Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Jerusalem Street Art: a visual spectacular

Jerusalem is not just a beautiful city; it is also an inspiration for artists the world over. Not all the art is conventional art-gallery material, though. Every wall is a potential canvas for the street artists whose work leaps out at us as we wander through the city.

We don't find much street art in Rechavia, but go down the road to Nachlaot, for example, and you enter a maze of allleys emblazoned with striking and colourful images -- some angry, some humorous, some merely decorative and some quite enigmatic. 

Here, in this seven-minute video clip, our member Heshy Engelsberg takes us on a tour of some of Jerusalem's most striking street images. Thanks, Heshy, for sharing with us.

Drawing Water from the Depths: Yosef, Yehuda, and the Power That Reunites Am Yisrael

 This powerful piece by our member Rabbi Paul Bloom discerns a message from the past that we should take to our hearts for the future. “Deep...