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- Title
Breaking the Taboo: Ritual Impurity in Israeli and American Jewish Feminist Art.
- Authors
Sperber, David
- Abstract
The article examines works by two Orthodox artists, an American, Mierle Laderman Ukeles (b. 1939) and an Israeli, Hagit Molgan (b. 1972), both concerned with the Jewish laws and rituals of niddah (menstruation) and tevilah (immersion). The analysis of the similarities and differences between works from two major Jewish centers, Israel and the United States, provides insight into how critical responses in works of art point to complex cultural divides. Scholars and curators of Jewish art tend to examine Jewish-Israeli art as distinct from Jewish art created elsewhere. Due to this disconnect, the relationship between Jewish-Israeli art and its patrons around the world has received little attention before now. Consequently, the discussion of art created in different spaces and times contributes to a richer, more contextualized understanding of diasporic art.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; FEMINIST art; AMERICAN Jews; RITES &; ceremonies; PATRONAGE; JEWISH law; TABOO
- Publication
Israel Studies, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 2, p29
- ISSN
1084-9513
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/is.2023.a885228