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#ICEOUT In Minneapolis with clergy from all over t #ICEOUT In Minneapolis with clergy from all over the country to protest ICE activity and to affirm our Jewish values of justice and compassion. This morning we were loading groceries for delivery to 1500 families unable to leave their homes. Donations to support this food effort can be made at dhhmn.com This afternoon action to be shared later. Also - pic of Renée Good memorial.
Bread and Torah visit to the UK: 1. Cardiff 2. Bat Bread and Torah visit to the UK: 1. Cardiff 2. Bath 3-10. Manchester - Baking, calligraphy, and Torah panel sewing
Documentary film crew Lauren Greenhall @greenhalll Documentary film crew Lauren Greenhall @greenhallll, Hannah Engelson @h.engelson, and Blaine Bailey @blainesworldsound came to Saratoga to do a segment on Linda and the Community Torah Project for a short film on sofrot (women scribes). Pictures include: two deerskins from hunter Carl Stephens, living room interview, hidework session with great crew Toren Zobel, Michael Cohen, Lorraine Skibo, Dan Chernoff, Ben Nathan and Dan Nathan, Lauren and Jonathan and Hannah proofreading completed panels, and a view of panels already stitched together.
Bread and Torah at Cornell University Hillel - Heb Bread and Torah at Cornell University Hillel - Hebrew calligraphy, sewing Torah panels, bagel making. Thanks to Rabbi Talia Laster, Chloë Bzdyk & the Hillel staff! @cornellhillel @ravtalia22
"Inscribing the Sacred: Creating Torah and Art" Se "Inscribing the Sacred: Creating Torah and Art" Series of Events in the Tang Museum, Skidmore College #TangMuseum #SkidmoreCollege Feb 26 Perlow Lecture: "Women and the Making of Torah" Feb 28 Artist's Talk "Art and the Sacred" Mar 1 "Making Parchment from a Local Deerskin"
We are excited to announce that Rabbi Linda will h We are excited to announce that Rabbi Linda will have a week-long Jacob Perlow residency at Skidmore College next week, with three events open to the public. See link in profile. #TangMuseum #SkidmoreCollege
Adirondack deer hide parchment making, wild turkey Adirondack deer hide parchment making, wild turkey feather quill cutting, and the Community Torah Project at the Adirondack Folk Life Festival yesterday in Glens Falls, NY. You can bring Linda and Bread and Torah to your community - link in bio.
Last week in the Eshkol Region, Israel: sewing Tor Last week in the Eshkol Region, Israel: sewing Torah panels with students at Kibbutz Re'im, baking challah at GrooveTech STEM center with high schoolers who will be visiting Albany this May, and dining at Kibbutz Magen with members of the Eshkol delegation that visited Saratoga last Nov. Eshkol is our upstate NY Jewish Federation's partner region in Israel.
A great Bread and Torah weekend in Charleston, SC A great Bread and Torah weekend in Charleston, SC at historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. Babka and challah baking, hide stretching, sanding, proofreading, and Torah repair. Founded in 1749, and in its present building since 1841, KKBE is the second oldest synagogue building in the United States and the oldest in continuous use. #kkbe_chas Bring us to your community! www.BreadandTorah.org
We did it! 🎉 Community members came together to We did it! 🎉 Community members came together to finish Temple Sinai's "Bronx Torah" repair on Dec. 25. Swipe for pictures of: -the torn panel that was removed -the newly written replacement panel -sewing the first seam -sewing the second seam -the final stitch
Closing Reception of Linda's solo art exhibit at t Closing Reception of Linda's solo art exhibit at the Spring Street gallery - this Sunday, December 18, 1-3 pm. See link in bio @springstreetgallerysaratoga
Community Torah Repair continues! Proofreading ses Community Torah Repair continues! Proofreading sessions: 1-2: 2023 Parent/Student B'Mitzvah class 3: Library Committee 4: Skidmore Hillel Alumni in the Wilson Chapel 5-6: Temple Sinai New Member Brunch
Community Torah Repair 1. Torah panel torn on Simc Community Torah Repair 1. Torah panel torn on Simchat Torah 2. Measuring replacement panel 3-6. Removing torn panel with Temple Sinai B'Mitzvah families 7. Writing new panel
בין אור לחשך Batch of marble challah (wh בין אור לחשך Batch of marble challah (white and whole wheat braided together) for Shabbat and baby naming.
Linda's art piece "Securely Dwell" is included in Linda's art piece "Securely Dwell" is included in Sabes Center Minneapolis Shmita exhibit and featured on the exhibit poster. Exhibit dates 6/20 -8/10; opening reception 6/30. @sabesjcc
Seven by Seven challah for 49th day of the Omer an Seven by Seven challah for 49th day of the Omer and Shavuot - Seven Species bread in seven braids Shabbat Shalom & Hag Sameiach
Two recent works by soferet/parchment maker/artist Two recent works by soferet/parchment maker/artist Rabbi Linda Motzkin. Both pieces are on Linda's unique handmade deerskin parchment. The first piece "Building Blocks of Life" includes the Ten Sefirot (Divine Emanations) and the double helix structure of DNA, with the bands within helix featuring excerpts from Toratah's version of (Ex 34:6-7 - the Divine Attributes). The second piece "Jubilee", inspired by the upcoming 50th anniversary of the ordination of the first woman rabbi by a rabbinical seminary (June 3, 1972, Rabbi Sally Priesand, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion), uses feminine language from Toratah's version of Lev 25:9. #toratah See more artwork, and info about bringing Bread and Torah to your community, at link in profile.
Today's bake - the Challah Variations (vegan as us Today's bake - the Challah Variations (vegan as usual). Shabbat Shalom!
This morning's bake - the Babka Variations This morning's bake - the Babka Variations
We are concluding our productive and enriching thr We are concluding our productive and enriching three-week stay in Paducah thanks to @airstudiopaducah and @alonzodavis_studio. Photos are of Linda working in the studio (in addition to her larger pieces, she was doing "a Hebrew letter a day"), our corner in the Lower Town Arts District, a hike in the Shawnee National Forest across the river in southern Illinois, and some of Jonathan's baked goods. The last photo is another of Jonathan's sculptures (see previous post) - this one in mixed media - glass, ceramic, plastic, metal, fabric, and potato. Eminent sculptor and Professor of Art Emeritus Walter Hall has called Jonathan's work "... free of pretension - not fishing for trade journal artspeak."
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