Holy Sparks at the UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles
My artwork "Mem" is featured in the "Holy Sparks" exhibition, opening November 7th at the UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles, at 7-9 pm, program at 8 pm.
Celebrating the groundbreaking impact of women in the rabbinate is the Holy Sparks art exhibition, organized by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Heller Museum in New York and The Braid in Los Angeles. Holy Sparks opens at UCLA Hillel on November 7 (on view through December 13), as the last stop on its national tour. Leading artists are paired with 24 women rabbis to illuminate the creativity, commitment, and vision of women who were “firsts” in their time.
I was paired with Rabbi Gesa Ederberg of Berlin’s Oranienburgerstrasse Synagogue. In this painting the shul’s golden dome, representing German Jewry’s past splendor, morphs into a scroll featuring the letter Mem for Masorti. Rabbi Ederberg is the leader of Masorti Germany.
The scroll seems to be lit from within, illustrating how this rabbi, as the first female pulpit rabbi in Berlin, has brought new life and spirituality into the German community. She is bringing the Berlin Jewish community, that previously pioneered the liberal Judaism movement, into the Berlin public life and into religious dialogue.
Sunday, December 15, HUC will hold a special event at the "Holy Sparks" show. Details to follow.
UCLA Hillel, 574 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Admission: Free
Hours: Mondays through Fridays, 10 am – 4 pm, until December 13, 2024.
Parking: Hourly parking available at UCLA parking lot #2 on the corner of Hilgard Avenue and Westholme Avenue
Information: (310) 208-3081