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"Hora," by Eli Karpel, will be among the items on display at the Temple
Beth Emeth Jewish Art Festival.
Examples of Jewish liturgical
art will be exhibited and sold at
the Jewish Art Festival to be held
8:30 p.m. Dec. 8 and 1 p.m. Dec. 9
at. Temple Beth Emeth, 2309 Pac-
kard, Ann Arbor. A variety of art
forms will be represented, includ-
ing ceramics, sculpture, fiber art,
woodcarving, graphics, stained
glass and papercasting.
Mounting the show for Temple
Beth Emeth is a Cleveland-based
traveling art gallery called Tradi-
tions: Art for Jewish Living.
Participating artists are from
all parts of the United States and
Canada. Some are European or
Israeli-born, but not all of them
are Jewish.
Many of the artists have ex-
hibited at museums and galleries
such as the Joseph H. Hirshhorn
Museum, Washington, D.C.; the
Skirball Museum of Los Angeles;
and the Cleveland Museum of
Art. Their works have been com-
missioned by synagogues and
temples as well as by private col-
lectors and corporations.
Featured artists include:
metalsmith Frann Addison, of
Watertown, Mass., who creates
religious objects out of beveled
glass and metal; Yugoslavian-
born ceramicist Mirjana
Mladinov Harris of Newport, R.I.,
who creates hand-painted tiles
based do illuminations from the
13th Century Schocken Bible;
Sculptor Don Drumm, of Akron,
Ohio, has received international
recognition for his pioneering
work in the use of aluminum; tex-
tile artist Temma Gentils of To-
ronto, Canada, has completed
many architectural commissions,
including a magnificent "Wed-
ding Canopy" for Temple
Emanu-El in Toronto; and
California sculptor Eli Karpel,
who specializes in menorot and
sculptures based on Jewish ritual
and culture.
The public is invited at a nomi-
nal charge.
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Modern climb up Jacob's ladder
BY RABBI IRWIN GRONER
Special to The Jewish News
This week's Sidrah begins with
the scene of a wanderer, Jacob,
fleeing his home to escape the
wrath of his brother Esau. On the
road to his uncle's home in Haran,
Jacob had reason to be fearful.
Behind him, his brother Esau
might be closing in, eager to kill
him for the theft of his birthright.
Ahead was a strange land and
unknown circumstances. He was
unsure of whether God's provi-
dence extended to the land where
he would travel.
Jacob took a stone to use as a
pillow and went to sleep. That
night he had a remarkable dream
of angels ascending and descend-