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Meet Philly's very own Jewish Fashion Blogger

I just had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Birthright. I am one of 400,000 Jewish young people from 66 countries who received the gift ...

Connecting sacred wisdom to Jewish art at Old City gallery

"So a priest and a rabbi walk into an art gallery and ..." No, really, we did. During the recent Jewish high holy days, I was able to sco...

In Old City Jewish Arts Center, a hopeful future lifted from destruction.

The Holocaust is about as dark as subject matters come, but Old City Jewish Arts Center is hoping to send a hopeful message with its late...

From Founding Mothers to ARTsisters: Defining the American Dream

While Democrats will be making history at the Wells Fargo Center next month, local female artists will be showcasing “herstory” in Old Ci...

Iconographic-Flavored Kabbalistic Creations Speak to our Collective Wanderings

Mixed media collage, 'Untitled ' Page from Wallpaper Book, 1962 size: 11.5" by 14.5" Jerry Jofen’s collages and paintings evoke the comp...

Adam Konisberg: Paradise and Freedom

Adam Konigsberg was born to the accomplished painter, Sylvia Blatt Konigsberg. She gave her son a box of paints and a canvas instead of a...

Stanley Carr jr. : Art that Heals

There is no better response to the loss of control than gaining the freedom of self-expression. Art as a therapeutic method has long help...

"47 Pieces"

ART THERAPY: DREW FEITH TYE AT OLD CITY JEWISH ART CENTER By Pamela J. Forsythe In less than 10 years, Drew Feith Tye experienced the dea...

Finding My Feet Again

A crowd gathered at the Old City Jewish Art Center on a bright Sunday afternoon to view its most recent exhibit, “Homeless but not Hopele...

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