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Jewish Culture n°83. By Gilberte Jacaret |
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The "16th Book Fair" ... Presented by B’nai B’rith Europe and B’nai B’rith France in Paris, on November 13,2011
12 Tribes - Amsterdam Hagadah- Abraham Ben Jacob
Print Technique: Giclee
Printed on: Bark Paper
Print size: 30x40 cm
Copperplate
The route of the Exodus and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes are prominent.
The Holy Land extends from the Nile to Damascus and from the Arnon
Valley to the Mediterranean Sea. Long considered the first map of the
Holy Land to use Hebrew lettering exclusively.
From "The Amsterdam Hagadah" map by Abraham ben Yaakov, 17th Century. Published in Amsterdam in 1695.
The illustration on the right shows the story of Jonah and the whale.
Above is Solomon's boat which carried the cedar trees for the
construction of the Temple.
The woman on right symbolizes Africa. The eagle is the emblem of the Divine Power.
From the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection... The Jewish National & University Library, Jerusalem
Not original coloring.
This handmade paper is manufactured using age old techniques. Each map is printed individually.
When visitors started the visit, they could behold a small gallery of
small maps dating back to the 17th
century.
Near the maps, Shalom Marciano, an art dealer, had gathered together a few paintings
Asaf Lifshitz... Sculptor
The tradition of the artist is part and parcel of his very being. In
spite of no formal training in the arts, artistry has been interwoven
throughout his life. Asaf's statues grace the yards and gardens of
Israel from Metulla in the north to Beer-Sheva in the south. Each statue
has its contrasts and tensions within the contrast.
The figures in the statues are active and open the statues towards the
landscape and the environment. The figures touch the observer, while
they are involved in themselves. There is a palpable inner world about
them as they are immersed in the still object that is part of the
creation. This creates a complete and closed unit which the observer has
become part of, within the figures there is an interaction between
reality and fantasy. The figures appear very real but something within
each of them disturbs the illusions. The integration with the landscape
is created from the action of the figures in combination with the
openness and spaces provided by the different proportions of the
inanimate objects.
By Ayala Ducas
Gabriel Ben Haim Sculptor
Yael Bareket - Sculptor
Born and Raised in Kibbutz Beit Zera in the Jordan Valley
Member in the painters & Sculptors Association
Graduate of ;
Avni Art Institute , Oranim Seminary and Shefaim Art School.
Her teachers included : Dov Feigin , Marcel Yanco, Mokadi , Zvi Mairovich , Micha Sterensuss.
First Place in the Haifa Bienale for 2009 & 2010
Works:
Engages in ceramic,,bronze & wall reliefs
Her style ranges from Figurative to abstract
The Book Fair
At least a hundred of the most well-known writers were signing their
books. People kept flowing in and
out.
The lectures : Three well-known teachers talked about the persistent
difficulty of teaching in France. A B’nai B’rith Sister from Nice
suggested to take the Israeli law as an example: in order to teach you
must get a national teaching permit. It means that you have been
trained to teach, for a couple of years.
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