Danny Samuels

The Tower of Babel

My piece for the judaica contest is based on the story of the Tower of Babel. The story focuses on how the world came to speak different languages and created cultural separation between different people of the world. The piece I made depicts a weathered bronze hand holding a representation of a [...]

Roi Horn

Genesis, many would associate the word with the book of genesis, but for me coming from a religious Jewish family, I associate it with the great siege of Jerusalem. The siege of Jerusalem took place at 70 Ad, the might of  roman empire let by emperor Titus besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem the [...]

Bing Qing Liu

For my “Adam and Eve” piece I was inspired by both my love for design and folk art paper cuttings.  I’ve always been interested in patterns and decided to incorporate that into this piece as well. Most of my artwork revolves around the elements of design. I applied the same technique to this piece. At [...]

Gal Or

Joseph Interpreting the Pharos’s Dreams

2011
Digital
32”x17”
The stories of Joseph, sold by his brothers to slave-traders and taken away to Egypt, contain the “Cinderella” motif of the lost son’s rise to grandeur, and reflect a universal bearing. It is through dreams, abundant in these stories, that the innermost desires of the dreamer are revealed and also his [...]

Lindsey St. Pierre

“The Blessing of Abraham”

“I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.” (Genesis 22:17)
These are the words, as recorded in Genesis, that God spoke to Abraham after he had shown his unswavering loyalty by consenting to sacrifice his son. A [...]

Josh Newton and Joshua Faust

“The Beginning of Struggle and Hope”

October 31, 2011
The piece is titled “The Beginning of Struggle and Hope.” Our inspiration came from several elements in Genesis and from research into Jewish culture and history. From Genesis we were inspired by the creation story, the struggle that Man must endure, and the promises of God. From our [...]

Patricia Phan

The image of the dove flying back to Noah with an olive branch in its beak is a scene I wanted to illustrate. The dove was a sign of hope. God saved the lives of Noah and his family during the flood, but that salvation was not easy. For months leading up to the flood, [...]

Jacob Michael Bailes

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds…” Genesis 1:11
I must first credit Amalia Fredericksen for the initial sketch of the forest.
I decided to keep the hot glue spider webs in place, because they are beautiful.
I [...]

Elena Haas

“A Portable Sabbath”
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This piece shows a small set of travel Sabbath candles magically appearing from within the Siddur. It shows the Jewish fulfillment of God’s sanctification of the Sabbath (Gen. 1:31- 2:3) while representing the intention of Shabbat within one’s own personal prayers. Regardless of one’s surroundings or ability [...]

Arielle Chandonnet

My piece depicts day four of the creation story. I took an interest in this Genesis story because it compelled me to imagine the various stages of the Earth during the formation. Day three of the story explains that God created the dry ground and gathered the seas, and on day four God created the [...]