jews still count forty-nine days symbolically noting the time between the Exodus and the upcoming celebration of receiving the Torah.

Lag BaOmer is the holiday that falls on the thirty-third day of the counting. The holiday gets its name from the Hebrew letters lamed and gimel, which make up the acronym “Lag” and have the combined numerical value of thirty and three.

Traditionally, the days of the Omer are a time of semi-mourning in memory of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students, which the Talmud says died in a plague. The thirty-third day of the Omer is celebrated as the end of the plague. Sefer Minhag Tov (1273), describes the Omer’s mourning prohibitions against marriages and hair cutting as not for Akiva’s students, but for the martyrs of the Crusades.

Because of the pause in mourning, celebrations often take place on this day, such as weddings as well as activities like haircuts, which are customarily prohibited during the mourning period

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05/01/2026

: Archie Rand’s current solo exhibition, Heads, has been written-up in by . The show is now up through May 9.

Pictured:
Archie Rand
Duck, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 in
152.4 x 101.6 cm
archive

04/28/2026

Golem art by JAS members Judith Joseph Artist and Mark Podwal (z"l), as well as artist Joshua Abarbanel, is discussed by Laura Hodes, in this essay:

The work of Mark Podwal, Judith Joseph and Joshua Arbabanel

04/28/2026

Join us for the public celebration: "Siona Benjamin – Art for a Mixed Multitude".
The Jewish Art Salon and Central Synagogue are delighted to present a special exhibition opening featuring Siona’s vibrant Haggadah artworks.
Central Synagogue commissioned her to interpret the powerful theme of the Erev Rav (Mixed Multitude) for their new Haggadah, recently published by CCAR Press. These original artworks will be on view in the gallery for this public celebration.

* Raffle prizes of Siona Benjamin art will be available for attendees!
* Enjoy festive Indian Jewish cuisine and kosher snacks.

May 7, 2026, 6-7:30 pm

Central Synagogue, Pavilion, 123 E 55th Street, New York, NY 10022

Info & RSVP here: https://forms.gle/nYXHa2N95mXLFY7j8

No entry without registration.

Siona Benjamin Art of Siona Benjamin

Join us for the public celebration: Siona Benjamin – Art for a Mixed Multitude The Jewish Art Salon and Central Synagogue are delighted to present a special exhibition opening featuring Siona Benja…