In October and November, the students and parents at Temple Israel Center's Nursery School made fiber art representations of the days of Creation. Earlier blog posts show the creation of those pieces. Once their work was complete, mine was just…
This semester, a group of congregants at Temple Emanu-El of West Essex in Livingston, NJ studied Psalms together with Susan Cosden, Director of Congregational Learning. During their last class earlier this week, I had the opportunity to join them to help them…
In my last post, I talked about the beginning of a project with the nursery school students at Temple Israel Center. Each class in the school was assigned one day of Creation to interpret in fabric art. The first week,…
Last week, I started a project with the Nursery School students at Temple Israel Center. Having celebrated Simchat Torah and started reading the Torah from the beginning the week before, it was the perfect time to talk with the students…
In June 2012, friends got married beneath a beautiful chuppah they created themselves. In March 2013, they asked me to turn it into a wall hanging for their home and made the mistake of telling me there was no rush.…
On June 13, Jaime Wynn passed away after a battle with cancer. She was an artist, scholar, teacher, friend, and all around incredible human being. I met Jaime through the Drisha Arts Fellowship. At the time, I had a full-time…
In March, I worked with third and fourth graders at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester and the Upper Westchester Muslim Society to create a quilt based on shared stories about Abraham. The piece is now complete, but needs a…
My nephew is a first grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School. On December 14, 2012, his carefree childhood came to an abrupt end as a murderer came into his school and killed 20 of his classmates and 6 school employees. …
Last week, third and fourth grade students from Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester and the Upper Westchester Muslim Society (UWMS) came back together to create fiber art based on the sketches they made after studying stories found in both the Quran and Jewish texts.…
On Sunday, third and fourth grade students from Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester and the Upper Westchester Muslim Society (UWMS) came together to create the design for a quilt that represents stories found in both the Quran and Jewish texts.…