Voices & Visions

01/17/2018

"Most of the things worth doing in the world were thought impossible before they were done." -Louis Brandeis

01/15/2018

The Masters Series is an exploration of identity through art. Browse the posters and learn more:

Gallery of Master Series Jewish art posters. Testimonials.

01/03/2018

Explore the Proudly Jewish poster series:

Proudly Jewish testimonials. Responses to uses of posters.

12/27/2017

Learn more about the work that we do:

AGAWAM – Since 2012, the Voices & Visions poster series, curated by the PJ Library and Harold Grinspoon Foundation, has matched modern art with Jewish wisdom.

12/20/2017

"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." - Martin Buber

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12/18/2017

Emma Lazarus, a voice that continues to inspire:

In search of some post-election, pre-Thanksgiving meaning, host Nahanni Rous and JWA Executive Director Judith Rosenbaum explore that great American symbol, the Statue of Liberty—and the Jewish woman who gave her a voice. Emma Lazarus was a poet and writer who is remembered for the sonnet that redef...

12/13/2017

"From every human being there rises a light." -Baal Shem Tov

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12/12/2017

Learn about the Container Corporation of America’s “America's Great Ideas of Modern Man” series. These early to mid-20th century advertisements inspired Harold Grinspoon to create the Voices & Visions poster series.

T he Container Corporation of America unique ad series Great Ideas ran from July 1950 until June 1975. 195 were published i...

12/08/2017

Get your own copy of the Voices & Visions book or order poster sets in our online shop:

Voices & Visions shop. Order poster sets, notecards and tote bags. Complimentary Poster Set for Jewish Organizations or communities.

12/07/2017

Have you looked for hidden gems in the Center for Jewish Archives lately?

CJH Digital Collections is a searchable online database featuring digital facsimiles of items from the library, archive and museum collections of the five partner institutions of the Center for Jewish History. The five partners are: The American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Feder...

12/04/2017

Moran Haynal elevates calligraphy to fine art:

Moran Haynal was born in Budapest, spent part of his childhood in Berlin and eventually studied in Vienna at the Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1990´s emigrated to Israel and earned his living as a freelance artist, as well as the writing of Thora scrolls, mezuzot and Ketubot. Moran Haynal curre...

12/01/2017

Leading-edge contemporary artists respond visually to the idea of the Sabbath.

When Berkeley-based artist Lava Thomas was asked to participate in “Sabbath,” a new exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, she did not hesitate to signal her interest. Thomas, who identifies as a black biracial woman with Jewish ancestry, was particularly excited by the 2017 Dorothy Saxe Invitat...