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“Tashlich." 9x12" rubber cut print. Text from Abraham Joshua Heschel’s “Required: A Moral Ombundsman” arranged as a Rosh HaShanah card depicting the ritual of Tashlich, in which we “cast off” our sins.

"Tashlich" in black on tan.

"Tashlich" in black and white.

 

“The Moral Challenge." 14x17" rubber cut print. Excerpts are from:

  • chapters 3 and 4 of the Book of Jonah;
  • recent statements from the Union for Reform Judaism;
  • Jeremy Ben-Ami of JStreet;
  • LJS’s “Letter from Over 1000 Rabbis;”
  • Jay Michaelson writing for the Forward;
  • quotes from Donniel Hartman on the Shalom Hartman Institute’s “For Heaven’s Sake;”
  • R’ Yosef Blau’s “A Call for Moral Clarity, Responsibility, and a Jewish Orthodox Response in the Face of the Gaza Humanitarian Crisis.”

“The Moral Challenge" in black and white.

"We Pray Because" in warm colors. Text from Eicha (Lamentations) and from Abraham Joshua Heschel's "On Prayer" arranged around a triple-arch design which is seen on both Islamic and Jewish Ottoman textiles.

"We Pray Because" in cool colors.

"We Pray Because" in black and white.

"Let Me Not See," 9x12" rubber cut print. 2025. 

Text from Genesis 21 (the story of Hagar and Ishmael), and from Deuteronomy 8, describing the land.

"Let Me Not See" on tan paper.

"This Is Your God." 14x17" 6-color rubber cut print. 2025. 

Text from Exodus 32, and fragments from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s “Kaddish for Our Souls,” “The Meaning of This War,” and “The Moral Outrage of Vietnam.” I was inspired by Marc Chagall’s “Moses Breaking the Tablets of Law” and by the fresco from the Dura Europos synagogue in Syria depicting the scene of the golden calf, made c. 244-256 CE.

"This Is Your God" in black and white.

"Peace and Love," 11x14" rubber cut print. 2025. 

Text from Bereisheet Rabbah 54 arranged as a ketubah.

"Peace and Love" in black and white.


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