The Secret Language of Jewish Art

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1) The Elusive Hare: Jewish Art and Jewish Identities

2) Birds’ Head Revisited: Jews and Others

3)  Riding the Road to Redemption: Jews and Sacred History

Apparently “innocent” images— the hares that keep recurring on the opening pages of decorated haggadot; the peculiar, perhaps comic, figures with bird and animal heads; a modest woman riding on a donkey— can teach us a great deal about the most crucial issues facing Jews in both medieval and modern times— their self-image, their relations with their neighbors and their relationship with God.

   © Marc Michael Epstein 2012