Get excited for the Taste of Limmud NY: Arts Jam in the Flatiron District!

Participate in a uniquely creative Taste of Limmud NY. From documentary film to exhibit tours to music to visual midrash, experience Jewish history and culture through the arts.

The minimum required donation for this event is $10, which you can pay at the door. Click here to register. You can also share the facebook event with your friends.

Thursday, June 3
7 pm-9 pm
Yeshiva University Museum
(at the Center for Jewish History)
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011

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Session options include:

Outside the Box -- View a teaser from filmmaker Lacey’s Schwartz’s documentary in progress about dual identity and family secrets. Followed by Q & A and a discussion on diversity in the Jewish community with the filmmaker. 

Lacey Schwartz is a director and producer of independent films, as well as Director of Outreach for Be'chol Lashon, an organization which advocates for the growth and diversity of the Jewish people.

Museum Tour -- Tour the Braginsky and Drawing on Tradition exhibits with Zachary Paul Levine.  Consider: Why does 19th century French Haggadah look like it’s from Turkey? Why are there cherubs and zodiac signs on so many ketubot? How might we visualize Shushan, the grand capital of the Persian Empire, as the center of intrigue in the Purim story? 

Zachary Paul Levine is Assistant Curator at the Yeshiva University Museum, and a PhD candidate in the departments of History and Jewish Studies at New York University.

A One-Pot Seminar -- Join Gabe Goldstein for a close-up, hands-on look at a rare 18th century pot for cholent (a traditional Jewish stew prepared for Shabbat lunch). Cholent is literally more than the sum of its ingredients – see how this pot suggests the interconnectedness of Jewish law and lore, how cholent pots created bonds between individuals and communities, how evolving technology shaped the structure of the Jewish life and how a pot can suggest recipes, social status, diversity, economics and gender relations – much more than just “meat and potatoes.” 

Gabriel Goldstein is Associate Director for Exhibitions and Programs at the Yeshiva University Museum. He is immediate past chair of the Council of American Jewish Museums.

Illuminated Midrash Mash-ups -- Explore Jewish visual history through a whirlwind tour of the YU Museum followed by a 50-minute hands-on creative workshop facilitated by JT Waldman. Drawing from historical images in the exhibits and their own illustrations, participants will use the modern language of comix to dissect, remix and collage images from Jewish visual history into modern fables of personal or biblical proportions. No artistic talent required. Just bring an active imagination and good questions.

JT Waldman is a digital designer and comic book illustrator, as well as Teaching Artist in Residence at the Yeshiva University Museum.

Jewish Identity through Music -- David Freeman will consider how contemporary musicians incorporate and reinterpret traditional Jewish texts.  Come prepared to engage with original and provocative music through video and audio recording and live performance. 

David Freeman is an accomplished performer, composer, educator, and musical collaborator. He has been artist-in-residence at Makor and the 14th Street Y, among other programs.