Sentences with phrase «jewish heritage»

Their wedding was officiated by a female rabbi, and they explored Jewish tradition together and learned about their Jewish heritage.

Hyman Bloom (1913 - 2009) was a Latvian - born painter influenced by Eastern European Jewish heritage, Middle Eastern and South Asian music, and mortality.

His work was influenced by his Jewish heritage and Eastern religions as well as by artists including Altdorfer, Grünewald, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Blake, Bresdin, Ensor and Soutine.

Her painting «My History» (1997) she used the same structure as the «House» project and built rooms of different memories surrounding her Jewish heritage.

Learning of his Jewish heritage in his late teens, the artist later moved to Jerusalem and studied political science, soon changing to photography and sculpture, amid the ongoing Israeli - Palestinian conflict.

During the 80's Kitaj was focused entirely on his Jewish heritage with references to the Holocaust and influences from Jewish writers such as Franz Kafka and Walter Benjamin.

At the same time, Mr. Kitaj began to reconnect with his Jewish heritage.

She also worked as a mural painter for the Works Progress Administration, and spent years experimenting variously with collage, biomorphic abstraction, hard edge abstraction, small - scale works inspired by her Jewish heritage and large - scale works informed by her personal life.

Kapoor was born in India to parents of Punjabi and Iraqi - Jewish heritage.

Yishai Jusidman, a Mexican artist of Jewish heritage currently working in Los Angeles, explores the history of paint and painting and presents them through a contemporary lens.

He began creating colorful, highly geometric and structural abstract pieces, which borrowed iconography from his Jewish heritage.

Exhibition reveals early translations of Asterix the Gaul and highlights Jewish heritage of writer René Goscinny

These exhibitions balanced the demands of fine art and each artist's Jewish heritage.

Blume was born in Belarus, of Jewish heritage, but was brought to Brooklyn as a child.

In his later years, he developed a greater awareness of his Jewish heritage, which found expression in his works, with reference to the Holocaust and influences from Jewish writers such as Kafka and Walter Benjamin, and he came to consider himself to be a «wandering Jew».

She uses past experience, family dysfunction and Jewish heritage as the fuel for her subject matter, transforming a broken past into a culmination of paper collage, garment patterns, sewing pins, thread, text, and prose - personal experiences laid bare and forged directly into the work.

Her work includes multiple facets, like the role of women in society, issues of identity and history, whether of ancient Rome, the Crimean War or her own Jewish heritage and Yiddish culture.

Heavily influenced by Greek mythology, Nietzsche's philosophy and his Russian - Jewish heritage, he claimed that his art was filled with content, using the colors to convey a sense of spirituality.

With centuries of Jewish history and a large Jewish quarter, the beautiful city of Budapest, Hungary, is one of the best places in Europe for Jewish heritage touring.

Sinagoga del Tránsito represents the city's famous Jewish heritage beautifully in a stunning 14th - century building that's the most important Sephardic (Spanish - Jewish) building still standing.

The company also offers various themed cruises, including Jewish heritage and holiday trips, as well as choose - your - own - adventure cruises targeted to families with children and teens in tow.

Why visit: history, Jewish heritage, panorama The Shoes on the Danube is a memorial to the Budapest Jews who were... read more

Szeged is also known for its Jewish heritage.

Why visit: Jewish heritage, architecture, history, Jewish Museum, Holocaust Memorial A Brief History of the Great Synagogue The Great Synagogue... read more

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Why visit: Jewish heritage, Great Synagogue Getting there: Take subway (M2) or streetcar 47 or 49 to Astoria, which is the nearest... read more

Why visit: Open Air Plays of Szeged, Votive Church, Jewish heritage, Pick Salami and Szeged Paprika Museum and Fisherman's... read more

Throughout the region there are many significant Jewish heritage sites for example.

The walled city of Ferrara (in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy) was chosen as its location because of the city's unique Jewish heritage.

Kraków is extremely rich in culture and history with well - preserved Jewish heritage and grand medieval buildings nonchalantly perched on street corners.

«This program expansion builds upon our incredibly popular Jewish heritage tours offered around the world,» says John Stoll, vice president of land and port operations.

Located in one of Belgrade's most notable streets — Kralja Petra Street, this museum showcases the Jewish heritage and history at the territories of former Yugoslavia.

And Krakow is always good: a manageable size, with sights including an old royal city and a moving Jewish heritage — it's also fun and beautiful.»

His father was black and mother Jewish and even though he self - identifies as black, he speaks often about his Jewish heritage.

Much of The Marriage of Opposites is set in the town of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, and concerns the main characters» Jewish heritage and traditions.

Like Jonathan Safran Foer's acclaimed debut, Boris Fishmann's first novel follows a young man who is grappling with his Jewish heritage in an unusual way.

In between drilling with flash cards and admiring the scenery, Annie and Eva stop at various friends» and relatives» houses, where Eva learns about her mostly forgotten Jewish heritage.

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen (1988) Modern - day teenager Hannah is bored by her Jewish heritage and all the sad stories and ceremonies that mean so much to her parents.

Mary Magdalene Horowitz (Sandra Bullock), thusly named in the event we ignore all the dialogue and character stereotypes which point to her Catholic - Jewish heritage, creates crossword puzzles for the Sacramento Herald.

Plot: A young man named Elio, living in Italy during the 1980s, meets Oliver, an academic who has come to stay at his parents» villa, and a passionate relationship develops between them, as they bond over their sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the landscape.

It's important to note how groundbreaking it was to not only have Magneto explicitly embrace his Jewish heritage, but to make his survival of the Holocaust central to his motivation.

It is tempting to link this political subtext to Waititi's Maori and Russia Jewish heritage, both peoples who have experienced displacement, and the strong presence of Antipodean talent including Blanchett, Skurge, three Hemsworths and Sam Neill, add weight to this interpretation.

Viewers at the time may have been expecting something more jingoistic for the Terror Age, especially coming from a man who'd been making his Jewish heritage paramount.

She uncovers her family history before and after Nazism and her Jewish heritage.

In this Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film set in the post-war era, Kyra Sedgwick is the title character, a New Yorker who has long kept her Jewish heritage under wraps.

It was a return to his Jewish heritage and also represented a big cultural contribution by the director.

There are several Jewish Dating sites on the internet now with the specific purpose of presenting people with Jewish heritage the opportunity to find and interact with people of the same traditional background.

For example, our site makes it possible for a member of the Asian community to meet LGBT singles, or for someone with Christian faith to fall in love with someone with Jewish heritage.

Joining EliteSingles means a chance to meet singles on your wavelength: both in terms of your Jewish heritage and your hopes for the future.

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