#jews in art

[sefarad-haami]

Print of Humphreys enthroned after defeat of Jewish boxer Mendoza

"The Triumph, January 1788" es un grabado de Thomas Harmar que muestra una procesión celebrando la victoria del boxeador Richard Humphreys sobre Daniel Mendoza, un boxeador judío, en una pelea en Inglaterra. Mendoza quedó gravemente herido en esta pelea, lo que permitió a Humphreys y sus seguidores presumir de haber derrotado a un boxeador judío muy popular. Aunque perdió esta primera pelea, Mendoza ganó las siguientes dos en 1789 y 1790. Mendoza, conocido como "Mendoza el Judío", fue el primer boxeador judío en convertirse en campeón de Inglaterra, manteniendo el título entre 1792 y 1795. A pesar de ser más bajo y más liviano que otros boxeadores, Mendoza usaba velocidad, agilidad y técnica para ganar sus peleas, cambiando la manera en que se boxeaba y creando lo que se conoció como el "estilo Mendoza". El grabado es parte de una colección de más de 900 objetos que muestran artefactos y material visual con temas antisemitas. El legado de Mendoza fue importante para la comunidad judía, que históricamente había sido marginada, y su éxito ayudó a mejorar la aceptación de los judíos en la sociedad británica.

[sixteenseveredhands]

Child's Writing Exercises and Doodles, from Egypt, c. 1000-1200 CE: this was made by a child who was practicing Hebrew, creating doodles and scribbles on the page as they worked

This writing fragment is nearly 1,000 years old, and it was made by a child who lived in Egypt during the Middle Ages. Several letters of the Hebrew alphabet are written on the page, probably as part of a writing exercise, but the child apparently got a little bored/distracted, as they also left a drawing of a camel (or possibly a person), a doodle that resembles a menorah, and an assortment of other scribbles on the page.

This is the work of a Jewish child from Fustat (Old Cairo), and it was preserved in the collection known as the Cairo Genizah Manuscripts. As the University of Cambridge Library explains:

For a thousand years, the Jewish community of Fustat placed their worn-out books and other writings in a storeroom (genizah) of the Ben Ezra Synagogue ... According to rabbinic law, once a holy book can no longer be used (because it is too old, or because its text is no longer relevant) it cannot be destroyed or casually discarded: texts containing the name of God should be buried or, if burial is not possible, placed in a genizah.

At least from the early 11th century, the Jews of Fustat ... reverently placed their old texts in the Genizah. Remarkably, however, they placed not only the expected religious works, such as Bibles, prayer books and compendia of Jewish law, but also what we would regard as secular works and everyday documents: shopping lists, marriage contracts, divorce deeds, pages from Arabic fables, works of Sufi and Shi'ite philosophy, medical books, magical amulets, business letters and accounts, and hundreds of letters: examples of practically every kind of written text produced by the Jewish communities of the Near East can now be found in the Genizah Collection, and it presents an unparalleled insight into the medieval Jewish world.

Sources & More Info:

Cambridge Digital Library: Writing Exercises with Child's Drawings

Cambridge Digital Library: More About the Cairo Genizah Manuscripts

[thecollectibles]

Art by classmate jew

[tupandactylus]

People are really starting to forget that Emily Willoughby is a Nazi. Her artistic talent is irrelevant to the fact that she's a eugenicist piece of shit. For reference, her PhD was just "white people are genetically predisposed to having a higher intelligence than people of color". She has never taken accountability and has continued to double down with the classic "sorry but that's just the truth". There are professional paleontologists on Facebook praising her. Why is she still allowed in these circles or anywhere in science? Why are her opinions still valued?

Her continued presence in these spaces puts people's complacency on full display. She throws people of color and Jews under the bus and the fact that she hasn't been fully shut out tells me a lot about our field.

[thepeopleinpower]

Keep talking about Gaza. Keep talking about Palestine. Keep talking about Palestinian martyrs. Keep talking about Palestinian survivors. Keep talking about Palestinian children. Keep talking about war crimes. Keep talking about genocide. Keep talking about colonialism. Keep talking about forced starvation. Keep talking about forced adoption. Keep talking about Israeli occupation. Keep talking about the Nakba of 1948.

KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO PALESTINE

Keep boosting Palestinian history. Keep boosting Palestinian graphics. Keep boosting Palestinian poetry. Keep boosting Palestinian fashion. Keep boosting Palestinian textiles. Keep boosting Palestinian art. Keep boosting Palestinian culture. Keep boosting Palestinian values. Keep boosting Palestinian stories. Keep boosting Palestinian voices. Keep boosting Palestinian life. Keep boosting Palestinian loss. Keep boosting Palestinian love. Keep boosting Palestinian grief. Keep boosting Palestinian hope.

KEEP BOOSTING PALESTINIAN HUMANITY

[sova-dozhd]

But Ruth replied, “Do not urge me to leave you, to turn back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus and more may the LORD do to me if anything but death parts me from you.”

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My first art centered around Judaism since I started my conversion process ahhh fuck I hope I got the Hebrew right, I'm still not too familiar with the alphabet so it moves around on me lmfao

but as a convert ofc Ruth is important and her story is fascinating to me; if anyone has recommendations on JEWISH resources about her would love to read

also ig christians can reblog this but lmfao idk what you could get out of it

Personally I like the interpretations of them being romantic but I tried to leave the art up for interpretation in general however you see them

[loki-god-of-mischief-13]

Pride Mezuzahs

If I forgot your flag, tell me. Happy pride to the Jews in my phone.

[sheepthatgobaa]

sleepover with the buddies.

[yourbuddykermit]

oh we’re so back

[sheydgarden]

Glasgolem, 2022

earlier this year i was honored to be asked to do the cover for issue #1 of Golem Zine, a series showcasing voices from lesser-known Jewish communities around the world. this first issue celebrated Jewish life & culture in Glasgow, and creating this cover involved a deep dive into the history of Glaswegian Jewish art & architecture.

[theserlingbucket]

You know how Tfbw crosses over with tsot at the end? Well I think about that, a lot

[hindahoney]

A very brief introduction to the world's oldest hatred: antisemitism.

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[thosefaroffconstellations]

Figured I should start posting my art here 🫶🏼

[thecollectibles]

Art by classmate jew

[bobemajses]

Mountain Jewish amulet, Azerbaijan, ca. 1900

[stereotypicaljewishmother]

Since my last post was quite sad, I want to share with you a recent organization I found that it quite heartwarming.

It’s called “rockets into roses.”

It takes rocket scrap metal from Hamas rockets that has landed in Israel, and creates some of the most beautiful art of it.

I understand that some of these prices are quite high, and not everyone can afford them, but I thought I would just share of their art. See if anyone would want to take a look at them or knows someone who would.

Here’s their profile on Instagram.

Here’s their website.

And here’s a short video on what they do.