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With the support of  the Faculty of Jewish Studies and research Authority, Bar-Ilan University; the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Center for Art History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Bank Hapoalim 
 

 
The Jewish Presence in Art
Jewish Presence in the Art of the Others (Workshop)  
Jewish Art and Worship (Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation)
 
 

 
 
June 16–18, 2008
The Fred and Barbara Kort Language Studies Building (1004), hall 1 
Bar-Ilan University 

Monday, June 16 
15:00  OPENING CEREMONY
Greetings: 
Prof. Moshe Kaveh, President of Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Moises Orfali, Dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies
 
Introductory Remarks:
                   Prof. Bracha Yaniv, Conference Chairperson
 
15:30-16:30  (1) OPENING LECTURES
Chairperson Prof. Bracha Yaniv
Prof. Elisheva Revel-Neher, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
‘Mah Nishtannah?’ What is Different: Jewish Art, ‎Christian Art, and What There Is between Them
Prof. Ziva ‎Amishai-‎Maisels, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
Post Modern Reaction to the Holocaust in Jewish Art
 
Workshop: Jewish Presence in the Art of the Others
17:00-18:30  (2) ON JEWISH PRESENCE IN CHRISTIAN ART
Chairperson Prof. Katrin ‎Kogman-‎Appel
Ms Dalia-‎Ruth Halperin, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
 ‘Maestas Domini’ Converted
Prof. Mitchell B. Merback, DePauw University and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study       
Jewish Carnality, Christian Guilt, and Eucharistic Peril in the Rotterdam-Berlin Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament
Prof. Vivian B. ‎Mann, The Jewish Museum, New York and The Jewish Theological Seminary
Representation and Self-Representation in the ‎Altarpieces of Aragon, 1340-1492
 
18:30 RECEPTION
 
Tuesday, June 17
Workshop: Jewish Presence in the Art of the Others
9:30-11:00  (3) SYMPATHY, CURIOSITY, HATE: THE JEW REFLECTED IN ART
Chairperson Prof. Matthew ‎Baigell
‎Dr Sarit ‎Shalev-Eyni, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
Jewish Liturgy and Ritual Murder: The Story of the ‎Tegernsee Haggadah
Prof. Avigdor W.G. ‎Posèq, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
Interpreting Soutine's Dead Animals
Dr Mirjam ‎Rajner, Bar-Ilan University                                    
The Memory of Jewish Life and Tradition as Preserved in Holocaust Art: The Drawings of Adolf Weiller, a Jewish Artist from Croatia
 
Workshop: Jewish Art and Worship
11:30-13:00  (4) THINKING IN IMAGES: VISUALIZING JEWISH TEXTS (I) ‎
Chairperson Prof. Mira Friedman
Ms Sara ‎Offenberg, Ben-Gurion University                          
The ‘Four Kingdoms’ and Yom Kippur: The ‎Illumination of the ‘Kol Nidrei’ Prayer in ‎Ashkenazi Mahzorim
Prof. Dora ‎Liscia ‎Bemporad, University of Florence
Portraits, Costumes, and Views of Italian Towns in the ‘Dialoghi’ by Maggino di Gabriello Hebreo Venetiano‎
Prof. Evelyn ‎Cohen, The Jewish Theological Seminary
Isaac da Pisa Sees God: A Revealing Look at ‎an Italian Hebrew Manuscript from 1432
 
14:30-16:00  (5) THINKING IN IMAGES: VISUALIZING JEWISH TEXTS (II) ‎
Chairperson Prof. Ziva Amishai-Maisels
Dr Shulamit ‎Laderman, Bar-Ilan University                         
The Unique Significance of the Hebrew ‎Alphabet in Jewish Art ‎
Prof. Matthew ‎Baigell, The State University of ‎New Jersey
Biblical Narratives in Jewish American Art
Prof. Samantha ‎Baskind, Cleveland State ‎University
Jewish American Artists and the Bible
                                       16:30-18:00  (6) HERE, THERE, NOWHERE: ON IDENTITIES IN MODERN JEWISH ART
Chairperson Prof. Avigdor W.G. Posèq
‎Prof. Milly ‎Heyd, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
Dada - Why Jews?
Prof. Shalom ‎Sabar, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
The Szyk Haggadah (1940): East European ‎Origins and the Image of the Brave New Jew
Ms Eliya Bartal, Bar-Ilan University                                        
The Return to Jewish Motifs in Israeli Art
 
Wednesday, June 18
Workshop: Jewish Art and Worship
9:30-11:00  (7) VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE:ASPECTS OF JEWISH RITUAL ‎
Session in memory of Prof. Kurt Schubert (1924-2007), founder of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Jewish Museum
Chairperson Prof. Elisheva Revel-Neher
Prof. Katrin ‎Kogman-‎Appel, Ben-Gurion University                 
The Medieval Ashkenazi Mahzor in the Service of the Community: The Case of the Leipzig Mahzor
Dr Mati Meyer, The Open University of Israel
Between Realia and Eschatological Hopes: The Personification of Zion in Middle Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts
Prof. Annette Weber, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg
Beyond the Ideal? The Development of Jewish ‎Ritual Art in the Aftermath of the 'Minhagei Maharil'
 
11:30-13:00  (8) TEXTS VERSUS IMAGES
‎Chairperson Prof. Joseph Tabori
Dr Andreina ‎Contessa, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
An Uncommon Representation of the Temple's ‎Implements in a Fifteenth-century Hebrew ‎Bible from Toledo
Prof. Bracha ‎Yaniv, Bar-Ilan University
Wall Decoration in Eastern European Synagogues – Eclectic Patterns and Their Sources
Ms Tamar ‎Shadmi, Bar-Ilan University                                  
Whispering Walls: Didactic Inscriptions on the Walls of Wooden Synagogues
 
14:30-16:00  (9) THINKING ABOUT IMAGES: THE VISUAL DIMENSION OF JEWISH THOUGHT
Chairperson Prof. Vivian B. Mann
Ms Noa ‎Yuval-Hacham, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
Iconoclasm in Ancient Synagogues: Chorazin as a ‎Case Study
Prof. Kalman ‎P. Bland, Duke University
A Jewish Theory of Jewish Visual Culture: ‎Leon Modena's Concepts of Images and Their ‎Effect on Locative Memory‎‎
Dr Ilia Rodov, Bar-Ilan University
Wordless Art: On a Structural Approach to Synagogue Decorations
 
16:30-18:00  (10) HERE, THERE, NOWHERE: ON IDENTITIES IN ARCHITECTURE AND SYNAGOGUE ART
Chairperson ‎Prof. Joshua Schwartz
Dr Sharman ‎Kadish, Jewish Heritage UK and the University of
Manchester  ‎
Victorian Anglo-Jewry and Orientalism in ‎Synagogue Architecture‎     
Prof. Rudolf ‎Klein, Saint Stephen University, ‎Miklós Ybl Faculty of ‎Architecture
The Tabak-Tempel in Pest: Cathedral for the ‎Jews?‎
Dr Sergey ‎Kravtsov, The Hebrew University ‎of Jerusalem
Constructing the Jewish ‘Other’ in Pre-‎Modernist Synagogue Architecture
Prof. Annabel ‎J. Wharton, Duke University                         
Difference: Jewish and Israeli Assessments of ‎Architecture
Closing Comments:
                   Prof. Bracha Yaniv, Conference Chairperson