JEWISH ART AND LIFE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS PROGRAM FOR 2020 Tuesdays, 6–8 pm, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

28.1 DOLL-GIRL-BRIDE

Workshop with curator Efrat Assaf-Shapira about the upcoming special display Doll-Girl-Bride The Absent Presence of Women in Jewish History, Art, and Literature with Prof. Rachel Elior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

24.3 CONNECTING THE DOTS

New discoveries about objects in our collection with Museum curators

19.5 HOLY PLACES REVISITED

Tour of the exhibition Painting a Pilgrimage: A 14th-Century Hebrew Scroll Unveiled with curator Dr. Rachel Sarfati

“And this is great and wondrous”: Holy Places of the JEWISH ART AND LIFE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Galilee – Perception, Location, and Representation with Prof. Elchanan Reiner, Tel Aviv University and The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem The Israel Museum’s Wing for Jewish Art and Life and Beit Morasha are delighted to invite you to a new series of meetings for our friends interested in Jewish art 30.6 SEATED IN SECLUSION dei beni e delle attività culturali del turismo / Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Firenze Tombs of the Righteous in Galilee, Florence Scroll, 14th century, Ms. Magl. III, 43; by courtesy of Ministero and culture. Members of this exclusive circle will experience an intimate behind-the- scenes view of the Wing’s activities, including curatorial tours of the galleries and a Tour of the exhibition Seated in Seclusion: Bratslav preview of objects and historical photographs not on display. In addition, they will Hasidim and Contemporary Design, with curators enjoy thought-provoking conversations relating to the Wing’s collections with some Sharon Weiser-Ferguson of the Israel Museum and of the Jewish world’s leading scholars. Eran Lederman of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design With best wishes, From Forest to Shtetl and Back Again: The Bratslav

Daisy Raccah-Djivre Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom Hasidic Practice of Seclusion Chief Curator President with Prof. Zvi Mark, Bar-Ilan University Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Beit Morasha of Jerusalem Wing for Jewish Art and Life In Hebrew, with simultaneous translation into English Evi Musher Shechter, Board Member Miki Joelson, Program Coordinator courtesy of Evi Musher Schechter The Association of Israeli Friends of Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Light refreshments will be served The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Wing for Jewish Art and Life Circle membership fee: The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Wing for Jewish Art and Life in the Israel Museum NIS 820 per person or NIS 1,300 for two people holds the world‘s most comprehensive collection of objects pertaining to Jewish religious and To attend only one meeting: NIS 250 per person or secular material culture from the Middle Ages up until today. Thus the collection reflects the NIS 420 for two people individual and the communal, the sacred and the mundane, traditions and innovations. Participation in two or more meetings confers free entrance

Beit Morasha of Jerusalem, The Center for Advanced Jewish Studies and Leadership, is devoted to the Museum through December 2020 to advancing a vibrant and inclusive vision of Judaism by cultivating inspired and dynamic Jewish For registration, please contact Miki Joelson: (02) 677-1329 leadership for the State of Israel and the Jewish world. or [email protected]